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Re: Rubicon Volunteers - The Ascension Factor
Posted By: Steve LevinsonDate: 7/4/02 9:34 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Rubicon Volunteers - The Ascension Factor (Inverted Sock Puppet)

: A single-turn helix? I call it a circle :)

Whatever you call it, Chris likes this structure – a lot. He borrowed this one from the level Core Wars, but we also see this again in Sucking/Blasting Cherries.

: But the Marine and Durandal have never been removed from each other.

True, but neither was Kate removed from the dream character. Perhaps I didn't state this as well as in the dream, where it was made clear that Kate was the phantom for the dream character's removed soul.

: Did you actually realise this the first time you played through Rubicon? I
: totally missed the point of Te Ascension Factor the first time I played
: the Pfhor plank through. That's some good analysing there.

There is a lot of stuff I'm posting here that I didn't realize until I sat down to analize it critically. I certainly didn't understand what was happening in Infinity the first, second, or tenth time through! In the case of Rubicon, I'm afraid I didn't really understand what the Jjaro were saying until I started to work on the volunteers series, when I could take the time to analyze each word, free from peril. That makes quite a difference! With the Ascension Factor, I didn't spend much time reading the terminal text. In fact, it took me a long time to get past the Ascension Factor on TC. Since This Hurts Less is a rebellion level, I believe I actually skipped the Ascension Factor the first time through, coming back to it only after I had completed the rest of the Pfhor Plank. But that's a matter of game stategy, whereas this series is about the story behind the game.

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Rubicon Volunteers - The Ascension FactorSteve Levinson 7/3/02 3:28 p.m.
     Re: Rubicon Volunteers - The Ascension FactorInverted Sock Puppet 7/4/02 12:47 a.m.
           Re: Rubicon Volunteers - The Ascension FactorSteve Levinson 7/4/02 9:34 a.m.
                 Re: Rubicon Volunteers - The Ascension FactorC Lund 7/4/02 3:38 p.m.



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