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by CWuestefeld 35 days ago
I've seen that, but always assumed it would be a more accessible account, and not tickle the technical developer itch.

I recently read Jordan Mechner's The Making of Prince of Persia, and while it was interesting, it wasn't what I'd hoped for. It was a biography covering his life during the creation of the game, and very little about the internals and technology of it. That's fine, but for my tastes, the book that it really was, was less captivating than it could have been.

My default is to expect the same from the FoxTales book.
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dingaling 35 days ago
Extrapolating from a single datum is worse than AI hallucinations.

It's $4, the reviews are good, just buy it.

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CWuestefeld 35 days ago
Speaking of single datum...

> It's $4, the reviews are good, just buy it.

Yeah, $4 isn't relevant. What is relevant is the time investment, which your response ignores.

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