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There is difference between what they are legally obliged to provide, and what, morally, would be "good cricket, dear boy". I'm not saying they are obliged to give updates. I'm simply saying many people have a reasonable expectation of it, and that it might be a good idea to continue to keep people in the loop.
 
We're not necessarily entitled to what we expect, of course. 

But if it had been "I want to f*** your dead body like Mark Crowe", I bet it would've flown, right?

"Fewer", updates, dear fellow. Not "less".

As I've said before, the only reason I'm not too worried is because I spend quite a bit of time on these forums, speak regularly with people like Troels, and have enough fandom to let it ride. I'm not typical. I can totally understand why the vocal punters are behaving as they are. Whether through design or accident, it appears as if very little is happening. Even if it is.
 
Combine that with a number of other high-profile KS/Early Access snafus, and people start to behave like dicks. Some of the dickishness might well be justified.
 
Where I agree with Brandon, though, is that the damage is done and nothing is to be gained by going on a charm offensive. That would probably be counter-productive. By the same time, I'm not sure it can be completely ignored. If nothing else, we are due another official update, and we haven't had one. That, no doubt, could cause some nerves.

"Fewer", updates, dear fellow. Not "less".

"Fewer", updates, dear fellow. Not "less".

I only accept it as truly being Graham if it looks like this:
 

 
Every other design is a needless aberration to me.

Shenmue was awesome.

Well, I understand the point where the problem was that Chris's updates were mainly "still working on the game, we've fixed some bugs!", which is not terribly exciting but certainly a necessary part of the game development process.
 
I'm not going to comment much on anything that isn't otherwise public/widespread knowledge. (No specific order here, just mentioning things that seem relevant/timely)
Unity 4.6 just came out, something which I'm excited about because it gives us a lot more freedom/control with the GUI, and makes it simpler to design rich interfaces. Scott's mother has Alzheimer's and it has been bad recently - which means he has been offline a lot as he takes care of her. Sad situation there. GFA is not out of money, we have just had to tighten our belts. This slows us down because we can't retain as many programmers/artists/etc, and some of us work day jobs to make ends meet. Honestly, Chris has stepped up a lot with helping with the programming which is great because that leaves me to focus more on systems/overall game stuff than setting up rooms. Behind the scenes, though, I've seen a lot of things, especially recently, that particularly excite me and which I think directly address some issues fans have made about the SpaceVenture they saw so far. I think that when SpaceVenture does come out, it will be well-received. As a backer, I do wish that the Guys did more with the SVRewards site but I can understand some of the reasoning.

"Fewer", updates, dear fellow. Not "less".

There's something satisfying about the "monkey see, monkey do" element of copying the pinkun to get across the swamp on SQ2. Took me forever to work out what it was doing as a kid.

Not being able to be killed I think defeats the whole point of it. I'm not sure there is, in this case, a satisfied psychic.

I always wait until she's out of the house. It's for the best.

It's because, as always, larger companies want to take the shortcut to making money now rather than playing the long game.
 
Keep making small-budget, great games, and eventually one or two will be breakout successes. They'll appeal to the core audience, but drag in new people to the genre. Because they'll be good games.
 
You can't just take something that has had some niche success (or mainstream success at a time when, frankly, the technology is almost irrelevant to gaming today) and then pump money into marketing into something new.
 
If adventure gaming goes mainstream again, it's going to be because of good story telling and game mechanics from the indies. Eventually, a couple will be so good and capture the public mood of the moment, and it will "go viral" as the kids say (well... kids from 2004).
 
Or... shock... perhaps adventure games don't appeal to most people because the concept is not considered relevant to most people today. That's a possibility to consider. We're a tiny minority, and it doesn't make much business sense to invest in us. Either way, it helps nobody if you're going to take the classic adventure game series and then do something decidedly un-adventurey with them.
 
Frankly, the companies can do what they like. I spend so little money on games nowadays, I'm part of the problem, not the solution. :p

First off, why the hell is this age restricted? :blink:
 
 
And secondly, get a LOAD of dem YT-comments:
 

 
OOOOOHHH SHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...

Studio back up and running. Maybe I should do that country-western album I've always wanted to do before doing a new Historian episode. Thoughts?

Looks like Humble is selling abandonware (in the truest sense of the word) now...
 

 
And at the top tier too! Like, if you're going to be brazen enough to keep selling an unfinished beta release, might as well go all out, right guise?

Honestly, hearing Pete Toleman belt out "Always On My Mind" is cringe-inducing in all the right ways. :)
 
 
I'm just imagining Gareth's wife off to the side, going, "Right, he's officially off the deep end. This'll be a hard one to explain to mum."

*flips table*

This is why everyone should be shot when they reach 30.

"'Sup."

This is why everyone should be shot when they reach 30.

I blame consoletardation.
 

 
Makin' dis shit accessible since 2001!
 
There is at least one Roberta Williams interview out there that will make your eyes shoot out through the back of your head.

No, you didn't. Captain Ascii did, though. :)

I agree it's easier. And I agree the world has changed, and the culture around games. I'd argue, though, that this change doesn't represent us getting better or worse. It just is.
 
I just roll my eyes every time people make the whole "we were smarter in my day" schtick. People have been saying it for thousands of years. Either they're wrong, or we were super intelligent ubermensch as cavemen...