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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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Re:Cool. by Reedo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I honestly can't tell if that's sarcasm of not.

    If not, then you must not have heard about Ultima 9? Made by a guy with a solid reputation (Ultima!) and was heralded by Origin/EA for it's cutting-edge graphics technology. It released and was one of the biggest disasters in recent memory. It was so buggy that Origin remastered the game with all the patches and sent them out to registered users who bought Ultima 9. They also shut down the message boards shortly after release because of the massive amount of complaints.