scobymaguire Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hi there, Back in 2008 I wrote a 45-page Masters dissertation on the cultural, market and technological factors that shaped the rise and fall (and the then impending resurrection) of Adventure Games. I submitted it, finished the Masters and promptly forgot all about it. I found the file again today and thought I'd stick it up online. It's not the most thoroughly-researched dissertation ever, but, considering the time constraints of the Masters course, it's alright. As a long-time adventure game fan, I enjoyed writing it. I enjoyed the research part, which involved replaying some of the classics and ploughing through a ton of old Amiga magazines from the early '90s. I also enjoyed reading the Conclusion from today's perspective, as it reminded me of the excitement I felt in 2008 at the possibility of adventure games making a successful comeback with Telltale et al. Whether that comeback was as successful as I'd hoped is debatable, but the Conclusion still acts as a nice time-capsule of how I felt at the time. You can read it here (if you care to ignore the fairly clunky title): The Genre that Mouse Built? How Culture, Markets and Technology Shaped the Rise, Fall and Resurrection of 'Point and Click' Adventure Games I probably won't revisit it as it's been three years since I finished it, but I'm nevertheless interested in your opinions (and in any factual errors, which I might go back and correct). I'm particularly interested in hearing what the Mixnmojo community thinks as it's very Lucas Arts-heavy, plus some Mixnmojo members get a mention in it! Anyway, it's nice to get it up online and out of my system. Enjoy! - Scobymaguire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandra IDV Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 On page six, you claim that Day of the Tentacle was CD ROM-only, but this is not the case. It was also released on floppies. The floppy version did, however, not feature any voice acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicallyInspired Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Didn't it have voice acting in the intro and outro only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobymaguire Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Well spotted, Alex. Will wait to see if there are any more issues and will make the correction then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Didn't it have voice acting in the intro and outro only? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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