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GDC Quest Quiz V: Ragnar Tørnquist

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2008-02-26 00:00:00 by Ludwig Kietzmann in Joystiq
...Ragnar Tørnquist, designer of The Longest Journey and writer and director of Dreamfall , Anarchy Online and upcoming MMO, The Secret World The Puzzle You're standing in front of a cave. The goal is to get inside the cave, taking care to foil the ferocious robot bear guarding the entrance first The Inventory 1) perforated parasol 1) rubber...
 
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Ragnar Tørnquist On Storytelling

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2008-08-18 21:32:49 by John Walker in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
...Ragnar Tørnquist . Having keenly followed his career since the wondrous The Longest Journey, hes someone Ive always wanted to interview. So at last given the chance, we sat down to chat for over three hours. The results are now to be seen, and in this first part we begin by discussing the nature of MMOs, and then spend a lot of time talking...
 
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Ragnar Tørnquist On The Longest Journey

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2008-08-19 19:41:26 by John Walker in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
...Ragnar Tørnquist, we get down to discussing The Longest Journey and Dreamfall. TLJ is a game thats very special to me, and one I credit as having affected my life What follows is the most involved discussion of the game, and its sequel Dreamfall, Ive seen from Ragnar, talking about the philosophy behind the game, the messages it contained,...
 
Tags: journey, ragnar, journey creator, platform game, game, ragnar trnquist, secret world, dag scheve midway, dreamfall
 
 
 
 
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Ragnar Tørnquist On Dreamfall & Faith

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2008-08-20 16:30:51 by John Walker in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
...Ragnar Tørnquist , we begin by discussing why he writes female characters for the leads in his games. Then we move on to get to grips with the story behind Dreamfall, the problems with the game, and eventually the roll of faith in Ragnars games. We finish by discussing the potential for Dreamfall Chapters. Its been a while, but just in case...
 
Tags: dreamfall, ragnar, faith, dreamfall chapters, ragnar trnquist, ragnars games, games, story matters, story
 
 
 
 
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Review: Dragon Quest IV Dispenses Retrogaming History Lesson

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2008-09-23 13:58:00 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
...Ragnar McRyan. And he, not the Hero, is the character through which you first experience the gameplay -- exploring towns, talking to people, gathering information and finally entering a dungeon and killing some monsters After questing for less than two hours with Ragnar, you jump to an entirely new character, a princess named Alena. Her story...
 
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Today in Joystiq: February 26, 2008

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2008-02-26 00:00:00 by Ross Miller in Joystiq
...Ragnar Tørnquist Hands-on with Nyko's Winter 2008 peripherals Highlights from the Game Developers Conference 2008 Joystiquery The best of WoW Insider: February 19-26, 2008 Today's most stylistic video: "video game" vs. "videogame News Real or not, CVG has more Goldeneye XBLA pics More specifically, Mass Effect PC coming May 6 This...
 
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Joystiq Vs The Adventurers

2008-03-09 17:46:46 by John Walker in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
 
...Ragnar Tørnquist . Each solves the challenge - getting past a robot bear to enter a cave - in their own distinct style, and theyre all worth a read. And then along comes Tim Schafer Taking the challenge a little more not seriously, but intensely than anyone else, Schafers approach is to treat the challenge as a text adventure, emailing...
 
Tags: tiny, tiny guards, joystiq, challenge, obnoxious adventure-style puzzle, adventure game developers, uber-blog joystiq, mike stemmle, rubber
 
 
 
 
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Review - Viking: Battle for Asgard

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2008-04-04 19:47:07 by Mark Brown in British Gaming Blog
...Ragnarök (which denotes the end of the world, if you dont follow Viking lore). The epic conflict illustrated in the games biggest battles rarely permeates into the cut scenes, which you likely end up skipping entirely Viking is a flaming longboat on an ebbing and flowing river of bone crunching brutality and visual delight an unexpected gem,...
 
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Dreamfall Chapters still coming, 'on the back burner' for now

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2008-06-02 00:00:00 by Ludwig Kietzmann in Joystiq
...Ragnar Tørnquist, on his latest blog entry . With Funcom staff frantically working on the newly launched Age of Conan , upcoming MMO, The Secret World , and "other games in various stages of development," it seems Dreamfall 's continuation has been given the finger. No no, not that one -- the one you show when you're on the phone and need...
 
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Massively: Anarchy Online turns seven; free stuff for everyone!

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2008-06-29 20:32:16 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...Ragnar Tørnquist, Colin Cragg, and indeed, Age of Conan 's game director Gaute Godager To make sure that everyone is digging the anniversary vibe, there are various freebies up for grabs , most in keeping with the theme of "seven". All current subscribers will receive 700 paid points and 7 buddy keys. Those on free accounts have the chance...
 
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