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Games That Could Have Been

Gamespot, to accompany a piece on the art of pitching a game has up a companion article on a few good pitches from talented developers that never quite made it into games. My favorite of the three, from Will Wright: "I've always been fascinated with airships, and I wanted to do a game about the Hindenburg. And it was originally conceived as a cross between Myst and a flight simulator, if you can imagine that. You basically wake up on the Hindenburg. You're all alone. It's flying toward Lakehurst, New Jersey. You can walk anywhere on the ship. You can turn lights on and off. You can steer. You can adjust the engines. But every time you come into Lakehurst, it blows up. And you have to figure out why, and it becomes like this weird mystery flight simulator thing. I'd still love to do that."

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  1. A blimp joke by Altus · · Score: 0, Troll


    Whats the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?

    Ones a flaming Nazi gasbag and the other is a dirigible.

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    "In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women..." -H. Simpson

  2. Nazi were Socialist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Never forget that the NAZIs (The National SOCIALIST Party) were socisalists, much like today's Democrats.
    Also don't forget the the Democrats spend all their time playing race and gender politics. During every election they plaster my town with signs that read "When Women Vote Democrats Win" and "When Blacks vote Democrats Win". Just in case you missed their racial/gender politics.
    And when you play racial/gender politcs you need someone in the role of Der Juden. For Dems that is the white heterosexual male.

    Is your hate politically correct hate?

    Do you believe that racism is wrong unless you hate white people?
    Do you believe that sexism is wrong unless you hate men?
    Do you believe that sexual discrimination is wrong unless you hate heterosexuals?
    Do you believe that religious intolerance is wrong unless you hate Christians?
    Do you believe that freedom of speech involves censoring offensive non-Politically Correct speech?
    Do you believe that DoubleThink is hard and that DoubleThink is easy?
    Do you keep such an open mind that your brain fell out?
    Are you a hypocrite and a bigot? Do your friends praise you for it and call you morally superior? Do you think that your bigotry makes you a better person than others?
    If your hate is politically correct hate then the Democrat party is the party for you.

    Democrats are vile bigoted hypocritical individuals who feel morally superior because they have the right kind of racism.
    They cause misery and suffering by their willful ignorance that feeds their narcissism and delusions. Organizations like NOW willfully ignore the rape and mutilization of women around the globe, because criticism of worldwide acts against women wouldn't allow them to attack the demographic they have judged to be Der Juden.
    That is who Democrats are.

  3. Re:Nnamtsreg by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 0, Troll

    but we shouldn't forget the apartment policy (of at least willingness) of censorship


    Words have meaning. This was definitely a case of complete asshattery by a business, but it was not censorship.
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    Increases in truth directly with the length of time spent explaining them