Storytelling in Computer Games

Posted by michael on Wednesday September 5, 2001 @09:45AM from the kill-troll-with-rusty-knife dept.

Cosmicbandito writes: "The latest issue of XYZZY News features transcripts and audio downloads of a 2 hour panel discussion titled "Storytelling in Computer Games Past, Present and Future". Scott Adams, the celebrated designer of classics like "Adventureland" and "Pirate's Island", described his experiences in the early days of the home game market, offered his opinions on the current crop of games, and made predictions about games of the future. Scott is credited with writing and marketing the first commercial computer game. Of special interest to Slashdotters, he is also an avid Everquest player. And no, he doesn't draw "Dilbert"." Think "pre-Infocom".

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the dilbert guy by Suppafly · 2001-09-05 09:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

so how about an interview with the scott adams of dilbert fame?
Y2K was just something that happened to others? by acroyear · 2001-09-05 10:14 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Anybody else notice the lack of Y2K compliance? I've seen the same thing happen at sites with an old implementation of wwwboard...look at the bottom of the issue and you'll see:

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