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Considering Curt has $40 million to support his company until the perfectly ideal sponsor/publisher/funding body is found, I"d imagine his response would be "The funding isn"t the issue with 38 Studios, it"s the process. That, and keeping all you whiny brats out of our hair." I may have...

You"ve already killed Danuser in Copernicus? Color me impressed. Not that you killed him (he"s a total sissy) but that the team is so far along in the game "already".

I never had to wait more than a minute or so, and I"d be enjoying the sample I just got while I waited. It could"ve been done better, but I enjoyed it, and found Coney Island Albino Python from it. So delicious~

It"s kind of a relief to hear that. It seems like the East Coast has really drawn the short straw when it comes to gaming conventions. On the other hand, we did get the beer convention in Boston. That was a blast.

So do parents, but at least Devs don"t beat you with a belt.

Your concept artists need to use more brown. In gnomad"s defense (Oh god, what am I doing?!) I have been incredibly disappointed with every single MMO released since WoW, and even some that have yet to hit store shelves. We"re promised something grand and, instead, get something on the range...

The "broader audience" is the other 10.5-15.5 million people they"re looking to draw into their game. Curt and company have said on a number of occasions that they"re seeking to be the biggest, best and better than the rest, including Blizzard and WoW. In order to do that, they not only need to...

Because their aim isn"t to make mincemeat of their announcement; they want to kick it off with a bang, bringing on a whole new deluge of questions and speculation. If they can"t give out the name, the setting, the overall goal and some completed examples of how their game is going to kick other...

That"s kinda why I had hype in quotations. Every time he"s said something along the lines of "We"ll have a treat for you guys in a few weeks!" or "Keep your eyes open over the next month or two!" there"s been something. It hasn"t been groundbreaking innovations or loads of l33t 4lph4 inf0z, but...

Except Curt has delivered on his past pieces of "hype" for the most part. I still don"t have that early-Alpha invite he said he"d give me, though.

I refuse to get giddy with excitement until Copernicus has an official title. I will not be the victim of another Project Offset. ...Yes, it was an awesome sneak peek. I want it now!

I think the big thing to consider here is how WoW players ended upneedingto use mods because Blizzard couldn"t design their encounters, the base UI, or AI reactions in a way that would give people all the info they needed without it being plastered across the screen or shown in a bar graph. Some...

Yes, it is. Stop being such a purposefully abrasive jackass. If you"re going to bring "it" to "The Man" at least back it up with some kind of substance. No one here finds your mudslinging bickering impressive or interesting, just obnoxious and childish. Bring the tough questions all you like...

Great, then we have to wait 2 years for you to balance everything with the Creepy Crawlers expansion pack...

I"m not sure if anyone else has been to 38 Studios" page lately, but there"s a competition for game artists going on called Dominance War III. Three of 38S"s are in the final stage: Minoh Kim, Billy Ahlswede and Josh Singh. My personal favorite of those three isKim"s "Aphotic...

The only housing I ever got to experience in-depth was AO; I did the newbie EQ2 housing quests, but aside from that I never bothered with my house. With AO it was kinda fun furnishing my house, buying a better apartment, etc., but I always wished there was some added benefit to having one...

Really? Where did you read/hear that?

That interview was supposed to give a glimpse into how a gaming company is built from the ground up. Those were the first words out of their mouths and that is what they came prepared to offer. Naturally people are interested in how they"re going to tackle various obstacles when it comes to...

I"m surprised no one asked about content updates and what plans there were to keep people satisfied between them. I know with WoW my biggest gripe (pre-Naxx, as I quit before then) was how unbearably slow Blizzard was with new places to explore or dungeons to raid, even if MC had been on farm...

It"s not leeching off the IP that they (38 Studios) are interested in as much as expanding the game and the world using cellphone technology, books/comics, movies, online video and the like. I wouldn"t be the least bit surprised to find their IP used in an offline gaming format (be it to provide...

For better or worse, 38 Studios has decided to delve straight into the MMO market, with other game genres relegated to their peripheral vision (no pun intended). I recall Curt (or maybe it was Brett) commenting on how they would offer a prelude to their MMO in the form of novels/comics to help...

The problem with using an established IP is how critical fans will be with every little change to the world you make. It can make things incredibly difficult for designers because they aren"t allowed to innovate or expand upon the brand as much as they would like to. With a new IP, however...

Except he really hasn"t been hyping the game all that much. He"s optimistic, certainly, but he hasn"t been coming here out of the blue going "Our game is going to be so awesome God will refurbish Heaven around it!" As someone else said, the majority of his time on these boards is spent seeking...

Much better.

A really good interview with Curt popped upherea few days ago. While it doesn"t reveal much of anything new, Curt does expand on some previously-known info. Some choice snippets:

That would certainly explain why the 38 Studios crew wanted to look at the nitty-gritty of each engine; it sure would suck to have a vision of an underwater dungeon only to find you can"t actually swim underwater. I"d also like to throw in my support for (mostly) free-range choice of...

And yet, you poor croc-wrestlers will still be stuck with 500ms latency and 20% packet loss.

Yes, but it doesn"t explain that big "L" onyourforehead. I kid!

I guess the notion of slower moving (hence, more compact) molecules being the result of colder temperatures (i.e. less energy) and faster moving (hence, more wide-spread) molecules being the result of higher temperatures (i.e. more energy) was out of his grasp during chemistry/physics. It"s...

Screw baseball, will it stop him from gaming? Talk about a nightmare.

Yeah, I guess it"s a good thing for the coders and artists you hired Brett.

I think instancing is a great way to help drive the story lines of a game, but if you"re always locked in your own private sandbox all the time it can detract from the feeling of expansiveness within the world. To use WoW as an example, going from the Human newbie area all the way through...

Moorgard is already thinking of "My boss is so fat..." jokes, I canfeelit.

I don"t think people are having a hard time getting to 38pitches.com from 38pitches.com. Also, is there any chance of getting some shots of the art you guys used back at Comicon?

But what a delicious (albeit cryptic) can of worms it is.

Nice to put a face to the team... ...but what do airlines have to do with video games or any other entertainment medium?

I was more referring to Highschool-aged kids and the younger employed crowd that can goof around on the internet weekdays while at school/work. I would think there are a greater number of those than gamer bums and, as a result, a better place to focus on player balance initially. But yes, I...

Go back and read my post again. I already acknowledged it"s a long-time issue with MMOs. How does giving Timmymorepower make any sense? That"s my argument.

Again, we"re back to people with no responsibilities having a huge advantage. Timmy the Schoolboy could get into a bidding war at the school library, but a parent chauffeuring their kids around, running errands, only able to play in the evenings would end up getting screwed over on a consistent...

As if the time investment portion of MMOs weren"t bad enough for busy people, now they"d have to manage their in-game purchases throughout the day. By allowing people to place bids from their cellphones it makes a person with no responsibilities far more effective than a person who can"t check...