The Sunday Papers

Written by Kieron Gillen on July 13, 2008 at 2:25 pm.

Oh God. I'm going to end up ordering a Skaven army.

This Saturday night was all about browsing online shops and resisting dark urges that must be suppressed, or else my lady will truly leave me for someone who doesn’t stink of resin and glue. But Sunday is a joyous time. For today is the time I compile a list of fine pieces of reading to distract you this afternoon, while resisting the urge to link to old Austin-based SY-influenced indie-rock singles for no bloody discernible reason.

Failed.

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Gravatar Cooper says:

Can someone explain how, in an advert for ‘Car Games’ and ‘Bike Games’, there needs to be a sub-section for ‘Racing Games’?
And, Parking games? Yes - over 12 of them on the site.

Anyway - Hide & Seek was great fun, though I was only there on the Sunday. McGonigal is quite right when she remarks about how ‘game’ real-life players are as opposed to online (which is why I much, much prefer playing my TF2 in the same room as my opponents or teammates). When you’re surrounded by people smiling and giggling for half the day, even my general misanthropy takes a step aside. A few people wondered if it was all a bit immature, but the thought and effort obviously put into it suggest very much otherwise.

July 13th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

Gravatar Theory says:

The RPS room is quite the experience.

July 13th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Gravatar dartt says:

We were going for a Spectoresque Wall-of-RPS effect.

July 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Gravatar TychoCelchuuu says:

Tom Francis is spectacular. I read his blog whenever it’s updated, and that article was par for the course. Fantastic.

July 13th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

Gravatar Noc says:

Interesting quote from the interview with Jim:

“And I assumed that I didn’t know very much about games at all. I mean I’ve been playing them obsessively my whole life but that was just how I lived.”

This never happens anymore.

July 13th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

Gravatar Dolphan says:

“I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I could love a woman who didn’t, just a little bit, somewhere deep down, want to be a spaceship” is my favourite quote from any piece of games writing, ever.

July 13th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

Gravatar ImperialCreed says:

Many thanks RPS and to Jim.

And Francis’ piece was pretty hilarious. I do wonder what’s going on, if anything, with the lady he met at the end.

July 13th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

Gravatar sbs says:

Damn, downloaded the Cassandra Project only to find out that Gametap’s weird butchered Deus Ex doesn’t support it.

July 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

Gravatar Rosti says:

Loving the Hide and Seek coverage, to the point that I’m hoping to join in with the next one. A little disappointed that igfest (which is virtually ‘local’ to me) clashes with birthday celebration plans. Ho hum.

Tom Francis is as amusing as ever too, obviously.

July 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

Gravatar Jonas says:

“Gametap’s weird butchered Deus Ex doesn’t support it.”

Same with Steam, actually - doesn’t support mods either. Digital distribution for the lose, apparently :(
You may be able to fix it by overwriting your Gametap DeusEx.exe with the .exe from the 1.112fm patch, but back everything up before you overwrite.

July 13th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

Gravatar Arsewisely says:

I loved Source, Tags and Codes - Worlds Apart, not so much. Hope they’ll get back on form with the new album.

July 13th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

Gravatar Theory says:

Same with Steam, actually - doesn’t support mods either. Digital distribution for the lose, apparently

Rubbish, I’ve managed it. The shortcut needs to be something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\deus ex\System\DeusEx.exe" ini="c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\deus ex\HotelCarone\System\hotelcarone.ini" log=HotelCarone.log

Edit: I have no idea what’s going on with the huge gaps there. It’ll be fine if you copy/paste.

July 13th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

Gravatar Phil H says:

RE: Trail of the Dead - Somehow they were on Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse/Dethklok tour last fall and the pairing couldn’t have been more wrong(souring me on their music). They did at least inadvertently provide some amusement for the crowd while waiting for Dethklok to hit the stage.

July 13th, 2008 at 7:05 pm

Gravatar Arsewisely says:

Have Trail jumped the shark? I certainly hope not.

July 13th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

Gravatar friday says:

Trail of Dead - the only indie rock band that does that rock part. Please excuse me for using the words indie rock.

July 13th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Gravatar Kadayi says:

RPS = migraine inducing with about 4 looped audio clips going on all the time tbh.

July 13th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

Gravatar James G says:

Oh wow, that Hide and Seek fest sounds really cool, I’ve always wanted to try games like this. I’ll have to see if I can get to one, or if anything is going on up in Edinburgh.

For some reason, the coverage reminded me of 1000 blank white cards. Which has to be responsible for one of the most enjoyable evenings of my undergraduate degree. Unfortunately its also the kind of game where the right players are paramount, and too many people just look at you bemused when you try to explain it. (Not to mention some people seem to take themselves far too seriously.)

July 13th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

Gravatar Fede says:

Theory: it’s because the text is justified

Great links :)

July 13th, 2008 at 9:39 pm

Gravatar Hobbes says:

Man, I fancy Kate Bush.

Then, I mean, obviously. Possibly now to, but I’ve not seen recent photos.

July 13th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

Gravatar Cargo Cult says:

Weird MINERVA-scented puzzling, anyone?

(The persons in the RPS Steam chat thinger have been doing sterling work, incidentally!)

July 13th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

Gravatar Rosti says:

Heh! 1KBWC was precisely what came to mind over that Gype entry. Did you ever Kingdom of Loathe, James?

July 14th, 2008 at 12:24 am

Gravatar Powerhaus says:

My only prior expose to “and they will know us by our trail of dead” was when they opened for Dethklok in La. Not a great band but they tried

July 14th, 2008 at 12:26 am

Gravatar James G says:

@Rosti

No, although I’ve had several people suggest it to me now. I had a quick look at it a couple of years back, but didn’t go further than tha. Perhaps it is time for another look.

July 14th, 2008 at 12:29 am

Gravatar Jonas says:

Theory: Interesting, I never got that to work. A couple of us have been fiddling with enabling mods for Steam-DX over in our little corner of the world, but I guess we should try Carone and see if we can get that to work. I don’t believe there’s any technical difference between Carone and eg. HDTP.

July 14th, 2008 at 12:40 am

Gravatar Ginger Yellow says:

Oh man. I just reinstalled GalCiv 2 to get the new expansion pack and that article has totally fired me up. Unfortunately it’s 1am and starting a game now would be entering a world of pain.

July 14th, 2008 at 1:05 am

Gravatar DSX says:

Excellent papers!!! I like the sound of ..’Trail of Dead, reminds me of a local garage band in my small town called East Ash (their ancient you-tube contribution).

“writing about games has made him love games more.”

Isn’t that why every single one of us has RPS bookmarked? AMEN.

July 14th, 2008 at 1:45 am

Gravatar DragonSix says:

It almost gave me a new reason to go back to WoW, as I didn’t tried too hard to hang out with the girls I met, I may have missed an important “feature” of the game…

July 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Gravatar nabeel says:

Tom Francis rocks.

nabeel

July 14th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

Gravatar EyeMessiah says:

Because every inch of hope becomes a world of shame!

July 14th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

Gravatar The Unshaven says:

Any update on the Sins of a Solar Empire SF Quote contest? If I’ve missed it I’ll feel appropriately deficient, but I’m also curious to see what kind of entries there were…

July 15th, 2008 at 12:31 am

Gravatar DSX says:

I’ve inquired about previous contest entries before as well, all appear to be sucked into a huge vacuum of silence.

July 19th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

Gravatar sinister agent says:

They’re going to piece together some kind of meta-novel using nothing but the quotes, obviously.

July 19th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

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