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At this year's GDC, I had the opportunity to give a brief talk at the Artgame Sessions, organized by John Sharp and Daniel Benmergui. That session, along with many others, can now be streamed for free at the GDC Vault.

I have to admit that I haven't actually watched any of the other free sessions, but Robert Zubek's "Engineering Scalable Social Games" sounds interesting in a know-your-enemy kind of way.

I can definitely recommend the Artgame Sessions, if nothing else: Iriquois Pliskin gave a great talk about Braid, Jason Rohrer defended Terry Cavanagh's Judith, and Frank Lantz compared Messhof to Sid Vicious. Your enjoyment of my bit about Far Cry 2 is highly dependent on how sick you are of hearing me talk about Far Cry 2 (also, spoilers for Far Cry 2.)

 








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Dv8thwonder's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:16
Dv8thwonder
@1251 STFU
Vargas's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:18
Vargas
Jesus, people can be incredibly shitty on this site sometimes.
Super Drybones's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:23
Super Drybones
"Jason Rohrer defended Terry Cavanagh's Judith"

Why does it need defending, I liked it.
Anthony Burch's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:24
Anthony Burch
twelvefiftyone:
You may want to read that article again. Or for a first time.
kylamity's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:34
kylamity
I think it's time for the Banhammer to deliver justice.
waves's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:41
waves
NERD RAGE!

I loved Far Cry 2. It had plenty of problems, but I the feeling of open world survival trumped it all for me. I also really enjoyed the combat, and the aggressive enemy AI. One of these days I will try a permanent death playthrough.
AlLeBlanc's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:49
AlLeBlanc
I always like to hear you talk about Far Cry 2
DON'T STOP
Usedtabe's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:53
Usedtabe
Free? As opposed to someone would actually pay for these? I kid, I kid.
Alessandro Fillari's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:55
Alessandro Fillari
The video stream of the artgame sessions is really messed up.

Anyway, i was surprised to see Far Cry 2 in an art game panel. I don't quite agree your rationale on why it's art game, but you've made a great point.

Personally, i think the game's design choices and structure ended up hindering the overall atmosphere and ended up making it feel..."Gamey" is the word, i guess. Or perhaps too artificial.

Regardless, i'm thinking of the game a little differently. I might try it again, and give this "Iron Man" run-through a shot.
Sentry's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 13:56
Sentry
Awesome!
Generic Purple Turtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 14:00
Generic Purple Turtle
Anthony my dear, you speak to quickly, slow down a little.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 14:13
Electrium
@1251 - STFU

Thanks for the link Anthony, I'll be spending the better part of my afternoon listening to these while gaming.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 14:15
Face
I'm a little jealous at the degree to which you seem to have clicked with Far Cry 2. I hope some day I find my Far Cry 2.
BrianRS's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 15:15
BrianRS
Between your great Far Cry 2 talk and Iroqois Plisken's stuff on Braid, it's definitely time well spent. It was cool to see somebody frame exactly how Braid is so effective at delivering its themes.

Also, Zebras.
rcabc's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 15:59
rcabc
Personally I thought you lecture at UC Berkeley was more interesting, but I still enjoyed this one.
Sebastian Baba's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 16:39
Sebastian Baba
That Far Cry 2 screenshot looks far better than I remember the game being.
mxdirector's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 17:02
mxdirector
in regards to your justification for far cry 2 being a art game. Do you not make the assumption that you must already know and even understand the final outcome for it to touch apon that moral dilemma?
jazzpanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 17:04
jazzpanda
These are great talks.

also, i posted this 2 days ago in the blogs but nobody cared. :(
Smitty's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 17:08
Smitty
I enjoyed the Artgame Sessions!
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 17:43
Jon B
Wait a second, hasn't 1251 already been banned once?
Mr Zurkon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 19:12
Mr Zurkon
wow you talked fast in that talk, nervous or just too much to say?

the whole premise for far cry being an artgame seemed to be based on the mechanic that you have to go through your "friends" to minimize risk, how do you know this wasn't just an arbitrary design choice or a coincidence?

maybe i just got it wrong.
Anthony Burch's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 19:24
Anthony Burch
mxdirector:
You do have to know what the ending is and understand the basics of it, but I don't think that necessarily diminishes the choices you have to make. It may make the choices less obvious and accessible for most players, but regardless of how those choices are presented or how you come to them, they still result in really remarkable gameplay.

Mr Zurkon:
Doesn't really matter if it was arbitrary or coincidental, does it? Death of the author, and all that.

(Also, I think it was a combination of nervousness, having too much to say, and just talking too fast in everyday life.)
KorJax's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/27/2010 20:21
KorJax
If it makes you feel better, you handled being nervous much better than I could have. You still delivered a good argument for Far Cry 2 that was coherent and didn't seem "nervous" other than fast talking at some points :)
burglarize's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/28/2010 16:00
burglarize
Why is everyone analysing the delivery of his speech rather than the content? Of course he's gonna be nervous, it's public speaking.

Really enjoy your rants and talks Anthony, keep it up.

I find it interesting that you engage so emotionally with games, especially Far Cry 2. Sometimes I feel a bit weird because I find it so hard to get emotionally involved in games, I've only connected with a handful of games throughout years of playing games of varying styles.
Ziro's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/07/2010 20:23
Ziro
I'm really interested to watch this, but my my internet connection kinda sucks and the video is pretty much unplayable. Is there another way to watch/hear this? Some way I can download it all at once. The forced streaming thing is killing me.
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