Ross Scott

New Game Dungeon! This is one that escalated for me and demanded I pay more attention to it than I would have. This is also the first video of my "countdown" of 8-10 videos where at the end of them I'm going to dive headlong into the "The Movie" likely for months. 7-9 more coming! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Here's the August videochat. It didn't go as badly as I thought it would since I had more air to breathe this time. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Ask questions or topics to discuss here for the next videochat with fans at 5:00pm UTC on August 20th at twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. Been running behind, but will have next Game Dungeon out this month, hoping next weekend. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Here's the July videochat. I don't think I said much or anything important, though it wasn't the worst one either. I let the door to my room open a bit this time, but still felt like I didn't have enough air by the end of it, but I didn't black out, so I'll call it a success. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

I'm pretty sure I covered this is in the DGN Lawbreakers episode, but this is an easy one to address. First off, depending on the game we're talking about, there's no "paying" for servers other than the cost of running a computer. If you're trying to run an arena shooter with 10 people, one system can handle that easily. Now if we're talking replicating an MMO, yeah, some costs can emerge, but don't assume you have to fork over a bunch of money just to run a multiplayer game. In the 90s / early 00s it was as simple as "host game" right in the game menu. If it's a planned group, the servers don't have to be running 24/7 either. Second, interest can always re-emerge. If you have server software and some friends like an old multiplayer game, you can play it, the end. There's no expiration date. If a popular Youtuber enjoys an old game, then their fanbase / new people could start playing it again. Tying it to the company server ensures NO ONE can play it again, regardless of how much interest. Most MMOs for example, have people playing them right until the very end. Third, I'm not trying to prevent NATURAL death of a multiplayer game. If literally no one wants to play it, fine, that should be up to buyers, they bought a copy of the game. I'm against ARTIFICIAL death, where players have no choice. And even if players stop playing, it can always re-emerge (see point 2 above).

Shaddy more or less explained it, I was referring the to the rhetoric being used. However, you illustrate an important point of why communication gets lost SO EASILY online if I refer to anything other than COMPLETE shutdowns, since there's wide room for confusion on the internet. Ubisoft killed Mighty Quest For Epic Loot, Ghost Recon Phantoms, Might & Magic Showdown, etc., I think it's just a matter of time for bigger titles.

I can't speak to the former, but as for the second part of your statement, you're correct in that this is all historical. However, I can't think of any reason to assume they've become less influential since then as their budget is only larger and there's more media conglomeration since then. If there was a mass purge of state actor influence, it certainly missed my attention. On the contrary, one we know of was the false reporting of WMDs starting the Iraq War (which the article also mentions), that happened long after the Cold War. My reasoning is "the influence never left", but if you have evidence to the contrary, I could look at it.

Here's a last minute Dead Game News episode! This was probably a mistake, but I'm satisfied with how it came out. This episode may have more questions than news. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Ask questions or topics to discuss here for the next videochat with fans at 5:00pm UTC on July 16th at twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. Things still happening. The long FM episode is coming + the next Game Dungeon escalated and it may pay off to have it delayed, so I'm working on the next-next Game Dungeon instead. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Here's the latest June videochat. This one was a bit of a mess since my voice started going after 15 minutes (but came back), the framerate recorded low again (I need to troubleshoot that), and I rambled way too much. I kept the door closed to my room to cut back on noise, but I think it resulted in me not getting enough oxygen. I'm not sure I said anything of value except the part at the end about a documented case where 80% of public comments to the FCC were faked. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Thanks, I'll look into it sometime and see if there's anything there for the follow-up.

The curse has been lifted, new Game Dungeon! In retrospect, this one went on for too long, I recommend watching it in chunks. I hope to have things be a little more refined in the future. Next ones won't take as long to come out! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Ask questions or topics to discuss here for the next videochat with fans at 5:00pm UTC on June 18th at twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. I hope to have a new Game Dungeon out before then and more videos coming after. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

May videochat with viewers. There were pretty good questions and I repeated myself too much again. Videos coming! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »