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While I'm on my "did you know?" kick, here's one last tidbit.
Portal was, in my opinion, a brilliantly-written piece of comic genius. What you may not know, however, is that the writer of that comedy gold, Erik Wolpaw, has been amusing gamers for over a decade.
He started out as a writer for the seminal gaming site Old Man Murray, and that is the place to which I wish to direct your attention today.
Old Man Murray isn't active anymore. It's just kept up for posterity, because it was a different kind of site. If you read Erik's review of Rune, you'll get a sense of what made it different. (Beware that the language on this site is not PG. It's got lots of "bowling words.")
So, I could go on and on about how important this site was, and how cool it is to see Erik still kicking butt. But ... it's been already documented quite effectively in a Wikipedia entry. It's interesting to note that Half Life might not have been what it was without OMM.
Oh, and if you wanna play another really well-written game with that Erik Wolpaw touch, try Psychonauts. I played that game for quite a while with my kids, and highly recommend it for some good clean fun.
Portal was, in my opinion, a brilliantly-written piece of comic genius. What you may not know, however, is that the writer of that comedy gold, Erik Wolpaw, has been amusing gamers for over a decade.
He started out as a writer for the seminal gaming site Old Man Murray, and that is the place to which I wish to direct your attention today.
Old Man Murray isn't active anymore. It's just kept up for posterity, because it was a different kind of site. If you read Erik's review of Rune, you'll get a sense of what made it different. (Beware that the language on this site is not PG. It's got lots of "bowling words.")
So, I could go on and on about how important this site was, and how cool it is to see Erik still kicking butt. But ... it's been already documented quite effectively in a Wikipedia entry. It's interesting to note that Half Life might not have been what it was without OMM.
Oh, and if you wanna play another really well-written game with that Erik Wolpaw touch, try Psychonauts. I played that game for quite a while with my kids, and highly recommend it for some good clean fun.
