Comments on: p0nd http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832514 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832514 hahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832774 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832774 nasty trollses... nothing to see here nasty trollses… nothing to see here

]]> By: nnguyen http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-833291 nnguyen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833291 try this: http://sites.google.com/site/p0ndtemp/home try this: http://sites.google.com/site/p0ndtemp/home

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-833298 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833298 History will remember Roger Ebert as the man who instigated all video game community to finally take it to the next level, and make Video Games the 11th Art. History will remember Roger Ebert as the man who instigated all video game community to finally take it to the next level, and make Video Games the 11th Art.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832532 querent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832532 any waking life fans in the mix? good stuff. i'll pass this along. any waking life fans in the mix?

good stuff. i’ll pass this along.

]]> By: Toby Clark http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832790 Toby Clark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832790 I am so disappointed. I had assumed this would be p0rn featuring Amy Pond. Bah! I am so disappointed. I had assumed this would be p0rn featuring Amy Pond. Bah!

]]> By: Pete http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832805 Pete Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832805 I'm all for one-button mechanics in games. I'm all for expansive concepts that reach beyond genres. But I didn't get any further than the doorstep in this game, despite persisting in it. Disappointing - I couldn't work out how to bring any finesse into the manipulation of the one button, and kept on getting the same message a few seconds into the game. That's not a learning curve, that's a point of failure. Stylistically, the few game screens I saw reminded me of Loom, which was both a good game AND art when it was released. Even now, it stands out (although it's point-and-click style dates it heavily). I’m all for one-button mechanics in games. I’m all for expansive concepts that reach beyond genres.

But I didn’t get any further than the doorstep in this game, despite persisting in it. Disappointing – I couldn’t work out how to bring any finesse into the manipulation of the one button, and kept on getting the same message a few seconds into the game. That’s not a learning curve, that’s a point of failure.

Stylistically, the few game screens I saw reminded me of Loom, which was both a good game AND art when it was released. Even now, it stands out (although it’s point-and-click style dates it heavily).

]]> By: saru http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-833341 saru Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833341 Honestly, I thought the quote at the end was in slightly poor taste. Of course, I consider all of Roger Ebert's statements about video games are in slightly poor taste as well.... I wish him the best with his illness. I think he's an excellent writer, and a very intelligent man. But he's also just plain wrong. No need to go into it here. I liked the game though. Amusing ending. For anyone still looking and still having trouble, you wait for orbs to appear, then hold space to inhale until the last one passes your lips, then let go to exhale. Honestly, I thought the quote at the end was in slightly poor taste.

Of course, I consider all of Roger Ebert’s statements about video games are in slightly poor taste as well….
I wish him the best with his illness. I think he’s an excellent writer, and a very intelligent man. But he’s also just plain wrong. No need to go into it here.

I liked the game though. Amusing ending.

For anyone still looking and still having trouble, you wait for orbs to appear, then hold space to inhale until the last one passes your lips, then let go to exhale.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832850 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832850 WTF? If that's art, then count me in Ebert's camp. WTF? If that’s art, then count me in Ebert’s camp.

]]> By: fireinwinter http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832866 fireinwinter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832866 "Wonderful and haunting." A perfect description Definitely proof that video games can have meaning beyond simple entertainment. I especially liked the quote at the end. “Wonderful and haunting.” A perfect description

Definitely proof that video games can have meaning beyond simple entertainment.

I especially liked the quote at the end.

]]> By: Hattmannen http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-833379 Hattmannen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833379 Thanks for the link. Unfortunately I couldn't download it from there. Google docs said I've reached the bandwith limit for viewing non Google docs files. As far as I can remember though, I haven't downloaded anything from Google docs... Too bad... I'd really like to have a go at this game. Thanks for the link. Unfortunately I couldn’t download it from there. Google docs said I’ve reached the bandwith limit for viewing non Google docs files.
As far as I can remember though, I haven’t downloaded anything from Google docs…
Too bad… I’d really like to have a go at this game.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832617 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832617 duskcheetah ... getting the same thing you are... i think were missing the proper outro duskcheetah … getting the same thing you are… i think were missing the proper outro

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-833145 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833145 I like video games. And I like art. They are not in the same league. So what? What is the offense? There is art that I hate, boring art, like some operas. Games are meant to be fun to play, that's it. A boring game offends me, not Roger Ebert telling me they are not art. Are gamers ashamed of their hobby, so they need to think of themselves as more than just players? Why do games NEED to be associated with art? Roger Ebert did not say that games were not fun. He said they are not art. And they are not! I like video games. And I like art.
They are not in the same league. So what?
What is the offense?
There is art that I hate, boring art,
like some operas.
Games are meant to be fun to play, that’s
it.
A boring game offends me, not Roger Ebert
telling me they are not art.
Are gamers ashamed of their hobby, so
they need to think of themselves as more than
just players?
Why do games NEED to be associated with art?
Roger Ebert did not say that games were not fun.
He said they are not art.
And they are not!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-833150 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833150 The whole deal is a stupid premise. "Games are not art" How about this: "Mario Brothers is more popular than Jesus Christ" Truth? Maybe... but it will sure offend a lot of people. If I say: Video games will never be religion! are you going to take the bait too? The whole deal is a stupid premise.
“Games are not art”
How about this:
“Mario Brothers is more popular than
Jesus Christ”
Truth? Maybe…
but it will sure offend a lot of people.

