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No Publisher Love For Darwinia

Posted by Zonk on from the give-them-a-break-people dept.

Next Generation has a conversation with the lead designer of the much lauded game Darwinia. From the article: "It sports astonishing graphics and original gameplay elements that weave their way around a decent story. Reviewers like it but, as is so often the case, publishers can't seem able to convince themselves it has anything other than niche market value. We spoke to Chris Delay about the frustrations and challenges of independence and originality..."

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  1. Fie! by Wylfing · · Score: 2, Funny
    Wake me when there's a native Linux port! Why should I care about games that don't --- What? Oh.

    Nevermind.

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  2. Re:Highly recommended game by Idealius · · Score: 3, Funny

    Kind of OT, but I would have to agree with the fact most people round down 9.99 to 9.

    When I first noticed a friend back in my High School days make this mistake I was absolutely amazed.

    Ironically enough it was for a PC game purchase.

    The Price was something like 46.99 and he rounded down to 40!

    Myself, I usually ALWAYS round up because of sales tax. e.g.

    I think of 42.99 as 50. After a 7% tax it almost is 50.

    It's funny because there are so many analogies one could use to show how ridiculous this practice is.

    1: "Why do your reports show 0 patients?"
    2: "Because they're all amputees"

    1: "Hi boss."
    2: "You're late. We were supposed to meet at 12:00"
    1: "Sorry I had to clean out my car. I just
    rounded down. It's still 12:59, what up?"

    1: "May I have your credit card number?"
    2: "Ok, 4000000000000000"
    1: "I'm sorry sir but that credit card number is not valid."
    2: "Hmm, did you enter the expiration date? it's 12/00, rounded down as uuuussuuuall."

    1: "Thanks for bringing those parts over"
    2: "No problem."
    1: "Hey where's the distributor cap?"
    2: "Meh I couldn't fit it in the box so I just rounded it down, you know, because it makes so much goddamn sense."

  3. Oh Crap by Red+Flayer · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Next Generation has a conversation with the lead designer of the much lauded game Darwinia. From the article: "It sports..." (emphasis mine)

    Great, sports, so how long until EA negotiates an exclusive license?

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