tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post113143535982717584..comments2023-11-03T01:45:11.288-07:00Comments on Lost Garden: Random Notes from Mr. FeverDaniel Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10437870541630835660noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131665783152312292005-11-10T15:36:00.000-08:002005-11-10T15:36:00.000-08:00I'm marginally extrovert/introvert... so here's me...I'm marginally extrovert/introvert... so here's me... <BR/><A HREF="http://keirsey.com/personality/nfep.html" REL="nofollow">Ray the Champion</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://keirsey.com/personality/nfip.html" REL="nofollow">Ray the Healer</A><BR/><BR/>Phil. I like your idea... Let's get Danc to rant... (well... more than he does... maybe he can comment on Country/Western music next...) <BR/><BR/>--RayRaymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035842500415940617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131639037847819092005-11-10T08:10:00.000-08:002005-11-10T08:10:00.000-08:00Aye, thinking at this point I've got either a para...Aye, thinking at this point I've got either a parasite or some bizarre bowel infection. Joy. It isn't operating like a normal cold. I feel fine for a couple of days and then bam...fever and upset stomach hit within an hour. I love having bizarre illnesses. :-) <BR/><BR/>*Grin* Understood about the rants. I intentionally excise those from the blog. I've got a half dozen that I wrote and never posted. The goal of this site is to become a place of authority on game design. If I rant, it becomes "just some guy's opinion" <BR/><BR/>Speaking of personality profiles, here is mine. It might explain a little: <A HREF="http://keirsey.com/personality/ntij.html" REL="nofollow">Danc the INTJ</A><BR/><BR/>I'll post a rant up for you and Ray. It deals with strip malls though, not games...but you can see what my rants look like at least. :-)<BR/><BR/>Happy day,<BR/>Danc.Daniel Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437870541630835660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131636466102951792005-11-10T07:27:00.000-08:002005-11-10T07:27:00.000-08:00Ray, I think youre thinking of Chuppa Chups (I kno...Ray, I think youre thinking of Chuppa Chups (I know Zool had that in too).<BR/><BR/>Lollies.. hmmmm :)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, get well Dan.<BR/><BR/>BTW: To kill off colds, I'm absolutely convinced that additional vitamins and Zinc are all that is required (and good amounts of resting).<BR/><BR/>Of course, thats based on whole minutes of google medical research :)<BR/><BR/>I'm interested in the last category of long-winded articles.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if there's any marketplace for stupidly long-rantathons on random game crap like mine someplace in this mixed up cosmos too.<BR/><BR/>I hate how rational you are all the time. Maybe we should start staging some kind of "make danc rant" effort.<BR/><BR/>Like the whole rant event at GDC. Man that must have been cathartic. I wish I had gone now :)<BR/><BR/>Feel better soon bud.Phil Carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05262518177977960604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131588284743559612005-11-09T18:04:00.000-08:002005-11-09T18:04:00.000-08:00Domino's did avoid the noid - which actually was q...Domino's did avoid the noid - which actually was quite fun. I remember playing that for a while<BR/><BR/>(I know - it's lame)...<BR/><BR/>DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131560527580826582005-11-09T10:22:00.000-08:002005-11-09T10:22:00.000-08:00The first game I remember doing this was a really ...The first game I remember doing this was a really old platformer from the lollipop company, "Chups" (I think it's a spanish company). I mentioned M&Ms has done similar things, often cereal companies will have lamebrain attempts at a game, though most are really really lame, and packaged free with a box of cereal. I did get a free copy of the videogame of Life by Hasbro out of a cereal box too... My wife likes that sort of thing, I wouldn't let it anywhere near my computer. ;) <BR/><BR/>--RayRaymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035842500415940617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131550571015334962005-11-09T07:36:00.000-08:002005-11-09T07:36:00.000-08:00Man does being sick suck. Hope you feel better so...Man does being sick suck. Hope you feel better soon! <BR/>-e<BR/><BR/>P.S. I never thought about games as advertisements before... Do you mean like product placement, or do you mean outright creating a game to sell a product? My sense of morality shivers and my love of capitalism tingles. Do tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131505489500263542005-11-08T19:04:00.000-08:002005-11-08T19:04:00.000-08:00I have nothing other to say than I pratically swea...I have nothing other to say than I pratically sweat in anticipation of your next post.<BR/><BR/>Please please please keep doing the great job that you are doing (and get better!)<BR/><BR/>Dave<BR/><BR/>Oh and give us a space monkey update!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131480838727249322005-11-08T12:13:00.000-08:002005-11-08T12:13:00.000-08:00I might suggest those little tablets that come in ...I might suggest those little tablets that come in a tube called Airborne. Tried them out on Sunday because I was developing a bad headache/sore throat/etc. Gone by the evening. Might just be coincidence, but I like products that tell me 'you'll be healthy due to vitamins and not strange drugs you can't pronounce'.<BR/><BR/>In the other vein, let me know if you want help finding a house here in Seattle. I know where -everything- is and just went through the process last year. I don't think Kent or Renton would be good for you, for instance. Or parts of Bellevue. Depends on your income/down payment/etc. too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131478142395188592005-11-08T11:29:00.000-08:002005-11-08T11:29:00.000-08:00Looking forward to "from DK to Mario" and also "ap...Looking forward to "from DK to Mario" and also "applied stage gate product design".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131471831133787442005-11-08T09:43:00.000-08:002005-11-08T09:43:00.000-08:00I want more rants and less well reasoned articles,...I want more rants and less well reasoned articles, Dang it!!<BR/><BR/>--Ray <BR/><BR/>PS> Let me know when you're over your cold, so we can get together and introduce a whole elementary school's worth of virii to you... <BR/><BR/>(Having a Soup Party at my place on Saturday night, you're invited if you wanna come... lots of adult mormons will be there... it may frighten you... no liquor... ... no pot... well... Everybody's supposed to bring a little pot of soup. We will play some fascinating vocabulary building games... ;) )Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035842500415940617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131460646818702222005-11-08T06:37:00.000-08:002005-11-08T06:37:00.000-08:00"Drop"I really want to read more about "from DK to..."Drop"<BR/>I really want to read more about "from DK to Mario"<BR/><BR/>greetings from GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719805.post-1131447219750503312005-11-08T02:53:00.000-08:002005-11-08T02:53:00.000-08:00I worry that I may be causing eyestrain.Maybe you ...<I>I worry that I may be causing eyestrain.</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe you could add name anchors to your different headers and a ToC referring to those. That would also make easier to bookmark and link/quote specific parts of your long texts.<BR/><BR/><I>So it is with a distinct sense of melancholy that I slip the CD of Civ IV into my CD drive and dream wistfully of a time when games finally leave the physical world behind.</I><BR/><BR/>Kind of off-topic here, but I'm pretty sure that physical games-related merchandising like art books, guides and soundtrack CDs may become a viable replacement for that kind of need. I personally often find myself in awe with the arts used in games nowadays and rather wanting to own an art book than play the game anyway. ;PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com