In this exclusive interview, Craig Ritchie talks about his game Broken Roads and the challenges he faced developing and releasing this Australia-based, post-apoc RPG.
Matt Chat 532: Craig Ritchie of Drop Bear Bytes
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Blasteroids 3D
Here’s the file. If you can get this running properly in DosBox, please let me know your settings!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10f88e9qtkpS5jzvpne6j3Eg-WbkdchiJ/view?usp=sharing
Thanks,
Matt
Actual Table of Contents for Vintage Games 2.0
Yikes and yowsers! I noticed (after the fact, of course) that the table of contents I displayed for my book Vintage Games 2.0 in my latest video is, in fact, INCORRECT. Here’s the actual list of games covered:
- Spacewar!
- PONG
- Space Invaders
- Zork
- MUD
- Rogue
- Maze War
- Pac-Man
- Donkey Kong
- Pole Position
- Pitfall!
- Flight Simulator
- Elite
- Pinball Construction Set
- King’s Quest
- Wizardry
- Ultima
- Super Mario Bros.
- The Legend of Zelda
- Final Fantasy
- Tetris
- Street Fighter II
- SimCity
- Civilization
- Pool of Radiance
- Wasteland
- Dungeon Master
- Myst
- Doom
- John Madden Football
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- The Sims
- Diablo
- Starcraft
- Pokemon
- Ultima Online
- Super Mario 64
- Tomb Raider
- Final Fantasy VII
- Metal Gear Solid
- Ocarina of Time
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Halo
- Call of Duty
- Half-Life 2
- World of Warcraft
- WIi Sports
- Angry Birds
- Minecraft
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Concerns about Seven Dragon Saga
Is it too soon to be worried about the 7DS kickstarter? I was really hoping it would blast on to success, and we’d already be talking stretch goals. Many successful Kickstarters I’ve seen hit 30 to 50% of their funding goal in the first few days; 7DS is lagging at 13%. Since the typical KS curve is bowl-shaped, you can see why this doesn’t bode well.
Anonymity, or, Why I Don’t Wear Coveralls
Lately, I’ve been having some thought-provoking discussions on Twitter about internet anonymity, mostly in the context of the infamous RPG Codex. I’m someone who teaches and studies rhetoric, which is essentially the art of effective discourse (pretty much any type of communication but straight out formal logic–and some would even count that). Naturally, I have an interest in how a factor like anonymity affects what we’d call the “rhetorical situation.” All else being equal, if Speaker A is wearing a mask, does that make him more or less convincing than Speaker B, who is clearly not afraid to show his face? More to the point, does wearing a mask make you more or less honest when giving your opinion?
What’s wrong with Matt Chat?
Since my last post, I’ve been thinking more and more about what I’ve been doing “wrong” with Matt Chat, at least in terms of building an audience. Many folks have pointed out, and I think correctly, that with the caliber of guests I have on the show–and I’ve been maintaining that for years now–the show should be doing much better. There are countless guys out there doing simple reviews and let’s play type videos who are simply obliterating my views and subscriber lists.
Collaboration: The Bad and the Ugly
Writing a book, developing a game, or hosting a website can be lots of fun, but also very stressful, particularly when you’re up against deadlines and things get hectic at work and home. If you’re collaborating with someone else, that stress level is precisely double. Even if you’re on the best of terms going into it, it’s easy to get angry over seemingly frivolous things, especially with workload, quality, and respect issues.