Comments on: The Original Habitat Promotional Video http://www.raphkoster.com/2008/12/02/the-original-habitat-promotional-video/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nielshttp://www.raphkoster.com/2008/12/02/the-original-habitat-promotional-video/comment-page-1/#comment-143098 Niels Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:31:20 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=2271#comment-143098 Wow, thank you for sharing this! I never new... I'm too young! This is an awesome piece of recent history. Wow, thank you for sharing this! I never new… I’m too young!

This is an awesome piece of recent history.

]]> By: Xurihttp://www.raphkoster.com/2008/12/02/the-original-habitat-promotional-video/comment-page-1/#comment-143064 Xuri Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:30:58 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=2271#comment-143064 Either the narrator in that promotional video sounds a lot like Michael Palin, or I'm imagining things. Either the narrator in that promotional video sounds a lot like Michael Palin, or I’m imagining things.

]]> By: Noah Falsteinhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2008/12/02/the-original-habitat-promotional-video/comment-page-1/#comment-143060 Noah Falstein Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:39:38 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=2271#comment-143060 I was sharing an office with Chip Morningstar while he led the Habitat project, so I got to observe a lot of the early phases. I vividly remember feeling awed at how groundbreaking it all felt. One day Chip had a bunch of us come into a room, put a huge sheet of paper on a table, and asked us to help start mapping out the world. He had already decided on the teleport booths to link distant points, so the whole concept of geography was strained, and I remember realizing that a whole city could fit in what appeared to be a single small building if we wanted, and had no idea where to even start with a world map. If Chip could push a PS3 today to the same extent that he coaxed performance out of the C64, it would wake up and become Skynet. I was sharing an office with Chip Morningstar while he led the Habitat project, so I got to observe a lot of the early phases. I vividly remember feeling awed at how groundbreaking it all felt. One day Chip had a bunch of us come into a room, put a huge sheet of paper on a table, and asked us to help start mapping out the world. He had already decided on the teleport booths to link distant points, so the whole concept of geography was strained, and I remember realizing that a whole city could fit in what appeared to be a single small building if we wanted, and had no idea where to even start with a world map.

If Chip could push a PS3 today to the same extent that he coaxed performance out of the C64, it would wake up and become Skynet.

]]> By: Matt Kellandhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2008/12/02/the-original-habitat-promotional-video/comment-page-1/#comment-143028 Matt Kelland Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:57:58 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=2271#comment-143028 Could you make a case that this is the first machinima? Game footage captured and made into an actual story. About 10 years before the first Quake movies.... Could you make a case that this is the first machinima? Game footage captured and made into an actual story. About 10 years before the first Quake movies….

]]> By: invarianthttp://www.raphkoster.com/2008/12/02/the-original-habitat-promotional-video/comment-page-1/#comment-143017 invariant Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:49:56 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=2271#comment-143017 I remember hounding the ops on qlink every day asking when Habitat would go live. Never did get to try it out. I remember hounding the ops on qlink every day asking when Habitat would go live. Never did get to try it out.

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