Gamasutra Interviews Brad Wardell About Elemental: War of Magic

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20916
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Gamasutra.com recently sat down with Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, to talk about "Elemental:War of Magic" that was announced just today.  

"There's stuff in Civilization that we've taken; there's stuff from Master of Magic, Heroes of Might & Magic, Risk, Populous -- you name it," he said. "I have no shame when it comes to borrowing and being inspired by other games."

Despite the range of influences, however, the game owes perhaps the most to the Simtex-developed 1995 cult classic Master of Magic, whose official rights Stardock repeatedly tried to acquire from owner Atari."

Read the full article at Gamasutra.
 



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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

How could I've missed this?

"People play campaigns in Dungeons & Dragons in the real world that last for years. We could do that with 64-bit. We couldn't do it with 32-bit because you can't make the landmass that big -- that's been a big memory limitation," he claimed. "If someone wants to play a game that lasts for three years, who are we to stop them?"

First, I wish I had a roleplaying group. Second, that. Sounds. Bloody. Awesome. Of course, three years for a single game is a bit long, but having such an epic game that it feels like you're going region-to-region on an actual globe, building a full empire the size of the Roman Empire (or the Mongol Hordes!).

:p

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

@Luckmann - Wow. There was even a thread on the topic to boot.

[hits him over the head with a very large trout]

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Spartan, reply 2
@Luckmann - Wow. There was even a thread on the topic to boot.

[hits him over the head with a very large trout]
Hush, you!
Haven't you ever heard the pronoun "Let sleeping bears lie"?
:P

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Luckmann, reply 3

Haven't you ever heard the pronoun "Let sleeping bears lie"?

Actually that goes: "Let sleeping pegasi lie."

:rofl:

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I thought it was "let sleeping pegasi fly".

Horses can sleep standing up, some birds can sleep while flying. Think about it *_*

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Tamren, reply 5
I thought it was "let sleeping pegasi fly".

Horses can sleep standing up, some birds can sleep while flying. Think about it

Ach, you're right of course.

How shamefull of me to get the pronoun wrong, so:


Let sleeping pegasi fly.

 

^_^

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Finally might get some good usage out of my 64-bit Athalon!  Good to hear.