Recent content by RunicFox

I think they're still working on UI. When I attended Steam Dev days, the stuff they showcased was awesome, but it's all long-term testing vs. short term returns. I expect the system they use a year from now will be built off of the behavioral data....but it will be something completely different...

Good thing the shit sinks to the bottom on store pages...what I'd like to see is a better review system than binary that users can assign and a working tag system so that you filter anything out with the globally accepted tags "shit","Garbage","Waste","Refuse","Time Murderers","Scam",etc.

Interesting that absolutely no developing house has come out and walked customers through the process of creating anything. I'm not going to defend them. What they did, what they said, how they've addressed everything has been poor. At best. For a company I was beginning to respect, they...

Pretty ridiculous. I'll be honest, I'm pretty select when it comes to Collector's editions because I want something that I can point to my friends and say "That's how much I like something." -- Skyrim, Darksiders 2, Saints Row 4. I agree with you on the entire premise of these things needing to...

People have their opinions. I'd choose Abrams over a few people so it's not the worst situation. I think we're all skeptical in the shadow of the now infamous "New Trilogy" which, to be frank, is a good position for Disney to be in. At worst, what they create is not memorable (which with this...

Interesting take on both the man and the industry. You can say it was fueled by both sides, but I'd say this is something not often discussed in a 5 minute time frame and given articulate explanation. I've never had an issues with Abrams, but this whole idea seems to basically be Lost, but in...

So, when's the abridged versions of House of Cards and also House of Cards? Would be a shame, really, if these two series were confused for one another interchangeably.

I think large publishing houses are doing what they are to pick up pennies. They can't (or aren't able) to pivot the way a new company or small studio can when it comes to free to play titles. So, they split the difference and try and jimmy it in. They wouldn't still be doing it if it weren't...

I have very little I disagree with, although did get a bit confused on the topic of creating games with micro-transactions in mind. I believe that if a title intends to microtrans, especially around core systems, that the game should be free. Delaying the release of that shop and asking for...

Sounds like we pretty much agree. I apologize for the statement. It was broad. Most of my recent time on any community forum has been about candy crush or free to play lately, and a lot of people's initial reaction being knee-jerk. I think these last few sentences of yours are your best...

When people started making mobile games, it was to figure out HOW to make them. The control schema is still being experimented with. Now that there are some good examples out there, people are trying to figure out exactly what can work, and how long people *really* want to play them. Fast...

Not all companies just look at revenue. I concede that bad ones exclusively look at their revenue. From personal experience, Valve does not look exclusively at revenue, and it shows in their F2P. On the point of protecting the old or unwise I think it's noble but Candy Crush is still the not...

He believes. But a lot of what he has been saying is proving to be substantially difficult for companies. I can pick up a lot of examples of 'core' games that are free to play and are successful. It's happening at a decent pace. But they're also not hitting 'revenue' the same way as boxed...

None of my points were to go against speaking up -- but there's a lot more that you can do than 'speak up' in a forum if that's the case. I did, in all honesty, want to have this conversation with you, but I can't if the way we're going to continue discourse is to compare tragedy to...

Please tell me you did not compare this sort of conversation with the Holocaust. Please don't. It's a very disrespectful stance. On the point of Candy Crush -- I've worked in this industry for awhile now, and what he's saying is 1) Not new 2) giving recognition to those doing it right...