Comments on: Australian Developers: Guns For Hire & Million Dollar Giants http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/05/australian_developers_guns_for_hire_million_dollar_giants/ the Gamer's Guide | Computer and video game news and reviews Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:11:06 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: PurpleSfinx http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/05/australian_developers_guns_for_hire_million_dollar_giants/comment-page-1/#comment-12409 PurpleSfinx Tue, 13 May 2008 12:46:07 +0000 http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/05/australian_developers_guns_for_hire_million_dollar_giants.html#comment-12409 <p>This was a really interesting read. It's great to see him mention some smaller games - some I haven't even heard of - in a positive way, alongside the bigger ones. That includes Puzzle Quest, somewhere in the middle.<br /> It gives me faith that the company will continue to think outside the square - and we won't all just end up making licensed phone games. No offence to Firemint or anyone else - making those is fine, especially for people who like more technical jobs - but it's good to have other opportunities around.</p> <p>As much as I love that BioShock and Force Unleashed have been made here, it's really only technical work, and it's not all of it. Puzzle Quest and Destroy All Humans are great examples of what we're capable of, but I think we've yet to really wow the world (no 'Fury' puns intended), and I know that day will come.</p> This was a really interesting read. It’s great to see him mention some smaller games – some I haven’t even heard of – in a positive way, alongside the bigger ones. That includes Puzzle Quest, somewhere in the middle.
It gives me faith that the company will continue to think outside the square – and we won’t all just end up making licensed phone games. No offence to Firemint or anyone else – making those is fine, especially for people who like more technical jobs – but it’s good to have other opportunities around.

As much as I love that BioShock and Force Unleashed have been made here, it’s really only technical work, and it’s not all of it. Puzzle Quest and Destroy All Humans are great examples of what we’re capable of, but I think we’ve yet to really wow the world (no ‘Fury’ puns intended), and I know that day will come.

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