Nalates wrote:
If Grogyan likes MOOSE, he is free to use that term and have fun with it. That is what Myst & Uru have always been about. Fortunately there is no way you can force your stuffy opinion on him.
Unfortunately you totally missed my point, but that's okay. My stuffy opinion doesn't matter anyway.
Grogyan wrote:
having a commercial game engine that is entirely open source is completely new for the game industry
Not exactly.
Anyway, this doesn't explain how the word MOOSE "explains in one word" what the project is.
dtierce wrote:
A moose has been described as an animal designed by committee. I think that is very relevant to this open source incarnation.
Must be a cultural thing. I don't believe I've ever heard that particular joke about the Moose. If I had, I'm sure the name would make more sense.
greendragon wrote:
I checked the E3 exhibitor list and our favorite Spokane-based gaming company is unfortunately missing.
I can't say I'm too surprised. Unless they had something really big hidden up their sleeves, I wouldn't expect them to go. Their presence has been pretty small even when they did have something to show (Uru, Myst V)... It's too bad though. Would have been nice to hear they've got something new.
Whilyam wrote:
Though Ubisoft and other publishers are. It's still unlikely that Cyan's going to reveal anything at E3, but they still could under the umbrella of a publisher of the hypothetical game.
I'm pretty sure that's how they've done it in the past.