Maes Posted October 13, 2007 From http://www.armchairempire.com/Interviews/derek-smart.htm : Derek Smart said: A game is supposed to cater to our need to escape. I don’t want to jump down into a dungeon and run into a foul mouthed, axe wielding dwarf yelling "….c’mere you fucking prick! Am gonna shove this here axe up your ass and make you my bitch!!". Even if he doesn’t speak English. Do you? Don't know about you, but I would totally digg such a game, if it existed :-D 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted October 13, 2007 I have to say I agree with the writer. I spend enough time at the office handling sexual harassment complaints directed at the special ed tourette's foreign exchange midgets with medieval sex fetishes employed as maintenance crew on the basement floor. I don't need that kind of crap during my "me" time. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted October 13, 2007 Bloodshedder said:Definitively or definitely? I think I'll definitively go with definitely. Thanks for stimulating my rusty grammar and vocabulary! 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted October 13, 2007 Lol, Derek Smart. I like how he says that the best games are freeform "sandbox" ones, and then later on starts dissing MMOs. 0 Share this post Link to post
Udderdude Posted October 13, 2007 Derek Smart's treatment on Something Awful (back when they didn't suck) was hilarious. http://rapidshare.com/files/62301989/desktop-commander.wmv This is no longer on their site but still pretty funny/bizzare/etc. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted October 13, 2007 udderdude said:Derek Smart's treatment on Something Awful (back when they didn't suck) was hilarious. http://rapidshare.com/files/62301989/desktop-commander.wmv This is no longer on their site but still pretty funny/bizzare/etc. I always loved the bit about the "satisfied customer" x-D who knows why he was moaning with such abandon... 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted October 13, 2007 Danarchy said:Lol, Derek Smart. I like how he says that the best games are freeform "sandbox" ones, and then later on starts dissing MMOs. I was under the impression that sandbox games let you do more than grind for uber armor or increase your cooking skill. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted October 13, 2007 Here's a greater quality download link for "Derek Smart's Desktop Commander": http://rapidshare.com/files/62321719/desktop-commander.mpg.html I just found it laying in my HD and thought I could share. 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted October 13, 2007 timeline derek smart is not funny anymore 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted October 14, 2007 Bucket said:I was under the impression that sandbox games let you do more than grind for uber armor or increase your cooking skill. Perhaps, but I don't see how much more open-ended a game like his is. 0 Share this post Link to post
BoldEnglishman Posted October 14, 2007 leileilol said:timeline derek smart is not funny anymore Thank you for sharing that wonderful piece of information there. I had a good chuckle at that quoted sentence in the first post alone. 0 Share this post Link to post
pilottobombadier Posted October 14, 2007 Danarchy said:Perhaps, but I don't see how much more open-ended a game like his is. His never ends so...just as much. The difference is, you don't have to pay to play and his world is a bit more dynamic. And much more detailed. And there's no such thing as quest bottlenecks. The only problem is, the game is buggy as hell (Daggerfall is my tolerance point; BC3000AD is way buggier than Daggerfall). BC3000AD is a brilliant premise for its time but it's goddamned unplayable Millenium is not, but you have to learn to play the game. It's learning curve is steeper than H&D. 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted October 14, 2007 I can't believe I've never heard of him or his games before. 0 Share this post Link to post
pilottobombadier Posted October 14, 2007 I hadn't either 'til I bought Battlecruiser on a whim (big fan of Wing Commander: Armada, though this would be a great next step). I really liked the idea, but the game was too hard to get into because of the mentioned bugs. The Millenium also allows you to get into foot combat as well, which is really awesome. 0 Share this post Link to post
Plonker Posted October 16, 2007 Ive never heard of him or any of the games mentioned here (whats an MMO?) but that foul mouthed dwarf game sounds like fun 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted October 16, 2007 Plonker said: whats an MMO? Mass Midget Orgy 0 Share this post Link to post
Plonker Posted October 16, 2007 chinese midgets or 'normal' ones??? ok I did a wee bit of research (very wee) are MMO's those vast multiplayer online games like the warcraft thingy in an episode of south park (has to be one of the funniest episodes) 0 Share this post Link to post
alexz721 Posted October 16, 2007 I heard the patched version of Battlecruiser 30000AD fixed a ton of bugs and really showed the potential of what the game could do, but this was already after it had been derided endlessly by critics and gamers. I never did try the patched version, but I've been curious about it for the longest time. 0 Share this post Link to post
pilottobombadier Posted October 16, 2007 No, the patched version (2.09) was the one I had. It was playable. For about half an hour. 0 Share this post Link to post
Quast Posted October 16, 2007 Bucket said:I was under the impression that sandbox games let you do more than grind for uber armor or increase your cooking skill. You dont need to grind for uber gear anymore in wow thanks to the arenas. Welfare epics for everyone is pretty standard fare nowadays. 0 Share this post Link to post
Acidic Lamb Posted October 18, 2007 I would hate it if i got in a room with that dwarf unless i had something to defend meself. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted October 20, 2007 Acidic Lamb said:I would hate it if i got in a room with that dwarf unless i had something to defend meself. Mithril underwear and some KY perhaps? 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted October 20, 2007 Here you go, a Doomworld exclusive: How the dwarf may have sounded. Definitively not work safe. 0 Share this post Link to post