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IQ Chat / Re: Bt eats Marmite to Prove His Love for QFI and IQ

« on: October 05, 2012, 10:47:02 AM »

very sweet, quite beefy and salty brown syrup.

I think I found some Marmite smeared up the inside of my underpants yesterday when I was doing laundry!

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I'm sure that this qualifies as a TMI moment.

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: The Kickstarter Blues

« on: October 01, 2012, 09:20:34 PM »

I thought I'd mention another, albeit very different, action/adventure project with RPG elements, whose art direction is also intriguing and quite unique. Lots of copy/paste following here...

Definitely unique.  And I look for unique and interesting concepts that stand out from the norm.  I've been a backer of this one since I first heard about it.

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: MMO's what is your take?

« on: September 26, 2012, 11:22:59 AM »

I've been playing MMOs since Dark Age of Camelot.  I've experienced Final Fantasy XI, World of Warcraft, City of Heroes, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Champions Online, Star Trek Online, The Old Republic, The Secret World, and a few others that I can't rightfully remember off the top of my head.  Some are good and others I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot polearm anymore (I'm looking at you, STO and CO).  The one main reason for me to check out an MMO is that friends are playing it.  If they aren't, then the game needs to have a damn good hook to get me interested.

I prefer the single-player experience, but still enjoy playing with others online from time to time.

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: The Kickstarter Blues

« on: September 24, 2012, 01:05:21 PM »

Looks like SD got me interested in Project Eternity.  The non-combat skills update sold me, though.  I have been a fan of theirs since the original Fallout and KotOR2, as well as having loved New Vegas (I have but never played their D&D games, though), so I figured that I can give a little bit to them.  Nowhere near as much as the big adventure game projects, of course.   

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: The Kickstarter Blues

« on: September 23, 2012, 11:46:22 AM »

Considering that I've backed pretty much every adventure game project since Larry, I'm sure to give a little something.  It certainly won't be as much as SpaceVenture, Larry, or possibly even QFI, but I do like the QFG series enough to at least look at it.

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: The Kickstarter Blues

« on: September 21, 2012, 06:00:33 PM »

If you get enough to fund the development of a game via KS, why would anyone hand their game over to a disinterested publisher? Sounds like a good reason for someone to start a third party digital distribution business for indies that just charges a cut of the profits per sale and let the developers to keep their IPs.

I expect GOG would be happy to do that. They've already started distributing recent games by other publishers as well as recent indie games. What's to stop them from becoming the sole publisher of certain indie games, aside from maybe some random legality I'm not aware of, never having created or published a game myself?

There's also Steam.  They seem to be pretty indie-friendly.

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: game remakes

« on: September 13, 2012, 07:36:31 PM »

I'm no expert on the industry, but based on what I've seen over the past five months or so on Kickstarter that you would either need to own the rights for an IP already or would have to license it from the rights-holders.

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IQ Chat / Re: Sierra is back

« on: September 12, 2012, 01:34:21 PM »

Let's keep the adventure alive.

I'll second that emotion.  The Adventure Game Revival Movement needs to succeed.  We need more quality adventures released.  Not that there's not plenty of indy developers out there that crank out great games already.   

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Quest for Infamy / Re: Marching Towards Infamy!

« on: September 04, 2012, 05:32:53 PM »

I can't wait to try out Demo 2.0 and the game itself when it releases, of course.   

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Dragon*Con 2012

« on: September 03, 2012, 11:21:00 PM »

As a fellow cosplayer, I love the outfit.

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: The Kickstarter Blues

« on: August 28, 2012, 12:24:20 PM »

The biggest problem is that Kickstarter fatigue has slowly been setting in.  Lots of people want to back lots of projects, but most of them are so close to each other.  Add to that the fact that some projects are asking for a LOT of money.  I'm backing Through the Fire, which is a movie project being done by Michael Dorn and a few other Star Trek alums.  They're asking for $750K, an amount that seems like too much.  They're not doing so well.  Even smaller projects like Reincarnation and Detective Grimoire had a hard time selling their products.  After the School for Heroes project comes and goes I'm pretty much tapped out.  I really should have stopped after QFI, to tell you the truth.

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Quest for Infamy / Re: Brigand, Rogue or Sorcerer? What did you become first?

« on: August 24, 2012, 12:59:53 PM »

Perhaps each song could be played on a variety of instruments, or in a few different keys, and you'd have to choose the right combination to achieve the necessary tones.  Play a bad note and risk death!  Just a thought, but I'm sure you've got plenty of your own.

Hahaha!  Now there's an idea I like--the traveling bard with an arsenal of different instruments.  He'd be a one man band--tuba slung over his shoulder, lute on his back, maracas in his belt.  What a sight! 

Now that is a sight that I'd love to see.  Roehm carrying a crapton of instruments around.

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Quest for Infamy / Re: Brigand, Rogue or Sorcerer? What did you become first?

« on: August 24, 2012, 12:31:44 PM »

I loved the paladin in QFG.  Of course, I also agree that it's just a fighter with spells.  But, that is also what a paladin IS.  A bard can have "spells" in the form of songs, but they'd most likely fit as more of a social enhancer than actual combat spells.  There could also be some overlap in the "utility" aspect, but I could see the bard as a distinct class, too.

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Quest for Infamy / Re: Brigand, Rogue or Sorcerer? What did you become first?

« on: August 24, 2012, 12:16:25 PM »

I'm liking the bard idea.  Sounds cool.  I'd certainly try my hand at it.

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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: HP Lovecraft's Birthday

« on: August 20, 2012, 04:47:59 PM »

When I think horror, I think of Lovecraft.  For a person who's not really into that genre, I do find his stories quite thrilling.  There's just something about his tales that speak volumes about the human condition, IMHO.