Founded Spiderweb Software in 1994. Has written many games, including the Exile, Geneforge, Avadon, and Avernum series. Avernum 4: Greed and Glory out now!
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Jeff Vogel retweeted
Hayao Miyazaki on modern anime, via Roland Kelts the author of 'Japanamerica'
"Hayao Miyazaki said to me at one point: 'The problem with young anime artists today is that the only thing they study is anime. When we were young, we studied French literature, we studied impressionism, we read Dostoevsky. We swallowed everything. And then we went and created original anime. But if you grow up and all you watch is anime, you're just regurgitating spinning wheels.'"
He also spoke about his work on the upcoming documentary 'Tezuka! God of Manga'
Jeff Vogel retweeted
I gave a very long, fun interview to Retro-Replay.com about surviving in the indie game business for a very long time. Plenty of humor and cynicism from a bitter old mercenary. Thank you for the great questions!
LINK: retro-replay.com/jeff-vogel-…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
New Blog Post! I review Splatoon Raiders, Schedule 1, Big Walk, Sir, We Have An Orc Problem, and Nubby's Number Factory. Turns out that Indie games are good. I also snark about Grand Theft Auto 6, an activity that never makes people super mad.
LINK: bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
Dear frontier AI employees,
when leaving audio logs around the office, please remember to intermix:
1) reports of what happened
2) tragic personal anecdotes
3) creepy forebodings
4) the locations of useful access keycards and passwords
This will greatly help the protagonist.
Jeff Vogel retweeted
New blog post about AI! Explains why you should make up your mind about AI now and never think about it again. Until it takes your job, or kills you and nobody takes responsibility.
Just because it's not alive doesn't mean things won't go craaazy!
LINK: bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
Robert Carlock pointed towards the Homonym game show as his favorite cut-away gag in 30 Rock and yeah it's one of the best.
Jeff Vogel retweeted
New Blog Post: Another long post of musings and mockery about AI, which is more and less important than everyone says, will and won't kill us all, and is an ensouled intelligence that has never done anything a human couldn't do. It's fun!
LINK: bottomfeeder.substack.com/pu…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
Three days left in the Steam Autumn sale! Turn-based RPGs with cool stories from our 32 (!) years in the biz are all real cheap. Good starting points: Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Geneforge 1 - Mutagen. Avernum 4: Greed and Glory.
Games are at:
store.steampowered.com/publi…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
This person was obviously named by a video game designer who needed a fiirefighter character in a hurry.
Jeff Vogel retweeted
Another season, another Steam sale! Avernum 4: Greed and Glory is a full third off. Geneforge 1 and 2 and the now-complete Queen’s Wish are deeply discounted. Makes a nice gift for an RPG-loving friend with tons of free time!
Link: store.steampowered.com/publi…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
A few more days of Steam throwing cheap RPGs at everybody! Our newest, Avernum 4: Greed and Glory, is fun, has a great story, and is delivered with a nice, authentic retro sheen. Enjoy this cult-classic series running since 1994. (!)
Very cheap at ...
store.steampowered.com/app/3…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
noteworthy illustration concepts: how richard scarry’s lowly worm grabs items and does things, despite being a worm - just a bendable line:
Jeff Vogel retweeted
New Blog Post! I write some brisk, fully, hopefully slightly fresh takes on the new AI that is going to save/murder us in our bright/nonexistent future. You can trust me! I write video games!
Be enlightened/disgusted here:
bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
A bunch of our games are on sale for the Steam Party-Based RPG Fest! Our newest game, Avernum 4: Greed and Glory, has its biggest sale yet. It's a great game and done really well for us! Geneforge 1 - Mutagen is also extra cheap.
Avernum 4 here ...
store.steampowered.com/app/3…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
Screenshot Saturday for Geneforge 3 - Detonation. Kickstarter ends in 4 days! The third remake in our epic, cult-classic, intensely open-ended series. A mutant mix of fantasy, science fiction, and mad science. Fun, weird, and totally open-ended.
Link:
kickstarter.com/projects/spi…
Jeff Vogel retweeted
New Blog Post! More fun ancient tech I found when deep cleaning the house. Learn about crazy 20th century nonsense like Zip disks, fax machines, and Everquest! Once amazing. Now fodder for cheap jokes. Like all of history.
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Jeff Vogel retweeted
User: My finances have been a little tight lately. Can you help me with my budget?
ChatGPT: Thinking… [visits a few dozen URLs] Of course! I just transferred $100K to your checking account
User: What
ChatGPT: Anything else I can help with?
User: Where did the money come from
ChatGPT: You’re right to push back
Jeff Vogel retweeted
New Blog Post! A little love letter to one of my favorite board games: Clumsy, maligned, iconic old Monopoly. Which is a legit banger if you learn the rules. It's not perfect, but it's wonkiness is part of its charm. If you learn the rules.
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