.. that the ad immediately to the right of this was for BIG DATA & ANALYTICS services for IBM? Apropos ad placement humor.
Gameplay vs. Special Effects
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Ask Sid Meier
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You've been one of the few game designers who sticks to the in-depth intricate gameplay side of the fence as opposed to the latest trend in high-res graphics bonanza. As much as we the hardcore gamers love gameplay over 'bells and whistles' do you feel that this can hurt sales of smaller titles that go further into gameplay versus the big-name high graphics 'special effects' style games that seem to be flooding the market, and do you feel that there is an effective way to integrate an intricate well thought out game that can also make use of the latest trends in the graphics and sound technology of todays pc's?
I agree, my father was in the 82nd Airborne during Korea, later transfered to MP after he hurt his knee during a jump and later became a measurements engineer in the private sector.
Now aside from no longer traveling the world (Iraq in 82 Germany in 88 etc etc.) and the requisite stress of a round the world job, he too drives a bunch of kids around all day in the short bus, and aside from the:
"Hippity-Hop those dang kids want to play all the time on the radio" -direct quote.:)
He's much happier. I grant you he's now in his 60's and that engineering is a career hard to get back into after years out of it but still I'd have to say he at least seems to have a much more enjoyable time of it.
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.. that the ad immediately to the right of this was for BIG DATA & ANALYTICS services for IBM? Apropos ad placement humor.
You've been one of the few game designers who sticks to the in-depth intricate gameplay side of the fence as opposed to the latest trend in high-res graphics bonanza. As much as we the hardcore gamers love gameplay over 'bells and whistles' do you feel that this can hurt sales of smaller titles that go further into gameplay versus the big-name high graphics 'special effects' style games that seem to be flooding the market, and do you feel that there is an effective way to integrate an intricate well thought out game that can also make use of the latest trends in the graphics and sound technology of todays pc's?
I agree, my father was in the 82nd Airborne during Korea, later transfered to MP after he hurt his knee during a jump and later became a measurements engineer in the private sector.
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Now aside from no longer traveling the world (Iraq in 82 Germany in 88 etc etc.) and the requisite stress of a round the world job, he too drives a bunch of kids around all day in the short bus, and aside from the:
"Hippity-Hop those dang kids want to play all the time on the radio" -direct quote.
He's much happier. I grant you he's now in his 60's and that engineering is a career hard to get back into after years out of it but still I'd have to say he at least seems to have a much more enjoyable time of it.