See Games Differently
See Games Differently
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“Hey, wanna come to bed and murder Spain with me?” This is what most nights of the past week have been like for me. It’s what happens when your partner discovers Civilization for the first time. I have a long history with Civilization, going back to the first game. I discovered it back…
The year was 1999. The studio: Melbourne House. The dream: simple. Make a Mad Max game. Make a Mad Max game in Australia. Make the kind of Mad Max game Australians could be proud of. That dream never came to pass. But for three short months a small team of Australian developers gave it their best shot. This is the story of the Mad Max that never was.
Back in 1973, Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker” was blaring from the PA in a California warehouse as two dozen women in flared jeans assembled Pong circuit boards. The smell of corned beef and marijuana wafted down the manufacturing line. Orders for Atari’s landmark table tennis video game were still…
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