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Spector, Garriott on Games

Posted by michael on from the invisible-hand-of-the-ion-illuminati dept.

Warrior-GS writes "GameSpy has two interesting interviews up. Richard Garriott of Ultima fame talks about leaving Origin, getting bought out by NCSoft and becoming a pitchman for a popular Korean MMORPG trying to make it in the states. He also mentions his new game, Tabula Rasa. The other interview is with Warren Spector, who opened up a bit on the Deus Ex sequel Invisible War, while also commenting on linear games, anime style games and what the future holds."

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  1. Tabula Rasa by gmuslera · · Score: 4, Funny

    that was the way my teachers described my mind, especially during exams.

  2. WHAT?!?!? by Sheepdot · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hold on a dag gum minute...

    You mean to tell me that the Deus Ex Sequel is going to come out BEFORE Half-Life 2 and Duke Nukem Forever?

  3. All good things come from .kr by stardeep · · Score: 3, Funny

    Popular Korean MMORPG? Just what we need! Not only will it have the brilliant gameplay of Everquest, but the great community of Battle.net!

    And it will make you many *GREAT OFFERS* to *ENLARGE YOUR PENIS* in a character set your terminal cannot display...

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  4. Name the Game by creative_name · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is naming games after the lives of the developers, per Tabula Rasa going to become a trend? Can we look forward to seeing Still No Date and Damn Soda on my Keyboard on store shelves soon?!?

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    1. Re:Name the Game by Ryan+Amos · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dude, we've had that for years. Quake (as in what developers did when they saw a real, breathing female,) Unreal (the prospect of sex in their lives) and Final Fantasy (the realization that, 50 years from now, the developer would die in his semen-soaked underwear, dreaming of a real woman..)

      Actually, ironically, according to Hironobu Sakaguchi (producer of Final Fantasy,) the game was named such because if it didn't succeed, it really WAS Square's final fantasy. :) But the game was popular, Square recovered, and all is well with the cosmos.

  5. Re:80'sthemesong.mp3 by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    "nana nana NA na NAAaa Na Spector Garriot. NananaNA NA NAAAAAAA!"

    That has got to be the worst spelling of the Inspector Gadget theme song I've ever seen.

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  6. The silence continues... by briggsb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure they'll talk about MMORPGs but will they ever address the long term effects of potions of healing? I heard theycause liver damage.

  7. hey kids! by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 4, Funny

    "becoming a pitchman for a popular Korean MMORPG trying to make it in the states."

    Would you like to live in the shadow of nuclear war? Haven't you always fascinated about frolicking in a demilitarized zone? Well, have we got a game for you!

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  8. Re:Deus Ex 2 looks pretty good. by Hilleh · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, it appears that many people enjoy breathing oxygen.

  9. Re:Cool. by All+Names+Have+Been · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think that this game, Tabula Rasa, is going to be a best seller. Look at it. It's made by a guy with a solid reputation (He brought us Ultima!), and by combining that with today's cutting-edge graphics technologies, It's bound to be good. I don't play any games like this, but I know people who do, and I'd bet they'ed sink thier money into this. Rock on, Richard!

    I think that this game, Daikatana, Is going to be a best seller. Look at it. It's made by a guy with a solid reputation (He brought us Quake!), and by combining that with today's cutting-edge graphics technologies, it's bound to be good. I don't play any games like this, but I know people who do, and I'd bet they'ed sink thier money into this. Rock on, John Romero!

    I know, I know, you were joking.

  10. Re:80'sthemesong.mp3 by Dynedain · · Score: 3, Funny

    "nana nana NA na NAAaa Na Spector Garriot. NananaNA NA NAAAAAAA!"

    That has got to be the worst spelling of the Inspector Gadget theme song I've ever seen.

    And as every child of '80s knows, the Inspector Gadget theme song is either sung with "doo do doo do" or "bom bom bom", NOT "na na na"

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  11. Re:80'sthemesong.mp3 by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "'And as every child of '80s knows, the Inspector Gadget theme song is either sung with "doo do doo do" or "bom bom bom", NOT "na na na" "

    You forgot dead-ant.

    "Dead-ant... dead-Ant.... dead-ant dead-ANT dead-ant Dead-Ant DEAD-ANT dead-and Dead-AAAAAAANT, dead-ant dead-ant dead-ant."

    (Pink Panther)

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  12. Re:Classic Ultima vs Online - ultima flawed crap by clem · · Score: 2, Funny

    I never bought anything from him the rest of my life, and instead bought almost EVERY other RPG ever made.

    Er, yeah. You really showed him...

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