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Jonathan Blow -creator of Braid and working on The Witness- also has a very nice critique on the problems with games that are designed around micro-payments. Th
by wsc981 13y ago
Jonathan Blow -creator of Braid and working on The Witness- also has a very nice critique on the problems with games that are designed around micro-payments. The whole talk is interesting, but he starts discussing the issues around the 20 minute mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxFzf6yIfcc#t=1214 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxFzf6yIfcc#t=1214
- jere 13y agoI love that talk. I've had some friends complain that he takes too long to get to the point, but I would argue the comparison to TV is pretty important. I wouldn't skip it.
- DanielRibeiro 13y agoJonathan sometimes comments on Hacker News as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jblow https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jblow His comments on game industry, I find, are usually very on point. One of his last ones: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6803844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6803844