Blackstar (sort of) mentioned in Nintendo Official Magazine

Danikat

Probably not as cool as the name makes it sound.

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) have a section along with the letters page for covering stuff that happens in their forums and one of my comments, which happens to be partially about Blackstar got published!

Sadly I didn't mention the forum by name for some stupid reason, but then I didn't know it was gonna be published and it seemed off topic. Sad

Anyhoo, here's the quote:
(Pie chart of the results of a poll on 'Do graphics really matter?', 58% Not really, 22% No, 20% Yes.)
Danikat said: "I'd say no. I've managed to get by quite happily for several years as a member of a forum that does text-based sci-fi role-playing. No graphics at all but the games are still a lot of fun. That's not to say graphics don't add anything - good graphics can add a lot to a game. But where a great storyline and fun gameplay can make up for bad graphics great graphics can't make up for an unoriginal and boring game."

drlupinmario · Guest

Wow, Nintendo power? Really?

I am personally surprised. I also wish I still got that magazine...

Cirrial · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject:

Actually, it's Nintendo Official Magazine. Nintendo Power is a different entity entirely, not available over in this fair land of Albion- erm, the UK.

I used to get it semi-regularly but I've kind of drifted away from Nintendo's consoles recently. I'm just less and less satisfied with the casual approach they're taking, I guess. Makes me wish I'd jumped trains at the start of this console generation. When most of the games that you want based off ads and reviews and opinion are for any console but yours, you know you made a bad decision somewhere. :/

that and I guess I've drifted into PC gaming which is funny because I have a Mac which is not exactly conducive for the whole PC gaming thing - oh well, the joys of dual booting

EDIT: And on reflection it's perhaps best you didn't. Who knows what the repercussions could have been? The traffic might have overwhelmed the servers or something. ...Ack, there's that elitist side I haven't excised showing up again. Bad Cirr! Bad!

EDIT EDIT: I went to a talk by a Dr. Richard Bartle (who is currently my lecturer for my games design module at uni) where he stated that text-based games could have far better graphics than actually graphics-based games ever could. I personally agree on this, but I would have added the condition "if the players have more imagination than a brick". >_>

Cloud · Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject:

drlupinmario · Guest

Danikat · Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:23 am Post subject:

Dungeon Keeper is legendary, even though I've never finished either of them. When I have a PC again I might play it.

I should probably have added that text based games only work when your playing with other people. Anyone ever played any of those old text based RPGs? The ones where (in the words of Strong Bad) you type 'get ye flask' and it says 'you cannot get ye flask' and you have to sit there and try to imagine why you cannot get ye flask. Although that might be more down to bad game design than anything.

Cirrial · Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:10 am Post subject:

Cloud · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:09 am Post subject:

drlupinmario · Guest

We miss you leisuire suit larry. Come back.

And not your retarded nephew. We want LARRY. And Roger wilco. AND WE WANT THAT CRAP DONE RIGHT!

Swix · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:03 am Post subject:

drlupinmario · Guest

No swix, Wrong one. Im talking about games 1-7. Not thoose two new cash-ins done without al lowe.

Swix · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:36 am Post subject:

Ahh, I see. I'd just like to mention that I've never played or even heard of the earlier ones. So that should give people an idea of just how bad this one is.

Though I do obviously play the more recent games, I still can't help but play some of my older games, like StarCraft plus Brood Wars, Aliens VS Predator, Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri, Trespasser, Baldurs Gate 2: Shadows of Amn plus Throne of Bhaal expansion, and of course Creatures

Cloud · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject:

Swix · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject:

Cloud · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:09 am Post subject:

Don't feel too bad, I'm just the same. I end up getting a game, playing it until almost completion then find out another game has come out that I need to play. Especially really long games (why are RPGs sooo long).

The best Baldur's Gate type game I've found is Dungeon Siege - it just seems to have a simpler system meaning I manage to complete it in my lifetime instead of wasting away trying to get through Baldur's Gate. I never completed either of the BGs... or Neverwinter Nights come to think of it Sad