If I say:
Video games will never be religion!
are you going to take the bait too?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-833406 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833406 Another place to download it for PC: http://rjlayton.com/pond/ Another place to download it for PC: http://rjlayton.com/pond/

]]> By: bardfinn http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832394 bardfinn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832394 Ebert /did/ apologise for the inappropriate commentary on video games. Ebert /did/ apologise for the inappropriate commentary on video games.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832650 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832650 If I understand Roger Ebert's viewpoint correctly, it is not that something like p0nd cannot be art, it is that when something like p0nd becomes art, it is no longer a game. That is, art and games are mutually exclusive. It isn't a viewpoint that I personally agree with, but many here seem to be raging against a Ebert of their own creation. If I understand Roger Ebert’s viewpoint correctly, it is not that something like p0nd cannot be art, it is that when something like p0nd becomes art, it is no longer a game. That is, art and games are mutually exclusive.

It isn’t a viewpoint that I personally agree with, but many here seem to be raging against a Ebert of their own creation.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832411 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832411 how exactly was that haunting? peaceful, atmospheric, calming... not even close to haunting though. how exactly was that haunting? peaceful, atmospheric, calming… not even close to haunting though.

]]> By: jemmons http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832925 jemmons Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832925 "This Account Has Been Suspended" I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT :'( “This Account Has Been Suspended”

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT :’(

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832416 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832416 PTFG! PTFG!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832935 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832935 Same here. :,( Same here. :,(

]]> By: cory http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832430 cory Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832430 Not exactly. He basically said that he was foolish to express an opinion about something he really knows nothing about. He want on to say that video games would never be art, and that he wouldn't change his mind about that. He also didn't apologize. So, yeah. Ebert: good movie critic, good writer. Terrible pundit about video games. In short: "arguing on the internet is like competing in the special olympics".gif. Not exactly. He basically said that he was foolish to express an opinion about something he really knows nothing about.

He want on to say that video games would never be art, and that he wouldn’t change his mind about that.

He also didn’t apologize.

So, yeah. Ebert: good movie critic, good writer. Terrible pundit about video games. In short: “arguing on the internet is like competing in the special olympics”.gif.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832440 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832440 While I personally disagree with Ebert regarding videogames as art, do you not think it's in somewhat poor taste to tell him to "eat it"? You know, since he can't eat anything what with that pesky cancer he is battling and all. Just a thought. While I personally disagree with Ebert regarding videogames as art, do you not think it’s in somewhat poor taste to tell him to “eat it”?

You know, since he can’t eat anything what with that pesky cancer he is battling and all. Just a thought.

]]> By: Ghede http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832460 Ghede Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832460 Ummm. Is it supposed to restart after you reach the pOnd? If so, I don't get it. Ummm. Is it supposed to restart after you reach the pOnd? If so, I don’t get it.

]]> By: QRohlf http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832474 QRohlf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832474 I have a feeling that it has no ending, and the joke is that it loops you back to the start so you play it over and over again thinking it just messed up. I didn't really feel like finding out. I have a feeling that it has no ending, and the joke is that it loops you back to the start so you play it over and over again thinking it just messed up. I didn’t really feel like finding out.

]]> By: Zavorio http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832481 Zavorio Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832481 Ebert on video games = Ebert reviewing a movie he never watched. Lets forget about the whole thing and move on with our lives. Ebert on video games = Ebert reviewing a movie he never watched. Lets forget about the whole thing and move on with our lives.

]]> By: fatjonny http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832483 fatjonny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832483 It does have an ending. If all you use the space bar for is breathing, you didn't reach the end. Good stuff. :) It does have an ending. If all you use the space bar for is breathing, you didn’t reach the end.

Good stuff. :)

]]> By: QRohlf http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832485 QRohlf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832485 Nevermind - There is an ending. Not really what I was expecting. Nevermind – There is an ending. Not really what I was expecting.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832486 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832486 You have to play it to the end without "holding in" an orb too long I'm guessing. Got it the second time and definitely a weird ending. You have to play it to the end without “holding in” an orb too long I’m guessing. Got it the second time and definitely a weird ending.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/p0nd.html#comment-832751 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832751 1) game: please explain yourself or GTFO. It took several tries (and unnecessary restart delays) for me to figure out which specific unhealthy breathing pattern I was expected to perform. 2) too hard didn't finish. I cannot mash my spacebar that fast without getting uncomfortable. 1) game: please explain yourself or GTFO. It took several tries (and unnecessary restart delays) for me to figure out which specific unhealthy breathing pattern I was expected to perform.

2) too hard didn’t finish. I cannot mash my spacebar that fast without getting uncomfortable.

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