The Past
You know, I've been an avid gamer for almost 30 years having started at the age of 15. I started gaming on the Sinclair ZX81 and later moved to the console scene, working my way through 8 bit to 32 bit as the technology progressed.
Back then bedroom programmers or Indie game developers (as they're now known) came up with the likes of, Elite for the BBC B Micro Computer, a space trading game which surpassed all expectations for its time. However, it wasn't long before the big corporations came along and stifled the idea of what it actually meant to be a bedroom programmer. Gone were any forms of artistic creativity and in came greed, misplaced management and a World Wide video game content rating system.
The Present
Over the years I've noticed the spiraling cost of game development to the actual shop floor price and although it seems to have stabilized somewhat I've found these prices too steep to keep up with my gaming addiction. It's for this reason and having since returned to the PC some 10 years ago I've found myself downloading game after game after game etc via the use of torrents and file sharing hosts. I've basically funded my addiction for free, the only thing I've had to maintain is an ISP and upgraded Hardware costs.
Just the other day I was looking for something new, a horror type point & click adventure. Having already downloaded and played for free the recently released Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage, I subsequently dismissed it 1/4 of the way through due to its poorly implemented voice overs (they really are very, very bad with a capital B, take note above poster) I then stumbled across, Downfall: A Horror Adventure Game on a file sharing host which looked promising.
What can I say, within an hour of play I knew this was exactly the kind of game I was looking for and for some strange reason felt the urge to support the developer.
I've now come to realise the strange reason I felt had nothing to do with morals but purely appreciation for his work, which incidentally shouldn't go unpaid for.
Here's my receipt.
The Future
Here's wishing Downfall: A Horror Adventure Game every success.
And my anticipation for, The Cat Lady runs high. A game which I'll no doubt be keeping an eye on and one which I'll pay for up front before resorting to getting for nothing!
**Edit
Decided to edit out the Order id: guess it shouldn't of been left.
The game's going great, I for one love the dark, morbid graphic details and view them as light hearted entertainment and not too shocking overall. It just plays on your conscious!
You know, I've been an avid gamer for almost 30 years having started at the age of 15. I started gaming on the Sinclair ZX81 and later moved to the console scene, working my way through 8 bit to 32 bit as the technology progressed.
Back then bedroom programmers or Indie game developers (as they're now known) came up with the likes of, Elite for the BBC B Micro Computer, a space trading game which surpassed all expectations for its time. However, it wasn't long before the big corporations came along and stifled the idea of what it actually meant to be a bedroom programmer. Gone were any forms of artistic creativity and in came greed, misplaced management and a World Wide video game content rating system.
The Present
Over the years I've noticed the spiraling cost of game development to the actual shop floor price and although it seems to have stabilized somewhat I've found these prices too steep to keep up with my gaming addiction. It's for this reason and having since returned to the PC some 10 years ago I've found myself downloading game after game after game etc via the use of torrents and file sharing hosts. I've basically funded my addiction for free, the only thing I've had to maintain is an ISP and upgraded Hardware costs.
Just the other day I was looking for something new, a horror type point & click adventure. Having already downloaded and played for free the recently released Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage, I subsequently dismissed it 1/4 of the way through due to its poorly implemented voice overs (they really are very, very bad with a capital B, take note above poster) I then stumbled across, Downfall: A Horror Adventure Game on a file sharing host which looked promising.
What can I say, within an hour of play I knew this was exactly the kind of game I was looking for and for some strange reason felt the urge to support the developer.
I've now come to realise the strange reason I felt had nothing to do with morals but purely appreciation for his work, which incidentally shouldn't go unpaid for.
Here's my receipt.
The Future
Here's wishing Downfall: A Horror Adventure Game every success.
And my anticipation for, The Cat Lady runs high. A game which I'll no doubt be keeping an eye on and one which I'll pay for up front before resorting to getting for nothing!
**Edit
Decided to edit out the Order id: guess it shouldn't of been left.
The game's going great, I for one love the dark, morbid graphic details and view them as light hearted entertainment and not too shocking overall. It just plays on your conscious!