By Jim Rossignol on January 25th, 2008 at 4:34 pm.
GameSetWatch flags up this beautiful six-minute presentation by Infocom veteran and man-about-games Steve Meretzky.
It speaks for itself.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Steve Meretzky: “The Most Perfect Game”
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Damnit, after a really long week of all those things, I was left wondering why the audience was laughing.
Then, after an age had passed…
PORTAL!
Aww man, I replayed it last week!
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Lovely. Where was that at?
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Quality stuff. And he’s so right.
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Well, I’m assuming the design team can appreciate that kind of complement from the man who brought you A Mind Forever Voyaging, a game that failed as political commentary in the Reagan 80s, but became a classic in design. If they can’t, well, rumor has it Sarge was smoking Mindex long before he splattered on the terminal velocity achievement.
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Did anybody else play Space Bar? That game kinda blew my mind in an idea-way back in the day. I never did beat it. But it’s sitting not ten feet from me, so maybe I will yet.
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Heh, nice.
@Mike: Boston Post Mortem according to Google Video.
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