Thoughts on Facade

Sep 16, 2013 by

Thoughts on Facade

Facade is an interesting concept with a rather uncomfortable storyline. No matter how many times I tried to reason with Grace and Trip, it always resulted in me being removed from the apartment. Having to experience the awkwardness over and over again throughout the multiple playthroughs was not something I enjoyed. The concept of an interactive story with a natural language processor was a bold undertaking. One thing that Facade did well was that it allowed for the player or the audience, to act and behave as different personas. You make make attempts at being the good guy and try to resolve things between Grace and Trip, or you can take the character of an [expletive removed] and say things to exacerbate the situation. Heck, you can even be a total nut job and...

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Introduction

Sep 16, 2013 by

Introduction

Hello, my name is Alexandra Harris (Ali for short), I’m from Vancouver and it’s my first semester at Cap. This class came as a complete surprise but I am very excited. Some fun facts about me are that I love ice cream (any time of year), I enjoy anything miniature sized (or travel sized) and I have a hidden talent for video games (specifically Animal Crossings and Mario...

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The Facade

Sep 16, 2013 by

The Facade

There were a  few small hiccups here and there to get everyone running but once everything was ready to go I sat myself down with a nice hot mug of earl grey and got down to work.  The concept was a very interesting one in my opinion.  A “game” where you can interact with characters in a non-conventional manner through your own text and ideals.  Through experimentation and decision making Grace and Trip will react to you differently in almost every run-through.  Now that is intriguing.  As someone who has played videos all his life I can say that the vast majority of popular games do not necessarily approach the industry in this manner.  The graphics can be awkward and broken at times.  The movement is strange as the controls aren’t the standard WASD...

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My Self Introduction

Sep 16, 2013 by

My Self Introduction

My name is Darren and I am a second year student at Capilano with the intent to transfer over to UBC or SFU.  This will be the first post of many for the duration of this course.  So far the course content seems fairly interesting.  It has topics ranging from classic Greek tragedies, to modern works, and video games.  I have played video games all my life, and because of that I am very excited to be able to play Bioshock Infinite as well as other smaller projects for educational purposes. I have had experience using blogs since the early days of Angel Fire and now more recently, Tumblr.  In addition to that I read quite a bit of articles published online from various outlets including Engadget, Joystiq, TheVerge, and many others.  The amount of...

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Journal Log of my experience w/ Grace & Trip...

Sep 16, 2013 by

Journal Log of my experience w/ Grace & Trip

With some minor hacking, I finally got Facade to work on my Mac. The comments and reviews of this game range from, “groundbreaking!” to “knee-slappingly bad.” So I’m excited to see what is so damn polarizing about this game. I’m invited into Grace and Trip’s eerie yuppy apartment, and welcomed by their arguments about wine glasses and prosciutto. A framed wedding photo hangs on the wall, a mounted shelf full of porcelain ornaments, one a pineapple, another that looks like a phallus. More arguing.   … (a time lapse)   It’s not exactly fun, but it’s certainly an interesting experiment. Aside from the poor graphics, limited dialogue responses, and difficulty, there is at least excellent characterization. It’s not a saving point, but, hey, it’s a silver lining. I can’t help but admire how real...

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