or something else…

I’m curious, are you guys defending English or privileging it?

Thank you Evan. Thank you Nate.

ALTERED FIELD SPACES

It’s probably because it’s often just stuff that fits the story-mold for the main IP (like, let’s say, Ghost Whisperer), but feels less at home structurally and stylistically on whatever other media. I mean, that’s why the web games and hand-held games derived from CSI and stuff feel a bit weird. It’s not watching that guy with sunglasses make quips and use black lights; it’s playing a bad hidden object game. Even when properly set dressed, the plotting and delivery feel off because often its a story designed for one _very_ specific media delivered on another.

But when it’s done right (Pokeman’s animal collecting works so well aas a CCG, say), it works very well indeed.

Preposterous!

Yeah, bro, but how do you monetize those things!?

As in… Explain, Meegan. Don’t wave your hands at the future.

So is this just dead?

Water and sewage treatment systems. Just talked to an old friend about them for 5 hours last night. It’s a frightening and complicated business.

Yeah, well, I can see this being an attractive idea for MS and Sony execs. ”It’s priced just like a car! You like car pricing, right?”

It’s tricky, because in Crimson Alliance, you’re buying the world along with the char.

We aren’t selling people differently flavored roads just yet.

Well, Simon, in the Crimson Alliance game (which I have not played) if the entire campaign/co-op game IS open to you, but you can only drive it with one car/Assassin class (or whatever), isn’t that closer to tiered pricing?

Also, I bet car people would tell you that different cars are different experiences…

Those games are a lot of fun, by the way (the Zeboyd games). They made an old-school RPG where Cthulhu has to save the earth by being a good guy so he can destroy the earth.

I feel like this Indie-oriented conversation (which isn’t actually Microsoft Studios related) needs Steam, the Humble Indie Bundle, and other ”Small” digital download services brought into the conversation.

For instance, this was what happened when Zeboyd games put out their RPGs on Steam: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35957/Steam_Revenue_For_Zeboyd_Games_RPGs_Outpaces_Lifetime_Xbox_Mark_In_6_Days.php

Which is a mistake on several levels.

At least their clothes won’t fall off when they fight.