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Jazzpunk: An adventure comedy game

39 points by galapago 13y ago

yzzxy 13y ago
This seems to draw a lot of influence from Snow Crash, judging by the quick look, which is exciting for me. We don't see nearly enough absurdist narrative.
- lcedp 13y ago
  Odd, I saw no correlation.
kevingadd 13y ago
For a taste of this utterly bizarre game, maybe check out the Quick Look: http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-jazzpunk/2300-8458/ http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-jazzpunk/2300-845... I made the mistake of watching it at around 2AM, so hopefully my uncontrollable laughter didn't wake up my neighbors.
drunken_thor 13y ago
Wow this game got big fast without even being released yet. I just saw it the other day around the indie game dev community. They are really doing good with marketing. Also I find they did very well with the art style. It is simplistic but has style.
- asb 13y ago
  It's actually been released, available for $11.99 DRM-free on GOG http://www.gog.com/news/release_jazzpunk http://www.gog.com/news/release_jazzpunk
stefantalpalaru 13y ago
Don't say "for PC and Mac" when what you mean is "for Windows and OS X".
- milliams 13y ago
  I think it will be available for Linux too though.
  - galapago 13y ago
    "Pre-Order Jazzpunk for Windows, Mac and Linux, including DRM-free builds and Steam key"
- PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  It's shorthand. You and everyone else knows very well that it means "recent versions of the operating systems descended from the IBM PC and the Macintosh."
  - stefantalpalaru 13y ago
    The IBM PC is strictly a hardware platform. Macintosh was also a hardware platform but the name got associated with the hardware-OS pairing even after the OS's name lost the "mac" particle. Modern "macs" use PC compatible hardware. Anyway, what I'm complaining about is the habit of naming hardware platforms with the understanding that they probably run a certain OS on them. In this case it looks like Linux is supported, just not advertised. The sooner we kill this confusing marketing jargon the better for everybody.

39 points by galapago 13y ago

yzzxy 13y ago

This seems to draw a lot of influence from Snow Crash, judging by the quick look, which is exciting for me. We don't see nearly enough absurdist narrative.

lcedp 13y ago
Odd, I saw no correlation.

kevingadd 13y ago

For a taste of this utterly bizarre game, maybe check out the Quick Look: http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-jazzpunk/2300-8458/ http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-jazzpunk/2300-845... I made the mistake of watching it at around 2AM, so hopefully my uncontrollable laughter didn't wake up my neighbors.

drunken_thor 13y ago

Wow this game got big fast without even being released yet. I just saw it the other day around the indie game dev community. They are really doing good with marketing. Also I find they did very well with the art style. It is simplistic but has style.

asb 13y ago
It's actually been released, available for $11.99 DRM-free on GOG http://www.gog.com/news/release_jazzpunk http://www.gog.com/news/release_jazzpunk

stefantalpalaru 13y ago

Don't say "for PC and Mac" when what you mean is "for Windows and OS X".

milliams 13y ago
I think it will be available for Linux too though.
- galapago 13y ago
  "Pre-Order Jazzpunk for Windows, Mac and Linux, including DRM-free builds and Steam key"
PhasmaFelis 13y ago
It's shorthand. You and everyone else knows very well that it means "recent versions of the operating systems descended from the IBM PC and the Macintosh."
- stefantalpalaru 13y ago
  The IBM PC is strictly a hardware platform. Macintosh was also a hardware platform but the name got associated with the hardware-OS pairing even after the OS's name lost the "mac" particle. Modern "macs" use PC compatible hardware. Anyway, what I'm complaining about is the habit of naming hardware platforms with the understanding that they probably run a certain OS on them. In this case it looks like Linux is supported, just not advertised. The sooner we kill this confusing marketing jargon the better for everybody.