Thank you for remembering the Phantasy Star series. I praise the PS4 death for the same reasons you do, but the PS2 one hit me more - for console RPG players, this *was* the first big midgame playable chara death. And it's not just a "oh, what a cute, adowwable character" sympathy ploy - it's a horribly unjust death from a moral and ethical standpoint, so it's a double whammy. Not that it doesn't pull on the heartstrings - from the dying character's plea that no "mistake" like them be ever born again to "***** calls ****'s name once again. But his plaintive cry merely echoes and reechoes" - this was a punch to the gut.
I actually remembering calling up Sega as a kid and asking if the death was avoidable. After hearing a reasoned "no" explanation from a game counselor, I decided to call right back up to get a second opinion. Unbeknownst to me, I got got the same guy - and got: "NO! You CAN'T SAVE *****! You CAN'T CHANGE IT! It's LIKE A MOVIE!!!"
I'll also remember the meetings of the Let ******* Live Society for Phantasmagoria - the desperate phantom search for alternate cut scenes in the CD data that had the character surviving.
Have you seen mortgage prices lately? I'm house hunting, and I'd *love* to have a mortgage payment that was a mere 600 bucks.*
*does not constitute disagreement with the undeniable fact that, yes, modern board and shelter should cost more than a freaking overpriced videogame console
Every other woman listed seems to be active in the game industry today.
I still agree that she should be among the most *influential* women in gaming. Even though she's no longer active, the influence that King's Quest and Phantasmagoria alone had on the market is still felt today. (And would anyone doubt she couldn't pull strings today if she wanted back in the market?)
I've had enough of the damn program through the internet - someone's browbeating everyone to watch and worship it in every other message-board thread online. I know Firefly as the program of choice of shrill, threadjacking zealots; why would I watch?
I understand you want more viewers, but you Firefly fans are making yourselves into the Jehovah's Witnesses of the Web.
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(hint: diary cows don't look anything like deer yet they are routinely shot...)
See, in Montana, to prevent this problem, we spray-paint "COW" on the side of the animal in big orange letters.
Thank you for remembering the Phantasy Star series. I praise the PS4 death for the same reasons you do, but the PS2 one hit me more - for console RPG players, this *was* the first big midgame playable chara death. And it's not just a "oh, what a cute, adowwable character" sympathy ploy - it's a horribly unjust death from a moral and ethical standpoint, so it's a double whammy. Not that it doesn't pull on the heartstrings - from the dying character's plea that no "mistake" like them be ever born again to "***** calls ****'s name once again. But his plaintive cry merely echoes and reechoes" - this was a punch to the gut.
I actually remembering calling up Sega as a kid and asking if the death was avoidable. After hearing a reasoned "no" explanation from a game counselor, I decided to call right back up to get a second opinion. Unbeknownst to me, I got got the same guy - and got: "NO! You CAN'T SAVE *****! You CAN'T CHANGE IT! It's LIKE A MOVIE!!!"
I'll also remember the meetings of the Let ******* Live Society for Phantasmagoria - the desperate phantom search for alternate cut scenes in the CD data that had the character surviving.
In the book is entitled From Barbie to Mortal Kombat, then why is it Sarah Bryant next to Barbie on the cover?
PS3 price = mortgage payment
Have you seen mortgage prices lately? I'm house hunting, and I'd *love* to have a mortgage payment that was a mere 600 bucks.*
*does not constitute disagreement with the undeniable fact that, yes, modern board and shelter should cost more than a freaking overpriced videogame console
Every other woman listed seems to be active in the game industry today.
I still agree that she should be among the most *influential* women in gaming. Even though she's no longer active, the influence that King's Quest and Phantasmagoria alone had on the market is still felt today. (And would anyone doubt she couldn't pull strings today if she wanted back in the market?)
I understand you want more viewers, but you Firefly fans are making yourselves into the Jehovah's Witnesses of the Web.
Yes. Thank you. Welcome to the conversation. Glad you could make it.