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EmilyBlips So this is at least the second blog post about being upset by this quest that I have seen... Someone should ask about it in an interview.
Jack Bauer Wouldn’t Have These Issues
Broken Toys —
... Richard Bartle discusses a disturbing Wrath of the Lich King quest.
I don’t mind having torture in an MMO — it’s the kind of thing a designer can use to give interesting choices that say things to the players. However, I do mind its being placed there casually as a run-of-the-mill quest with no regard for the fact that it would ring alarm bells: this means either that the designer can’t see anything wrong with it, or that they’re actually in favour of it and are forcing it on the player base to make a point. Neither case is ...
[Moral Ambiguity, or Lazy Design?]
The Pensive Harpy —
So Richard Bartle makes a comment about quests in WotLK requiring players to torture helpless people for information. This kind of squicks him out. ...
Some Stuff I Don't Understand...
Wandering Goblin —
... MMO. I've never, ever seen anyone transform fun games into pages and pages of exceptionally boring mathematics quite like this. When you think about it, I suppose this is something of an achievement. Richard Bartle takes a death knight quest waaaaay too seriously. This is confusing on two counts. One, why does anyone listen to this guy? He's really negative and cranky, and he gets credit for inventing an early MUD which he didn't actually invent. Also, he's mad about something truly ridiculous yet again. Can someone please ...
Bartle calls Blizzard out on torture quest in Wrath of the Lich King
Massively —
... who gave you the quest that no, actually I don't want to torture a prisoner, but there didn't seem to be any way to do that." said Bartle on his feelings about the quest. He also said that a player must complete this quest in order to proceed into an instance called... Bartle calls Blizzard out on torture quest in Wrath of the Lich King originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | ...
Bartles Rebuttal
Wandering Goblin —
... As you may be aware there was a bit of controversary regarding MUD designer Richard Bartle recently. Richard's not the most positive guy in the world and took to criticizing a particular quest in WoW because it involves torture. Richard's criticism of this quest was really emotional and he was held accountable for his unusual outburst by gamers everywhere. ...
Bartle's Creepy Rebuttal
Wandering Goblin —
... As you may be aware, there was a bit of controversy regarding MUD designer Richard Bartle recently. Richard's not the most positive guy in the world and, for reasons no one really understands, took to criticizing a particular quest in WoW because it involves 'torture'. Richard's criticism of this quest was ...
Hating the Kirin Tor Ethics: Mages Who Torture
I'm Still Here! And What I've Been Up To... —
... 's post first only because it generated the most links from various gaming blogs, and the most response from other Wow players. I was also happy to find that other people thought of the Milgram Experiment. Torture Richard Bartle, QBlog, 19th November, 2008 "...Basically, you have to take some kind of cow poke and zap a prisoner until he talks. I'm not at all happy with this. I was expecting for there to be some way to tell the guy who gave you the quest that no, actually I don't want to torture a prisoner, but there didn't seem to be any way to do that. Worse, the quest is ...
