Games We Have Known And Loved

Rudolf Kremers on Quake: “…you could just walk around, look at the environment, no pressure…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("rudolf_kremers_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/rudolf_kremers.mp3"});

Kit Richardson on King’s Quest VI: “… all I remember is the sound of midi waves, and the occasional seagull noise, and just serious levels of frustration …” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("kit_richardson_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/kit_richardson.mp3"});

Jenn Frank on Berzerk: “…And it wasn’t until I was demonstrating Berzerk for my friend Brian that I realized – I’ve been playing it wrong in every way…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("jenn_frank_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/jenn_frank.mp3"}); (half hour extended interview edition : hear Jenn try out the game the “proper” way)

Lewie Procter on zooming (in Spore, R.U.S.E. and Osmos): “…and then when you zoom out to the next level, it’s generals stood around it in a war room, with units represented by counters on a table…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("lewie_procter_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/lewie_procter.mp3"});

Quintin Smith on Pathologic: “…and he never found out – none of us ever found out what it was!…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("quintin_smith_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/quintin_smith.mp3"});

Ben Milsom on Mos Speedrun: “…you just feel like you’ve completely mastered these controls…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("ben_milsom_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/ben_milsom.mp3"});

Rami Ismail on Gorillas: “…I changed a number somewhere. I think I changed it from 1 into 2. And suddenly all the bananas went twice as high…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("rami_ismail_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/rami_ismail.mp3"}); (Gorillas source can be found here) **** BONUS CONTENT : Rami couldn’t stop talking, so there’s also another 20 minutes where we discuss Fez, Journey, Minecraft, Sword and Sworcery, Starcraft, Transport Tycoon, Metal Gear Solid, Mass Effect and bad sci-fi books. “…try to make 5 minutes out of it…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("rami_ismail_extended_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/rami_ismail_extended.mp3"});

Patrick Ashe on Deadly Premonition: “…you spend weeks waiting in a graveyard for it to rain so you can catch a specific type of fish…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("patrick_ashe_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/patrick_ashe.mp3"});

Aubrey Hesselgren on Star Wars: TIE Fighter: “…T-ALPHA ONE IS THE EMPEROR’S STOOL PIGEON!…” (mp3) (audio player in full post) AudioPlayer.embed("aubrey_hesselgren_player", {soundFile: "http://nottheinternet.com/bestgamedesign/audio/aubrey_hesselgren.mp3"});