Mark Sample
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History Still Exists
I'm very skeptical of the notion that "long gone are the days where video game development can fall through the cracks." The Preserving Virtual Worlds reports are full of concrete and anecdotal evidence that retro and contemporary videogame ... -
Why E.T.?
What always strikes me most about this urban legend is the detail that the game ROMs buried in the desert were unsold cartridges of E.T. The 9/25/83 newspaper article in the Alamogordo Daily News that inspired the urban legend makes no mention of specific ... -
Re: It Moves
Ludic Comics
Laurie, I'm glad you brought in the idea of videogames. Zach's example already made me think of Eternal Darkness, where the player's controller is overtaken by the game at some points. As my subject line suggests, I wonder if we can think o ... -
Re: It Moves
To Move or Not to Move
This surprise mechanic of this webcomic is definitely gimmicky, but I can imagine the same mechanic being used in a more subtle way in future webcomics. There are diegetic, narrative-based reasons why the takeover of the scroll function could be effectiv ...