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[mike]

I've been following this thread with some interest. It's really enlightened me in terms of user input.

Also, what ought I to have played that I haven't feel-wise?

If you haven't played any of the "VR" games with the massive goggles etc, then you'll have missed out on a kind of bizarre input experiment.
Personally, I've only use one of those machines (back when they were kind of new and exciting in the main stream). And I gotta say it had the worst feel ever. I just couldn't get into it at all.
I should probably blame that on the technology of the time though... I mean, the Wii controller is far more responsive and nowhere near as bulky and those "gloves"/paddles...

Anyway, just thought I'd mention that since it really was a foray into a new and unknown "feel" of user input.

-Mike

[Bezzy]

Gah! Steve, you are my brain-twin or something.

I really want to get my feedback done, but I'm getting busy working on our game demo, and preparing for a trip to america.

I want to talk to you about "edge mechanics" and "edge metaphor": when do you use discrete vs. continuous? I want to talk about Quake 3's movement (friction based) vs. Unreal Tournament's (speed capping). I want to talk about finite state machine animation systems vs. indiscrete physics based approachs vs. hybrids. I'm just so busy!

[Steve Swink]

Don't sweat it, Willy. Where in America are you tripping to? If it's nearby Phoenix, we should hang loose.

[Bezzy]

North Carolina. I don't know where that is relative to Phoenix.

Also, I'm going be working, so it won't be easy for me to travel anyplace :/

[Impossible]

It's just like a 4 or 5 hour flight from NC to Phoenix. You should drop by for a while .

[Zaphos]

Just a picky note: the word "Deconstruction" probably isn't the one you mean to use, unless you actually do want to bring a wanktastic theory of literary criticism in to your analysis of video games?