Comments on: Microprose Founder Really Wants You To Know He Was In The Military

By: Xanthippe

Xanthippe — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:22:02 +0000

Scott Jennings :
Vandermint : I don’t get the snark. The guy’s making an “action-based military MMO”.
It’s very mild snark. I have tons of respect for veterans and only mildly less respect for ones that remind you of it every paragraph in an interview.

Isn't it relevant to this particular title, though? It's not like John Kerry, reminding everyone of his service in Vietnam while running for President. He's making a military mmo. He's talking about the background of some of the people involved. It's entirely germane to the interview and the game being promoted.

By: Hoplite

Hoplite — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:49:54 +0000

GTB : man, Master of Magic was the SHIT. I can’t understand why nobody has made an updated version.

Stardock is working on Elemental: War of Magic which is "not-MoM", but from what Brad Wardell has indicated is inspired by it. Stardock did try to acquire the rights to the name Master of Magic. You can google the particulars.

By: Owain

Owain — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:14:12 +0000

Starship Troopers, the novel, was one of the most influential and controversial pieces of science fiction of the second half of the twentieth century. As a USAF Academy grad myself (’76), there is much in it that speaks directly to my own experiences. You may not agree with much of Heinlein’s philosophy presented in that book, but it is thought provoking, even after 50 years.

It is annoying that hacks like Verhoeven think that they have to ‘improve’ on a classic. If filmed as written, it would have been a much better movie. As it is, ST the Movie is definately ‘meh’ inspiring.

By: Vasagi

Vasagi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:55:55 +0000

Glasseye :“Starship Troopers” is a much more tolerable book/movie if you treat it as parody.

Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein is much more tolerable than Starship Troopers by Paul Verhoeven. Maybe the movie would've been better if Carl had started playing the theme to Doogie Howser on his keyboard or something.

By: Please

Please — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:17:51 +0000

Master of Magic > Civilization.

Discuss.

By: freakachu

freakachu — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:27:59 +0000

I played the hell out of master of magic back when I was a kid. I would stay up all night methodically crushing my enemies. totally awesome game, even now.

By: Triforcer

Triforcer — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:44:52 +0000

The world is divided into two types of people- those who think Starship Troopers was the bestest movie ever, and those who say its the worst they ever saw. I’m in the first camp

EDIT: I love how the edit function has a cooldown. Thanks for reminding me MORE of shitty MMOs.

By: GTB

GTB — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:12:27 +0000

man, Master of Magic was the SHIT. I can’t understand why nobody has made an updated version.

By: Glasseye

Glasseye — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:19:26 +0000

“Starship Troopers” is a much more tolerable book/movie if you treat it as parody.

By: Shannon B

Shannon B — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:12:37 +0000

There’s an ancient photo up next to our boardroom of my boss shaking hands with him. I walk past it every day to get coffee. Kinda glad to see he’s still going in the games industry.