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Development blog for the original POP

  • Duff-e
  • November 22, 2009 at 11:51 AM
  • Duff-e
    • November 22, 2009 at 11:51 AM
    • #1

    http://jordanmechner.com/old-journals/page/11/

    Very cool. Some insight into not only the game but some of the world events happening during production. It's great reading how a guy making one of the most iconic games of all time would abandon it all to be a successful hollywood screenwriter if he could.

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    Showed POP to the Tribunal – Gary, Gene, Brian, Sophie K. (of Marketing), and Ann Kronen.Ann and Sophie, who hadn’t seen it before, gasped over the animation.

  • Zeta
    • November 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM
    • #2

    Read through this the other evening. Really stange to read his comments about the release of tetris and the gameboy for the first time.

  • dux
    • November 22, 2009 at 2:20 PM
    • #3
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    I’m very happy with how things are going. With combat, this will be one of the greatest games of all time.

    heh heh

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    Microsoft Word 4 arrived via Fed Express. I booted it up and it crashed immediately.

    lmao

  • Defrag
    • November 22, 2009 at 4:51 PM
    • #4

    haha dux, I was just about to post the exact same Word quote

    It's a really good read. Especially this bit (after struggling to get the game marketed properly for ages):

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    January royalty check came in at $56,000. I’m still in a daze. That’s the whole next year paid for right there. I guess now I can stop worrying about money.

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