Also I was thinking about linearity recently myself, mainly because my levels so far are all extremely linear, so I'd be curious what Quake maps people think are a good example of non-linear design. 

All i can think of atm, i haven't been playing muh quake recently. *whips own back with cat of nine tails* 

Stark Monstrosity - Has teh nonlinearity. Also Slave. You make a loop with two or three things which have to be done in a certain order so that you can unlock the next area (or two areas simultaneously ;). 

is a good example. 

i seem to recall 'explore or die' was non-linear 

Flash Game fun 

looks very bad 

Could have sworn I'd played Slave but I loaded it up and it rang no bells :p will check it out then :) 

didn't Day of the Lords have some nonlinearity in parts? I can't remember but i think you could visit the 4 corner towers in any order...

Also e1m5 is a good basic example of giving you two tasks and you choose the order to do them in. 

...but I can't remember which one o_O 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam

Forcing prisoners to play WOW is cruel and unusual punishment 

But ... 'normal' people do it by choice on the outside! 

The trading of virtual currencies in multiplayer games has become so rampant in China that it is increasingly difficult to regulate.

Yeah, I suppose only the government or correctional services could take responsibility for such cruel and.. oh, right. 

Random wtf:

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=eadeeff2b9&view=att&th=1302c8a7af134d98&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_go5r3rk90&zw 

If only gold farming were regulated! That would fix everything!

*facepalm* 

What was that? 

 

I was saying in the first post that I see the Chinese government as enforcing torture in their correctional system, when governments are supposedly the ones who look after the people.

Yes, a bit naive. 

About why the Brits and Germans can't understand each other.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13545386 

"Their Operas go on for three or four days... and they have no word for 'fluffy'." 

That is a rather fascinating article. I will now talk to the Germans in British tones, and to Brits in German tones from now on. Linguistics is a fun subject, isn't it? :) 

Why did you post a 404 link to GMail? 

 

http://contest.thinkingwithportals.com/

Pretty simple, make a single test chamber for single player or coop with only Valve assets in like 2 weeks. 

That is a rather fascinating article. I will now talk to the Germans in British tones, and to Brits in German tones from now on. Linguistics is a fun subject, isn't it? :)


You needed 171 characters just to say that?

You guys really are unworthy of assimilation. I'm glad we overdesigned our equipment until we lost the war, because dealing with everybody's inefficiency 24/7 would be worse.

/humour