[dtp Chris]

My opinion:

The story and the atmosphere are far more important than the puzzles. I'm playing adventures because I want to dive into a certain atmosphere, I want to explore strange locations, and I want a story that really catches me.
Of course, annoying puzzles can spoil this, and boring puzzles give you the feeling of just watching rather than acting.
So, expressed in numbers on a scale of importance, story/atmosphere get 2/3, and puzzles 1/3.

[SirDave]

Perhaps there should be a record kept of the oldest threads revived such as this one which apparently was long-dead for well over a year. Often, as in this case, the post that revives it continues on as if no time has past, almost as if in some sort of time-warp and here is it was a response to a poster, BJ, who is long since gone. It's almost like an adventure game that one puts away half-finished & then returns a year or 2 later to complete it as though it was last played only the day before....

It's an interesting phenonemon and occurs periodically on the 3 main AG forums. I've often wondered how this occurs since someone has to scour threads that are pages & pages back. No big point here, I just find it interesting.

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by SirDave

Perhaps there should be a record kept of the oldest threads revived such as this one which apparently was long-dead for well over a year. Often, as in this case, the post that revives it continues on as if no time has past, almost as if in some sort of time-warp and here is it was a response to a poster, BJ, who is long since gone. It's almost like an adventure game that one puts away half-finished & then returns a year or 2 later to complete it as though it was last played only the day before....

It's an interesting phenonemon and occurs periodically on the 3 main AG forums. I've often wondered how this occurs since someone has to scour threads that are pages & pages back. No big point here, I just find it interesting.

Actually, this probably happened because of Jake's new sticky post about common discussions.

[gillyruless]

Originally Posted by SirDave

Perhaps there should be a record kept of the oldest threads revived such as this one which apparently was long-dead for well over a year. Often, as in this case, the post that revives it continues on as if no time has past, almost as if in some sort of time-warp and here is it was a response to a poster, BJ, who is long since gone. It's almost like an adventure game that one puts away half-finished & then returns a year or 2 later to complete it as though it was last played only the day before....

It's an interesting phenonemon and occurs periodically on the 3 main AG forums. I've often wondered how this occurs since someone has to scour threads that are pages & pages back. No big point here, I just find it interesting.

This thread was listed on Jake's Sticky thread. I see a few other old threads getting revived thanks to Jake's effort.

Editarn you, Ninthsie, now you made my post comepltely pointless.

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by gillyruless

This thread was listed on Jake's Sticky thread. I see a few other old threads getting revived thanks to Jake's effort.

Editarn you, Ninthsie, now you made my post comepltely pointless.

[SirDave]

Originally Posted by Ninth

Actually, this probably happened because of Jake's new sticky post about common discussions.

Hmmm, now I understand. I guess I particularly got a kick out of the poster's 'Ducks & Runs' comment when responding to a long-since gone poster (BacardiJim). Along those lines (and I know the relevant history at JA and I think some of it here), anybody seen any sign of BJ anywhere in the AG world? I know he was at Mystery Manor, but I don't see any sign of him there now? Again, no major point here, just wondering.

[squarejawhero]

You best contact FGM on that one.

[Kingzjester]

Man, that sandwich analogy still sounds pretty goddamn good, if I may say so myself.

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Yeah. Too bad I'm not hungry at the moment, though.