Home / Quotes / Quote by Graham Nelson

Quote by Graham Nelson

“If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign.”

Quote by Graham Nelson

Author

Graham Nelson, born in 1968, is an outstanding mathematician. His research in mathematics spans multiple branches, including algebraic geometry and number theory. Nelson's work has had a profound impact on the academic community, not only advancing mathematical theory but also providing important mathematical tools for other scientific fields. more

You May Also Like

“Players very widely disagree with me about what's hard and what's easy. and in a way, 'I won, but it was a fight' is the best compliment a game can receive.”

Way Hard Fighting Games Easy Player Compliment Disagree

Author:Graham Nelson

“The 'interactive fiction' format hasn't changed in any fundamental way since the early 1970s, in the same way that the format of the novel hasn't since 1700.”

Way Fiction Novel Changed Fundamentals Format Interactive

Author:Graham Nelson

“The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them.”

People Hard Use Asks Games Winning Secret Impression Command Ask Me Complaints Debugging

Author:Graham Nelson

“The time has mainly gone on getting Inform into a decent shape for public use. I suppose the plot of 'Curses' makes a sequel conceivable when compared with, say, the plot of 'Hamlet' but none is planned.”

Use Gone Shapes Curse Decent Plot Sequels

Author:Graham Nelson

“Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that.”

Writing Firsts Home Used Adventure Computer Atoms Bubbles Teens Primitive Acorns

Author:Graham Nelson

“What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.”

Ends Enjoy Decision Pay Attention Careers Player Tracking

Author:Graham Nelson

“Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity.”

Writing Different Majors Hardest Resolution Sensitivity Ambiguity Undertakings

Author:Graham Nelson

“I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?”

Author:Guru Nanak

“My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.”

Character Names My Own Glorious Disgrace Envied Horatio

Book:The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson

Source: The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson

“I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.”

Knows Wells Looks Walks Views Honest Mines Point Of View Brutally Honest

Author:Indra Nooyi