Comments on Hit Self-Destruct: In The Future We Will Play, Part II: New York

Duncan, thank you for writing this piece about Mic...

2008-12-31T10:41:00.000+13:00

Duncan, thank you for writing this piece about Michael. I had no idea the genesis of his interest in games, and his background in general, was so deep and engaging.

That could have run 15,000 words long and remained...

2008-12-29T15:19:00.000+13:00

That could have run 15,000 words long and remained captivating. What a fascinating subject and fantastic piece. You are to be congratulated.

This has been a fascinating series of articles so ...

2008-12-29T11:55:00.000+13:00

This has been a fascinating series of articles so far. I've always admired Abbott's writing on Brainy Gamer, but now I finally know something about him.

Thanks for writing this Duncan, and thanks to all the others who made these possible. Happy 2009

Thank you to Tom Elliott, Nelson Barre, Jake Peaco...

2008-12-29T10:26:00.000+13:00

Thank you to Tom Elliott, Nelson Barre, Jake Peacock and Derek Bailey for their recollections; to Alex Ashby for commenting on earlier drafts of these articles, and of course to Michael Abbott, about whom not enough can be said (although 8,000 words just were.)

The information on Richard Garriott was taken from his interview with Warren Spector from Spector's 2007 University of Texas lecture series.

This is the final post of 2008. Thank you for reading along, Hit Self-Destruct will be back soon.