Comments by "nexus1g" (@nexus1g) on "Extra History" channel.

  1. This is an awesome series. I love it. Please make more, definitely. I know it's a lot of work for you guys, but this is one of, if not the best, series you have running.
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  2. Hannibal Barkas I would love to see that. One way I'm aware of is "simplistic complexity." I just call it that. What it means is that the game is easily accessible with a very simple rule set, but has a great deal of depth in gameplay (e.g. Sudoku, Rubik's Cube, Bewejeled and related clones like Candy Crush, Tetris, etc.). 
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  3. Kartaal That's great advice, but it begs the question, "What makes a game a great experience?"
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  4. Objection TK Not really. I've noticed a lack of psychology involved in the explanations. For instance, can you explain all the intricacies of why 10-20 million people per year buy the new Call of Duty game? Not necessarily all the technical details of what makes it a good game, but the psychology of what makes that immense number of people put down $60 on the counter year after year for what seems to amount to the same experience as last year.
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  5. Quikie93 What does that even mean? That games should be made for charity? That games should be purposefully made so people don't want to come back?
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  6. Quikie93 Break that down... Why was it a chore? Was it a chore because the game kept making you come back to it, or was it the network of friends that depended on you to be there to help them? Was it another aspect of the game that you did like, but didn't like other aspects? There's a reason in there that the game became "unfun," and yet you still returned to it.
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  7. Quikie93 I don't think you're evaluating the situation deeply enough. In all games there are things you have to do in order to do the things you want to do. For instance, in Skyrim, if you want to buy a house, you have to save up money. If in Deus Ex HR you want to be able to hack any consoles, you have to spend 4 points into hacking upgrades. If you want to expand your house in The Sims, you have to make money. What you disagree with is the method by which WoW went about that at end game. You found it droll and boring. However, I'm sure if the content was perhaps varied, more interesting, more involving, maybe weeklies instead of dailies, you'd have enjoyed the obligatory "have to" a little more than you did.
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  8. Stocks have an intrinsic value of the physical and real property of the business. If a business goes belly up, stockholders are paid out of the liquidation of all solid assets. Money a stock is worth beyond that is certainly based on supply and demand.
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