DOS version has Netmech, and I think all we would need to do is set up something like Kali to run IPX over TCP. Then again, this all presupposes that DOSBox has netplay.Hatta wrote:Me too! I even think I have my original CD around here somewhere. I think you need the Windows 95 version for network play though, don't know how well that would work in this era.
Please Stop Making Games
Re: Please Stop Making Games
Blizzard Entertainment Software Developer - All comments and views are my own and not representative of the company.
Re: Please Stop Making Games
I tend not to look at games as something I need to spend X hours on to have got my "money's worth". What matters to me is how I remember the experience, and how I enjoy it while going through it. Seeing Lord of the Rings in theaters, even if I bought a water and popcorn, costing me $15 or so, was well worth the price for a mere 3 hours of entertainment. If I don't have fun with a game, I won't play it, and I will abolish it from my collection. After all, I consider games to be entertainment, there for my own enjoyment.
Some games I may give 80+ hours on, especially if they have multiplayer. I still revisit games like Super Mario World to this day. Others I may only give 5 hours on because they're simply short games. I try to play through a game if it has a single player component to it. And I never truly consider I've 'moved on' from a game. I played through dark side in KotOR 2, and for all these years, I've planned to replay it as light side eventually. When? I don't know, but I revisit games eventually, if not for just nostalgia. I don't like the idea I 'complete' a game and have no reason to return to it.
I enjoy variety, a change of pace, and don't like to get bogged down in playing a game in greater depth simply for the sake of it. I spent a lot of time on Diablo and Diablo 2 because I was addicted, compelled. Never did I think "let me play this game more in-depth so I increase my hours played meter for them". I have great memories of playing through Halo and Gears of War, despite relatively short campaigns. I didn't find all the secrets, play through all the difficulties, or wear out the multiplayer. I just didn't feel the need to. I enjoyed them for what they were and when I revisit them down the line, I'll get those feelings of nostalgia.
I "fall behind" in games because I find myself going on eBay and buying random older games that I find cheap. I'll eventually catch up. Look at it this way, we don't know if, as people that grew up playing these types of games, whether we'll like what games are coming out 10 or 20 years from now. No one is releasing new NES, SNES, Saturn, etc, games anymore, so those libraries are static and unchanging. Having those options, 20-30 years from now, especially if we're not really enjoying the latest and greatest, is a blessing. It's always better to have an abundance of options rather than not. I played through Donkey Kong Country 2 recently, an SNES game I had never played before. It was as if someone had released a new SNES game and I got it. I enjoy being able to have these back libraries that keep my need for retro games fulfilled, without having to replay the same titles I've beat before over and over.
Some games I may give 80+ hours on, especially if they have multiplayer. I still revisit games like Super Mario World to this day. Others I may only give 5 hours on because they're simply short games. I try to play through a game if it has a single player component to it. And I never truly consider I've 'moved on' from a game. I played through dark side in KotOR 2, and for all these years, I've planned to replay it as light side eventually. When? I don't know, but I revisit games eventually, if not for just nostalgia. I don't like the idea I 'complete' a game and have no reason to return to it.
I enjoy variety, a change of pace, and don't like to get bogged down in playing a game in greater depth simply for the sake of it. I spent a lot of time on Diablo and Diablo 2 because I was addicted, compelled. Never did I think "let me play this game more in-depth so I increase my hours played meter for them". I have great memories of playing through Halo and Gears of War, despite relatively short campaigns. I didn't find all the secrets, play through all the difficulties, or wear out the multiplayer. I just didn't feel the need to. I enjoyed them for what they were and when I revisit them down the line, I'll get those feelings of nostalgia.
I "fall behind" in games because I find myself going on eBay and buying random older games that I find cheap. I'll eventually catch up. Look at it this way, we don't know if, as people that grew up playing these types of games, whether we'll like what games are coming out 10 or 20 years from now. No one is releasing new NES, SNES, Saturn, etc, games anymore, so those libraries are static and unchanging. Having those options, 20-30 years from now, especially if we're not really enjoying the latest and greatest, is a blessing. It's always better to have an abundance of options rather than not. I played through Donkey Kong Country 2 recently, an SNES game I had never played before. It was as if someone had released a new SNES game and I got it. I enjoy being able to have these back libraries that keep my need for retro games fulfilled, without having to replay the same titles I've beat before over and over.
Re: Please Stop Making Games
First of, this is a great article and really speaks to me. I share all of the author's sentiments.RyaNtheSlayA wrote:This is the way it is for me. Except every summer, I take any and all cash I collected thats disposable, and I throw it onto ebay for games, games, and more games. Play them over the summer. Spread them out over the next year. Then I rinse and repeat.deathclaw wrote:And one thing is for a fact - I read about videogames WAY more, than I really play them. Sometimes I don't touch any game for days. But every single day, I spend a few hours reading about games, watching game videos, talking about them and so on.
@Ryan I've been trying to develop a system like this for the past couple of months after I came to the revelation that I have way too many unfinished games. Of course it was futile. My problem is I enjoy 2D-fighters. They're the type of games that require mastery and when you've mastered a character there is a infinitely re-playable multiplayer mode waiting for you around the corner (this is especially the case if it has an online option).
You know what I did last summer? I got home after taking exams, popped in some Ghostbusters (the movie) and said to myself as I watch it, "this is what I've been waiting for all semester; I'm finally going to dig into my backlog of games and movies and play catch up." Then I discovered Street Fighter 2 on XBLA and played that the ENTIRE summer. I tried again last month and decided to really only focus on one game at a time, beat it, then move on to the next. Then Tatsunoko vs. Capcom came out.
I guess I'll keep trying, but like the author said, it's going to be hard to play catch up at this point with hundreds of games coming out each year.