Comments on Hardcore Gaming 101 - Blog: Haiku Quest – an RPG featuring haiku poetry and Ch...

I've always regarded the blog as being more li...

2010-09-01T06:26:47.205-04:00

I've always regarded the blog as being more light-hearted than the main site - one is a blog of various people's sometimes only tenuously game-related thoughts, the other a well-respected website with a rigid order of process before a feature goes up (all of which must meet approval with the editor).

The full explanation behind this game, a detailed Making Of you could say, along with my motivations for certain choices, will be up probably in a couple of days.

@Refa Personally, I regard HG101 as a serious sou...

2010-08-31T17:37:27.503-04:00

@Refa

Personally, I regard HG101 as a serious source for essays on gaming. So, yes, some of us would take it pretty seriously.

I agree that it's only a trifling hoax, but I think a lot of people would have been more receptive to playing 'Haiku Quest' had JS not trumpeted Christopher Walken's participation over and over again. When I read this article yesterday morning, I believed it. After all, I could actually see Christopher Walken being into doing a voice-over for a niche, freeware game. I wouldn't put it past the guy.

Still, kudos to JS for getting my attention. 'Haiku Quest' is a pretty nifty game. ;)

Wow, some of you anonymous guys are quite stupid. ...

2010-08-31T16:39:06.070-04:00

Wow, some of you anonymous guys are quite stupid. Maybe when I make a freeware game supposedly voiced by Obama, you guys will repeatedly decry me for scaming you. Out of curiosity, are you the people who accidently install SpyWare on your computer because, hey, it says it will fix viruses.

Why all the hostility?, It's just a silly game...

2010-08-31T14:29:43.659-04:00

Why all the hostility?, It's just a silly game with nerdy videogame references and an obviously outrageous claim for the voice acting. I could see people freaking out about the ending (for the record, it's quite unlikely that a modern operating system would let a program executed in user mode do that), but from the comments, I don't think many made it that far.

I'm very disappointed with HG101. I come here ...

2010-08-31T13:23:01.043-04:00

I'm very disappointed with HG101. I come here for the intelligent articles about classic gaming--only to be confronted with this infantile prank. Were you that desperate to gain attention for this game?

For the record, Haiku Quest isn't a very good game. Sorry. :/

Kind of sad you'd lie about something like thi...

2010-08-31T02:24:18.950-04:00

Kind of sad you'd lie about something like this. I hope you get sued by walken.

Could have just been some guy -named- Christopher ...

2010-08-30T23:12:46.832-04:00

Could have just been some guy -named- Christopher Walken.

This is sort of pathetic. Not even a good hoax.

2010-08-30T21:06:46.828-04:00

This is sort of pathetic. Not even a good hoax.

Well, 1up linked it! http://www.1up.com/do/blogEn...

2010-08-30T18:40:16.595-04:00

Well, 1up linked it!

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9044100

I replaced the link with one on the main server too for ease of download.

Hoax.

2010-08-30T18:06:02.019-04:00

Hoax.

None of the sound samples sound like Walken at all...

2010-08-30T18:05:44.289-04:00

None of the sound samples sound like Walken at all, nor is there any real proof he helped you posted. Hoax for free publicity?

Doesn't sound like Christopher Walken? Either...

2010-08-30T17:03:52.473-04:00

Doesn't sound like Christopher Walken? Either that or he's doing a very good job to disguise his voice.

Holy ****! Christopher Walken! :o This is so cool....

2010-08-30T14:27:06.049-04:00

Holy ****! Christopher Walken! :o
This is so cool.

I put it on filefront: http://www.filefront.com/17...

2010-08-30T14:18:26.992-04:00

I put it on filefront:
http://www.filefront.com/17248668/HAIKU-QUEST.zip/

It's freeware, so anyone can feel free to reho...

2010-08-30T14:06:54.819-04:00

It's freeware, so anyone can feel free to rehost it elsewhere.

I was going to put it on HG101's servers, but I'm not sure if Kurt is happy with a 5mb file going on there.

But by all means, anyone has my blessing to rehost it elsewhere.

I managed to download it but when I posted it to m...

2010-08-30T14:02:49.152-04:00

I managed to download it but when I posted it to metafilter others were having issues downloading it. Would it be ok for me to post it to another download site?

There must be a better place to host the file...

2010-08-30T11:42:33.040-04:00

There must be a better place to host the file...

Can't download it right now; I'm guessing ...

2010-08-30T10:16:24.467-04:00

Can't download it right now; I'm guessing too many people beat me to it.