Subject: Chat with Andrew Stein
From: Andrew Stein <steinlink@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

Andrew: so I know how super jealous you are going to be when you hear i've now mastered opengl
Andrew: built some opengl demos for work, so ive been balls deep in the stuff for weeks
Andrew: you know what that means
me: oh that thing I mastered last week?
me: read this, you might learn something
me: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/may/06/anonymous-sony
Andrew: quaint
Andrew: not the article, your inability to grasp the awesomeness of opengl mastery
me: FUCK YOU
Andrew: thats better
Andrew: so you know
Andrew: that means video games
me: oic
Andrew: thats write
me: are you going to program video games?
Andrew: yes
Andrew: yes we are
Andrew: because I can now do 3d graphics trivially
me: and you're going to allow me to contribute text and plot ideas, right?
Andrew: do oyu have text or plot ideas?
Andrew: I have no idea what this game is going to be yet
Andrew: but come up with something fast, because im ready
me: I've had some general ideas kicking around
me: tell me about format
me: gonna be a Deus Ex sort of game?
Andrew: there are some fairly hard technicaly requirements
Andrew: in that, i've already chosen the tech and these are required to make the tech work
Andrew: in browser
Andrew: can be complex, but should definitely be either MMO or lobby multiplayer based
Andrew: no solo ideas
Andrew: id like something where the main gameplay mechanic involves navigating a huge, algorithmically generated world
Andrew: because we could make something that looks gigantic in a fairly small programming package
Andrew: any ideas?
Andrew: we could do an online space trading/combt sim pretty easily
Andrew: or an fps
Andrew: or an mmo rpg, but that would require lots and lots of asset development, plot, graphics, etc
Andrew: which is not my forte, obviously
me: um
me: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/06/iranian-president-may-resign-after-top-aides-arrested-charged-with-sorcery/
Andrew: ok
Andrew: thats the funniest damn headline ive ever read
me: I mean
me: what the fuck?
Andrew: indeed