Tag: deleted scenes
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The Deleted Scenes of Disney, Doom and Deus Ex
In 2014 I spoke at VideoBrains in London and shared never-seen-before design documents for a cancelled Deus Ex game. I also talked about the early prototypes of Doom by id Software and warned about the importance of game preservation and documentation. The lecture was based on two articles I wrote for Eurogamer about Ion Storm’s Lost Deus…
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The Deleted Scenes of Outcast and Outcast 2
Even today, Outcast is one of the most adored PC games ever made. There are fans so enamoured with it that they’re rebuilding it in new engines – a years-long undertaking reserved only for franchises such as Half-Life. Yet, while many remember the otherworldly adventures of Cutter Slade fondly, the original design was much more…
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The Deleted Scenes of No One Lives Forever
No One Lives Forever was one of the bravest games of its time. A camp spy comedy set at the height of the swinging sixties, NOLF merged action, stealth and RPG elements while pitting you against henchmen and everyday sexism alike. And it did so while other developers released games such as Soldier of Fortune and Diablo II. But it was by…
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The Deleted Scenes of Dark Camelot
In 2013 I spent several weeks researching the origins of the first Thief game, Thief: The Dark Project, for an article for RockPaperShotgun. This turned out to be the first in a series of investigative pieces I wrote for RPS and Eurogamer, focusing mainly on cancelled games in the Thief and Deus Ex series’. This…
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