What does it mean to speedrun a game? Discussing my history with speed running, my love for speed running and that time I tried to do it myself.
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Saad from eXputer: "After Arkane Austin & Tango were shutdown, Xbox President Sarah Bond spoke with Bloomberg in what I believe to be utter corporate fakery."
im not really surprised by that, shes always been more a "let me talk about something else than what u want to know" kinda gal
Yea, it was and it’s insulting that they think we’re dumb enough to fall for this. Look, the truth was you took a gamble on these studios and while they released some games to critical praise and great reception they just aren’t bringing in a ROI. Be transparent, you’re not a politician.
Just tell everyone you spend money on projects big and small and when money isn’t being made you go over the potential of revenue a studio can bring in vs those that can’t and make the hard decision to chop them.
She says this whole thing about “success” doesn’t fit one meaning for each studio. Well yea, a small budget production isn’t going to expect to sell the same as a large budget production.
One thing I wish they did though was let Tango be an independent studio.
disheartening to see no regard for the human cost of business anymore
the bad decisions and judgements of these CEOs severely impact the frontliners
these fake responses are just salt on wounds
imagine havin the audacity to say "we need more games like hifi rush" right after closing the studio that made it lol
followin up with this show of "deflecting every question" was in poor taste
Speedrunning is about save stating though a game until your muscle memory is good enough that you can do it flawlessly.
The opposite is playing a game blind and adapt as you go. As games are thought to be played.
I tried doing so myself though it didn't really count. I spent have the time trying to perfect certain movements. Think It look me like 4 hours with all the extra stuff I was doing. But to be fair I've 100% Mario 64 a bunch over the years and I've watched all the simple flips vs minus world speedrunner vs multiple youtubers stuff so I kind of new what to do. Just didn't know the route and how to actually perform a single speedrun strat. Honestly it's really enjoyable to pull the speedrun strats off.
I have a great appreciation for speedrunning and respect those who push themselves and their games to heights nobody would've thought possible. But it's something I could never, ever see myself doing. I like taking my time through games and enjoying them with an air of discovery and mystery, rather than breaking them down to their base components and figuring out the optimal method of play.