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Mechanics That Changed Gameplay Forever
grammar fascist writes "A feature at 1up.com explores the various gameplay devices that revolutionized videogaming, and you might not believe how simple they are: life bars, power-ups, bosses, and combos make the list. From the article: 'As good as these ideas may sound on paper, they don't always work in execution. Sometimes they don't even make sense. But every once in a while, a game designer comes up with a fantastic concept that engages the player -- and influences the work of other designers.'"
Do paddles count? I say they do. You shoulda seen the Pong pre-release.
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Oh wait, they said mechanics...
Mario! No wait, he's a plumber, not a mechanic...
Indeed. The modern advances in tata-rendering, textured bump mapping and inverse nippomatics are truely a driving force in the industry :-P
Actually, I wonder how they'd do motion capture for this sort of thing? "Here, wear these patches and bounce"? Who gets the privlege of helping the motion capture subject with her equipment?
Erotic is when you use a feather. Exotic is when you use the whole chicken.
Shouldn't that be "They missed two biggies"?
Hey, I mean, it moves packages...
I know it moved my package.