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Victor Gont's Blog   Expert Blogs

I am a young prospective game designer living in a country that is light years away from providing specialized education. I currently work as a QA specialist and ghostwriter.

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Industry-Damaging Video Games Marketing  Featured Blogs
Posted by Victor Gont on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:21:00 EST in Business/Marketing
I stumbled upon a little piece of YouTube viral ad for Dead Space 2; bewilderment followed.
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Roleplaying Among Mechanical Constructs  Featured Blogs
Posted by Victor Gont on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:28:00 EST in Design
An innocent opinion on the way modern RPGs deal with the interactions between player and non-playable characters. What helps and (especially) hinders the immersion we need in single player games.
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Comment In: Skill progression in RPGs based on play style [Blog - 07/17/2012 - 07:13]

I have actually seen this ...

I have actually seen this system implemented in a few MMOs too mostly asian f2p ones and while it was a welcomed change of pace, it was extremely easy to abuse by afk levelling and boting you could just jam a toothpick in your keyboard button for self heal for ...

Comment In: iOS hacker circumvents in-app purchases, Apple working to shut him down [News - 07/16/2012 - 06:23]

Hackers rarely seem to have ...

Hackers rarely seem to have valid rationalizations behind their actions. They mostly do it because they can, to prove they can. Everything you hear after the fact is 'PR ' crap or causes assigned to them by internet groups they might or might not be affiliated to.

Comment In: Ubisoft picks up Avengers license following canceled THQ game [News - 05/10/2012 - 12:15]

I 'm pretty sure Avatar ...

I 'm pretty sure Avatar exceeded its sales expectations and brought in a nice profit, so it was indeed a success. Hoping the Avengers will get more critical acclaim though.

Comment In: Elder Scrolls Online makes MMO of popular offline RPG series [News - 05/03/2012 - 12:14]

This is the first thing ...

This is the first thing that I thought of when I saw the teaser. A radiant quest system together with phased, persistent world changes would be an amazing leap forward that the MMO genre is sorely lacking at this moment. A cooperative Skyrim sandbox if you will. r n r ...

Comment In: Gamasutra Best Of 2011: Top 5 Overlooked Games [News - 12/19/2011 - 12:23]

That would be a great ...

That would be a great move for Ubisoft it would definitely be worth 15 on Steam, just like the other recent DS port, Might and Magic Clash of Heroes.

Comment In: Moral Ambiguity and Choices in Skyrim: All Setup, No Payoff [Blog - 11/24/2011 - 09:50]

Yes, there is a point ...

Yes, there is a point during the main quest-line where you have to get both sides to agree to a peace treaty/cease fire it only pops-up if you haven't picked one of the factions though . However, much like any other decision presented to the player, it does not have ...

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