Verhoeven totally walks this line. For me Verhoeven is even more complex than Camp or not Camp, because there are aspects of real B Movie production that I see in his work...like not caring what your budget is, and just making the movie you set out to make, damn the ...
What a marvelously thoughtful, well-researched and inspirational post. Thank you so much for sharing your heartfelt wisdom with us I especially like where you support your anecdote with evidence and examples. Next time you are struck by the urge to tip a little genius out of the overflowing cup that ...
Really surprised to see SFIV get an honorable mention while NSMBW gets 2nd place Very curious about why a deeply flawed physics platformer that fails in almost every way could be held so much above a technical masterpiece. SFIV is the kind if game that has accessibilty problems but provides ...
Ah, I meant to add some examples from some recent games I worked on. In Edgecrement, for example, I did the code, co-designed the gameplay, and did the sound effects, even though I'm a proficient artist and am capable though quite slow at creating music. Knowledge of game design and ...
Those are examples of holistic reviews though - taking the thing as a whole and deciding what bits worked and what didn't. My gripe is the dissection and reassembly of hte components individually when they're so interdependent. I think it's great to say man everything was firing on all cylinders ...
I think you're right on the mark about the psychology, Glenn - there's probably some Montessori-esque sort of philosophies behind this line of thinking too, which is totally fine by me : Somebody mentioned Spore excelling in some of these areas, and I think that is no coincidence, these are ...
LOL I love press releases :D I love that this quote: Carmack said, We will now be able to grow and extend all of our franchises under one roof, leveraging our capabilities across multiple teams while enabling forward looking research to be done in the service of all of them. ...
