[HN Gopher] Jordan Mechner vs. the sands of time
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Jordan Mechner vs. the sands of time
Author : anonymousab
Score : 40 points
Date : 2024-04-05 17:39 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
| lowercased wrote:
| https://archive.is/FPzmd
| 1000100_1000101 wrote:
| Thanks. Ironic that a story about preservation is locked behind
| a paywall.
| yawpitch wrote:
| "And on the pedestal, these words appear: I am Jordan Mechner,
| Game Designer of Game Designers, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and
| despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal
| Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far
| away."
|
| Never bet against the sands of time... but more power to him.
| whoopdedo wrote:
| Clever headline writer making me think he didn't like the Ubisoft
| games.
| web3-is-a-scam wrote:
| Unpopular opinion but Warrior Within is my favourite, followed
| by the cell shaded Reboot and Sands of Time being about equal
| for me.
| Narishma wrote:
| Those two are my favorites as well.
| 3abiton wrote:
| "I am the architect of my own destruction" spoke so much to
| the teenager in me back in the days. Hands down the best
| Prince of Persia.
| bitwize wrote:
| Sounds like nu metal lyrics, so it tracks.
| aresant wrote:
| This reminds me of buying the Curse of Monkey Island Special
| Edition for iOS which Disney removed from the store instead of
| upgrading from 32 bit
|
| That drove me right into the hands of ScummVM which somebody in
| Apple graciously let slip through
|
| I always support buying a game when possible, but I also support
| the emulator community for exactly this reason
|
| https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scummvm/id6446184412
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