Comments on: Get Fat on Monday http://grandtextauto.org/2008/01/12/get-fat-on-monday/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 19 May 2010 01:52:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: noah http://grandtextauto.org/2008/01/12/get-fat-on-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-182971 noah Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:11:45 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/2008/01/12/get-fat-on-monday/#comment-182971 David, I certainly assumed that's how you meant it. I can't imagine anyone thinking comparisons with Brugel and Bullfrog could be anything but an implied compliment -- as well as marking out an interesting direction for future comparison. I look forward to hearing your further thoughts once we can all make our way to <i>Fatworld.</i> David, I certainly assumed that’s how you meant it. I can’t imagine anyone thinking comparisons with Brugel and Bullfrog could be anything but an implied compliment — as well as marking out an interesting direction for future comparison. I look forward to hearing your further thoughts once we can all make our way to Fatworld.

]]> By: David Surman http://grandtextauto.org/2008/01/12/get-fat-on-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-182908 David Surman Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:07:35 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/2008/01/12/get-fat-on-monday/#comment-182908 I meant that more comparatively than critically; it's still certainly always exciting to see this material being made though -- cant wait to play it! dx I meant that more comparatively than critically; it’s still certainly always exciting to see this material being made though — cant wait to play it! dx

]]> By: David Surman http://grandtextauto.org/2008/01/12/get-fat-on-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-181655 David Surman Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:57:48 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/2008/01/12/get-fat-on-monday/#comment-181655 I need to play the game, and the cynic in me wonders to what degree Bullfrog's classic Theme Park contained and took further the same critique, albeit implicitly rather than so explicitly, when the scale of your park and quantities of consumers reached a fevered tipping point. Vomit covered walkways and oversized burger bars stood side by side with toilet cubicles and roller-coasters as space became a premium. The endgame, where the false economy of substituting old for new simply compounded the problems of the decadently overburdened park, and each level could be 'won' in a manner where burgeoning profit margins underscored a horrific Brugel-esque scene of consumer disdain :) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Bruegel_Proverbs.jpg/800px-Bruegel_Proverbs.jpg http://www.downloadcentral.dk/upload/screenshot972-1.png I need to play the game, and the cynic in me wonders to what degree Bullfrog’s classic Theme Park contained and took further the same critique, albeit implicitly rather than so explicitly, when the scale of your park and quantities of consumers reached a fevered tipping point. Vomit covered walkways and oversized burger bars stood side by side with toilet cubicles and roller-coasters as space became a premium. The endgame, where the false economy of substituting old for new simply compounded the problems of the decadently overburdened park, and each level could be ‘won’ in a manner where burgeoning profit margins underscored a horrific Brugel-esque scene of consumer disdain :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Bruegel_Proverbs.jpg/800px-Bruegel_Proverbs.jpg

http://www.downloadcentral.dk/upload/screenshot972-1.png

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