   Marc Laidlaw(of halflife)  onGame Design
  Hey!Gamasutra has a cool article by marc on game writting and such.http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20030808/carless_01.shtmlYou''ll need to sign up but it''s free and painless.Here''s the snippit I found particularly intresting:He does, however, offer some choice teasers from his dialog for the sequel by way of consolation and a fitting conclusion."Here''s a line I cut: ''When you think of the creatures we''ve driven to extinction without a second thought, aren''t you grateful the Combine isn''t just another one-dimensional superpredator like…well, like ourselves?'' Here''s one I haven''t cut yet: ''What did I expect from the man who brought civilization to a screeching halt?''"~Wave 
  What a nice article. I hope many other companies actually start taking story writing seriously (I can still hear still Doom 2''s sparse paraphrased storyline in my head: "The creatures seem to be coming from Deimos, the second moon of Mars. Well, I guess you just need to grab your gun, get in there and kill everyone"). Half-Life was a giant leap for the gaming industry and I personally would like to see more of it. ;  I liked the story for Duke3d: "Those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride"Also, Duke uses Bruce Campbell-isms such as "Hail to the king, baby" and "groovy". ;  Anyone remember the game Trespasser? The writing was really well done for that game, but it was flawed in so many other ways that people got fed up of it. I personally go back because I enjoy hearing the monologue play. There''s this one scene where you have to power up this super computer and ass you power it up part by part it keeps telling you more and more of the story. It was really well written.~Wave ;  I always liked Freespace 2''s story, though it was a little simplistic.  Aquanox had some potential, but the voice acting was horrendous....it was even dubbed over the old talking (in german).   VSEDebug Visual Studio.NET Add-In.  Enhances debugging in ways never thought possible. ;  My personal favourite game story is one I wrote myself:quote:Soldier 1: Why are we shooting these aliens?Soldier 2: Because they are shooting at us!Soldier 1: Why are they shooting at us?Soldier 2: Umm... Er.. because they are assholes.Soldier 1: Eat dirt! Mother loving asswipes!;quote:Original post by DakeDesu  My personal favourite game story is one I wrote myself:quote:Soldier 1: Why are we shooting these aliens?Soldier 2: Because they are shooting at us!Soldier 1: Why are they shooting at us?Soldier 2: Umm... Er.. because they are assholes.Soldier 1: Eat dirt! Mother loving asswipes! Yay! 