Comments on: My Adventures With Warren Spector http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:18:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The RPSchive: Saving The Past 1 Game At A Time | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Pretentious, moi? http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-32980 The RPSchive: Saving The Past 1 Game At A Time | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Pretentious, moi? Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:13:34 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-32980 [...] As The Universe’s Best PC Gaming Site Run By Four Scruffy Men From Bath, UK, it seems important that we should be able to lay hands on the founding fathers, strongest sons and most compelling oddities of the ol’ IBM-compatible whenever we need to, whether for retrospective-writing purposes, to remind ourselves of how incomparably august a gaming platform the PC is, or simply for hiiiilarious out-of-context screenshots. [...] [...] As The Universe’s Best PC Gaming Site Run By Four Scruffy Men From Bath, UK, it seems important that we should be able to lay hands on the founding fathers, strongest sons and most compelling oddities of the ol’ IBM-compatible whenever we need to, whether for retrospective-writing purposes, to remind ourselves of how incomparably august a gaming platform the PC is, or simply for hiiiilarious out-of-context screenshots. [...]

]]> By: Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Back From The Dead » Blog Archive » RPS Exclusive: Warren Spector Interview http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-24284 Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Back From The Dead » Blog Archive » RPS Exclusive: Warren Spector Interview Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:59:59 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-24284 [...] that come from Richard? Actually… talking about that, what was it like being in a videogame? I was playing Martian Dreams on a random urge… and suddenly Dr Spektor walks in the door. Spector: Ah, in Savage Empire I was the evil Dr Spektor and redeemed myself in Martian Dreams. I [...] [...] that come from Richard? Actually… talking about that, what was it like being in a videogame? I was playing Martian Dreams on a random urge… and suddenly Dr Spektor walks in the door. Spector: Ah, in Savage Empire I was the evil Dr Spektor and redeemed myself in Martian Dreams. I [...]

]]> By: matte_k http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-13745 matte_k Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:53:30 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-13745 backtracking to this from current spector article, and i laughed so hard my balls dropped again. i now speak like the bastard son of Barry White and Pete Steele. Seriously though, excellent Sid Meier gag. I'm also not surprised Dr. Spector takes it all in his stride, he did work for Ion Storm-after that, anything else is a breeze. Speaking of which, whatever happened to Anachronox? I still want a sequel, you swines... backtracking to this from current spector article, and i laughed so hard my balls dropped again. i now speak like the bastard son of Barry White and Pete Steele. Seriously though, excellent Sid Meier gag. I’m also not surprised Dr. Spector takes it all in his stride, he did work for Ion Storm-after that, anything else is a breeze. Speaking of which, whatever happened to Anachronox? I still want a sequel, you swines…

]]> By: megamaj http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11564 megamaj Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:14:02 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11564 Omg, there's alt text on the images in RPS? I was missing out on this since ... way too long. :S Omg, there’s alt text on the images in RPS? I was missing out on this since … way too long. :S

]]> By: Rock, Paper, Shotgun: PC Gaming’s Ivoriest Tower » Blog Archive » RPS Exclusive: Warren Spector Interview! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11508 Rock, Paper, Shotgun: PC Gaming’s Ivoriest Tower » Blog Archive » RPS Exclusive: Warren Spector Interview! Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:45:26 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11508 [...] regular readers of RPS will know, I recently travelled back in time with Warren Spector to join Tesla and Freud in a mission to Mars t.... But I figured, since I was trapped in a space ship with the great man himself, before we get down [...] [...] regular readers of RPS will know, I recently travelled back in time with Warren Spector to join Tesla and Freud in a mission to Mars t…. But I figured, since I was trapped in a space ship with the great man himself, before we get down [...]

]]> By: someone http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11481 someone Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:10:29 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11481 Very cute work. l like it. Maybe do more articles like this. Very cute work. l like it.
Maybe do more articles like this.

]]> By: tjoms http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11479 tjoms Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:56:06 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11479 Like the guy above me said, rclick -> properties is a hell of lot faster than tracking it down in the source. And at the risk of repeating a disturbing amount of people: Brilliant article. Like the guy above me said, rclick -> properties is a hell of lot faster than tracking it down in the source.

And at the risk of repeating a disturbing amount of people: Brilliant article.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11449 Andrew Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:01:33 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11449 I've learned that Kieron puts alt-text on basically every picture, whereas Alec and Jim don't. So I've been right-clicking and viewing properties for AGES now. Also, excellent article. Good times. I’ve learned that Kieron puts alt-text on basically every picture, whereas Alec and Jim don’t. So I’ve been right-clicking and viewing properties for AGES now.

Also, excellent article. Good times.

]]> By: Richard http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11398 Richard Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:18:07 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11398 <blockquote>Oh wake up. The whole Lord British thing is a put-on. A fairly well-executed one in the case of Ultima, I guess, but that’s all it is.</blockquote> Try hitting each of them with a non-glass sword, thou heretical unbeliever.

Oh wake up. The whole Lord British thing is a put-on. A fairly well-executed one in the case of Ultima, I guess, but that’s all it is.

Try hitting each of them with a non-glass sword, thou heretical unbeliever.

]]> By: John http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11394 John Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:03:45 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11394 @FP Is that so? Well then, I for one welcome our title overlords. @FP

Is that so? Well then, I for one welcome our title overlords.

]]> By: Chis http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11393 Chis Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:00:36 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11393 <i>That’s not Lord British, just Richard Garriott. Totally different person.</i> Oh wake up. The whole Lord British thing is a put-on. A fairly well-executed one in the case of Ultima, I guess, but that's all it is. That’s not Lord British, just Richard Garriott. Totally different person.

Oh wake up. The whole Lord British thing is a put-on. A fairly well-executed one in the case of Ultima, I guess, but that’s all it is.

]]> By: Brant http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/03/my-adventures-with-warren-spector/comment-page-1/#comment-11392 Brant Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:57:38 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688#comment-11392 A fun and additional bonus of the title attribute is that you can apply it to almost <strong>anything</strong>. A fun and additional bonus of the title attribute is that you can apply it to almost anything.

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