Zoomba

Zoomba

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Reply to Impulse is dead... in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Thanks :) For the most part, we're doing well. Of the Impulse team, most of us went on to bigger and better things over the last 12 or so months. A few moved into other positions within GameStop, but those who moved out of the company went on to some pretty interesting stuff. A few of the companies Impulse alums went to: Yvolver <a href="http://www.nightdivestudios.com/" target="_blan

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Reply to Impulse is dead... in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

This news made me sad too. I chose to leave GameStop last year after a lot of the decisions you're just now learning about (no more client, US-only sales, steam codes via email etc.) were finalized. I remember being in the first planning meeting for what "the next version of Stardock Central" would be. I remember launching the first THQ game, the first EA game, the first Ubisoft game on Impulse. I still think we had something that could have been a real com

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Reply to Impulse update speed in War of Magic Stardock Forums

The update speed in the verifying step has to do with the number of files a game has. We do differential patches and check each and every file in the game directory and compare that against the file list for the new version. Based on what's different, that's what you download. Games with a lot of files will take longer in this phase of updating.

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Reply to What do you think of Free To Play? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

F2P is a very tricky thing to pull off successfully. You're essentially trying to find a balance between two competing goals: A free game, and a way to pay the developers to make the game. The key is presenting sufficient value in the "Free" game, but at the same time, provide enough extra incentive in the paid pieces to keep the game operating. This is what games like LotRO, DDO, LOL etc do well. The core of the game is there for everyone to enjoy. The additio

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Reply to Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights come to Impulse in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

The Baldur's Gate series is what really got me hooked on computer RPGs. I spent hundreds of hours exploring the Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate, Amn and the surrounding countryside. I feel these games are "required" for gamers in the same way classics of literature are required for avid readers. There is a lot to learn from how these games were made.

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Reply to The Walking Dead! in Everything Else Stardock Forums

The entire "End of the World" scenario has a lot of story possibility. They could take this and run with it for at least 5 seasons without stretching much of anything. Knowing nothing of the comics myself, and having just watched the pilot, here are possible topics they could explore: Who's left? Finding the small pockets of survivors, and how everyone is coping with the zombie apocalypse. Are there towns untouched? How did it happen? E

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