 Another edition of Floppy has passed, so I guess it's time for another Dark Court as well. By now you should know the routine: I tell you what I think about a bunch of demos, and then you collectively attack me on my point of view. After all, why change a winning formula? Here are the reviews of the top 5. In case you have missed the releases, download them from here.
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[32] :
17. Mar 2004 07:58
hmm... a number of personal thoughts of mine... i think, if you have something to say and decide to do a demo to say it, then you can use whatever you feel is necessary for the message. but i personally wouldn’t put in something so that a bigger audience would understand,,, i would also like to get better and better with my coding skills so that my technical skills don’t limit my imagination.
nightlord
[33] :
17. Mar 2004 19:13
if you watch wok zombie and think that it is a failed attempt to reach out to a big audience and non demosceners, then watch it again and see it as the stupid standard demo it is and was supposed to be.
hollowman
[34] :
17. Mar 2004 19:22
I would rather call demos using visibly badly converted multicolour pictures stupid and standard. At least some people try to enforce that "standard" on us.
CreaMD
[35] :
17. Mar 2004 19:23
And I wouldn’t wonder if that "tunnel" routine was ripped out. But nowadays nobody seems to care about such things. P.S.: Nightlord, Oswald. Talk to me! ;-)
CreaMD
[36] :
19. Mar 2004 05:29
@creamd: i just sent you the demo... would you please check your mail and let meknow if you have gotten it intact
nightlord
[37] :
19. Mar 2004 09:33
Yeah it works! Thanx man!
CreaMD
[38] :
19. Mar 2004 10:34
And It’s lovely!
CreaMD
[39] :
19. Mar 2004 16:42
@33: Yes, but it was a nice stupid standard demo this time. Focus on theme is good. Especially themes I like ;). @28: What CreamD said, and I do feel that there is a class of good demos that doesn’t need to be bound to any medium, so using a c64 to represent it is just as good as writing a book or a film - it gets the message across either way. They win on storytelling, presentation and well-done trickery. Remember, in the end, it’s all in the eye of the beholder. I think Magritte said it best a while ago: Ceci n’est pas un d?mo. (Est-ce un d?mo? Moi, j’crois pas :)
Vip
[40] :
19. Mar 2004 18:09
@29: Yes, that’s exactly why I made BBOH, damn, you got me there.
If our biggest problem is that Spectrum- and Atari sceners might not understand our c64 demos, then maybe we shouldn’t be making c64 demos at all.
Now I’d love to stay here and write more nonsense, but I have to attend a business meeting with some Cartoon Network execs, aparently they have seen BBOH and want to do a tv series based on it.
[41] :
19. Mar 2004 20:26
Sarcasm: Scandinavia’s gift to the world.
Tdj
[42] :
19. Mar 2004 20:56
TDJ. Surely The Netherland’s gift to the world then.
Dane
[43] :
19. Mar 2004 22:30
TDJ: You mean to say that the offer sent to me from cart0on_netwr0k@hotmail.com isn’t real..?! Do you know something I don’t? Should I cancel my flight to NY?
[44] :
19. Mar 2004 22:31
Snappy comeback.
Tdj
[45] :
19. Mar 2004 22:32
@43: obviously I know nothing, so go ahead and say hi to the cast of Friends from me
Tdj
[46] :
21. Mar 2004 00:44
the thing is. i reckon. yup!
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