Sunday Q&As [Dec 24, 2006, 5:17 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
- Marc Laidlaw
The Marc Laidlaw Q&A on Computer and Video Games catches up with the Valve writer to discus the story in the Half-Life series: "Are you doing the right thing or the wrong thing? We really like messing around with the implications of telling you that you're doing one thing, when actually, everything else is forcing you to do something different from that. There's irony in the game - everybody tells you that you're a scientist, but all you're actually doing is running around shooting stuff. All these things fall into the bucket of Gordon Freeman..." - Warren Spector
The State of play Q&A with Warren Spector on Computer and Video Games talks with the designer about, well, the state of play: "Well, I'm kind of a Johnny-one-note when it comes to game design - I'm all about giving players control over the experience. The sooner we get rid of games that are movie-inspired instead of pushing the unique qualities of OUR medium... the sooner we move from puzzle-oriented design to problem-oriented/open-ended-solution design... the sooner we stop making linear rollercoaster rides and start making games that give players freedom to act and to experience the consequences of their choices... the more we move in those directions, the better, as far as I'm concerned. The nice thing is, it seems like the market's agreeing with me. Finally!"
A genius scientist who happens to look like a model... martial arts expert... expert marksman... has bulletproof skintight jeans.. WTF, Marc?
The same could be easily said about Gordon, except you know, the part about being a model and wearing bulletproof, skintight jeans. Really, they never did reveal where homeboy got his soldierly skills from, or his weapons and tactics training. Hell, Valve even makes fun of it a little bit when Wallace Breen's doing his little propaganda telecasts to his "citizens".
As far as loosing respect for Laidlaw, meh. It's just one mistake where he is concerned, I think. Not saying he's not committed others with the storyline, he's still a decent writer and author as far his own stories.
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