Mark E Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Ron Gilbert blogs it up at http://www.grumpygamer.com/ It's interesting, Gilbert made Monkey Island one of the most fantastic adventure games ever. He looks to have opinions and apparently he does not care for Tim Schafer one little bit . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberwoo Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Whats his beef with Schafer? Schafer has been involved with some of the greatest adventure games ever. If its personell than ok whatever but the man has made some GREAT games and thats all I care about. My advice to Gilbert. Quit blogging and make a game. And no not another Monkey Island game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 They're both ex-LucasArts, it'll be a personal beef or something work related from back then. And it should definitely be kept between them instead of leaking out onto the web. Ho hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted August 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Either way, Gilbert's thoughts on adventure games and their status/design/gameplay etc are quite fascinating. Considering he helped make LucasArts into the company it was (well, it isn't anymore ) and all. I will say that his chip for Schafer does seem to be extremely huge . Not that it bugs me, both are amazingly good designers in their own right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Sorry, Mark, I didn't make myself clear - I'm all for developers having blogs etc, I just don't think it's the place to air dirty laundry. It's a very small industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted August 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 I completely get your point and it's well taken . Maybe Ron's just into burning the hell out of his bridges these days :green: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted October 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I've become an avid and regular reader of Ron's blog since I posted this a while back. The man is bitter yet insightful and I'm pretty sure he is cognisant of the former, but maybe not the latter . Anyway, he breaks down the trials behind developing a new 2D adventure game (theoretical only, he's NOT doing it sadly, it's just a thought exercise) in his latest entry. It's good for those of you who want a general primer into the industry and game costs, etc etc. Good read. Ron Gilbert on Adventure Gaming Designing Thing Oh, and the Grumpy Gamer comics are funny too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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