Dragon Speech Finale "Chaaaaaaarge!"

Chris Crawford declares his commitment to solve the problems of art and character that no one else in the game industry, at the time, was interested in solving. Then he plays Don Quixote and charges out the room screaming.

That was 1992: Storytron, the product of his efforts, goes Beta TODAY.

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[lordcooper777]

I hope he beats it some day.

[ludosophist]

Weird that I just uploaded a vid for my Start-up Chile application and was re-watching this in the flow.

Wrote this about him last year: gamasutra . com/view/news/123629/gdc_2011_­opinion_understanding_.php

The dragon was slayed in all the people he inspired, I consider his life a valliant success even if Storytron didn't pan out.

[thederrman]

This is such a great speech, i now admire him.

Also, at the end, the guy in the bottom right, is that Sid Meier?

[ludosophist]

Yes.

[Hendar23]

"For Truth, for Beauty, for Art!"

Fucking hardcore dude.

[Neil Metson]

...no Q&A?

[MsBickle76]

6:30

[muzboz]

Wow, he's incredible. 

[notthere83]

i really wonder whether you were being sarcastic or not and what the ~30 people who voted "up" on your comment thought you meant...

[forerunner06]

Don't stop believin'...

[DinDinAlright]

Yep, or instead putting people into the role of story teller, like the premise of Jason Rohrer's 'Sleep is Death'.

I also think that AI will progress to a socially capable level, but not for the sake of games. That's not to say we can't pinch the technology once it's available.

[starinfidel]

... Chris here wants to make artificial humans to make interactive dramas. Which is a cool concept and a mighty challenge. But is it really needed? Wouldn't it be simpler to join everybody on the net and just gently push them into proper thematic roleplaying? After all, kids always roleplayed some fantasy stuff inspired by something.

[starinfidel]

I was thinking along the lines of what games on social networks are now. They're not about reflex and killing, geared towards much more general crowd. The very hardcore gaming people are quickly become the niche they always were. This is probably that step in the civilization tech tree that needed to be done before really social games can progress. They're currently in their infancy, but they look promising.

That raises the other thing...

[Chubzdoomer]

9:13 Sid Meier in the lower right corner, soiling his pants.