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anaesthetica writes "The Christian Science Monitor is carrying a story on new directions in game design. The article notes that big gaming companies are not pushing innovation beyond taking advantage of newer hardware. New areas of innovation are coming from education, training, and online communities." From the article: "Online games have the potential to transform entertainment into a global-community exercise, breaking down borders, cultural and language barriers, and even political prejudices...I doubt any other form of entertainment holds out that promise...We have only scratched the surface of what [interactive entertainment] can be."
errr, doom used bsp trees for its level format.
Well technically you are right, but Doom lacked full BSP implementation -- it still had a lot of 2d "drapes".
But that was a nice try.
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
from Wikipedia.org:
The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. Started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist, the paper does not use wire services and instead relies largely on its own reporters in bureaus in eleven countries around the world. Reporters at one time were drawn largely from church members but this no longer holds true.
Despite its name, the Monitor was not established to be a religious-themed paper, nor does it directly promote the doctrine of its patron church. However, at its founder Eddy's request, a daily religious article has appeared in every issue of the Monitor. Eddy also required the inclusion of "Christian Science" in the paper's name, over initial opposition by some of her advisors who thought the religious reference might repel a secular audience.
If it easy to develop, publishers won't invest $10 million to develop something any home programmer could write on their own PC
There is at least one Flash game:
Curiously Strong All Night Long
And there is Hapland, but that is probably more of a puzzle game.
Vintage computer adverts: http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/computers-and-software-ads
Surprisingly, despite being founded by one of the most retarded sects of Christianity, the Christian Science Monitor is actually a reliable news source.
Quake was not the first true 3D game. Descent was fully 3d 2 years before Quake.
I would like to see a game where you take on religious zealots.
How about Ultima 7?
Did you mean this comic?
try thief and thief 2.
In the first game you take on a bunch of hardcore religious types called the hammers. You discover in the game that they don't have any problems with locking people up in their own prisons , torturing them , even removing body parts. (hands, genitals, etc)
In the second game the hammers have morphed into another religon called the mechanists (but still bow to the same god). These guys are worse then the hammers. They are turning "street scum" into robots, for use as servants for the richer people in the city. At the end of the game , you discover the whole point behind the excercise , and just how nuts the leader of the order (karras) is.
There's a game called "theocracy" too , never played it.
Take a look at this page (Spcifically the quote at the top). So is the US a theocracy yet?
As someone who actually reads the newspaper regularly, no I wouldn't expect such a simplistic idea from them...
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The Christian Science Monitor tends to be one of the more liberal newspapers in the US. I wouldn't classify them ideologically with papers like the Washington Times. The CSM is also not about spreading the the Christian Science church's doctrine. It was started by Mary Baker Eddy to provide fair and accurate reporting. This was a response to attacks on her from a Joseph Pulitzer newspaper.
For a more indepth explnation:
http://www.csmonitor.com/aboutus/about_the_monito
don't know if they're religious, but starcraft has zealots. Also you can blow up a cathedral in Fallout, and slaughter a cult in Fallout 2.
One word: KOL. Free.
http://www3.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php
Think NetHack with stick figures and a lot more humor merged with something like Zork. It's amazing, once you get the hang of it. Try it for 2 days. You'll be hooked forever.
Velociraptor = Distiraptor / Timeraptor
You get to slaughter a cult full of Scientologists.
It rules.
Hmm...where's my Fallout 2? It takes a while to be able to kill them all, if you don't know how to get the best equipment early (and I can't remember the tricks) but it's worth it.
The only online game that I know of that encourages cooperation among players in this fashion rather than encouraging conflict is A Tale in The Desert.
To most people who are used to the "typical" behavior of mmog players, ATITD is a very weird experience. Weird and boring, but if you're the type for the sort of gameplay that it offers it has the potential to be a rewarding gaming experience.
The game draws people who aren't your typical gamer, and they tend to act in a very compassionate manner toward their fellow players. But, the game fills a niche and as such there are only a couple thousand players of it total. Everyone else gets their kicks by trampling all over the n00bs in other games.
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Americans have always been a$$s in games... played CS recently?
Try a Non-U.S. server.
Any game is better on a Non-U.S. server...
First off, if you haven't played either Syberia or The Longest Journey, pick those games up now. Those are both phenomenal adventure games done in the 2D style (although the models are 3D).
Second, The sequel to The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, will be coming out at the end of this year (I think; you might have to check up on that one).
Third, if you would like a fun (but short, and kind of unfinished) online flash adventure game, I recommend: The Mystery of Time and Space.
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