Shakespear's Shooter - The Game's The Thing - Kotaku Comments

Shakespear's Shooter - The Game's The Thing

Duane — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:06:53 MDT

Better than a standard Flash online game, it's also available for offline play (via the new Apollo dealie) as well as for purchase like a traditional Windows app.

I think they might be aiming a bit too high, what with the trivia bits and the quiz later and so on. They should have stuck with "collect the words to complete the quotes", at least that would have drilled some of the more famous bits into the kids heads (since you have to collect every word and you can't repeat them, you have to actually pay attention to what words you have). They could do storylines between the levels or something.

Duane
http://www.shakespearegeek.com

Duane

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LoopyChew — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:05:45 MDT

That's funny. I thought 'Speare was all of Shakespeare's works combined into a single musical revue.

LoopyChew

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bVork — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:53:03 MDT

I'm not really impressed. The word collection mechanics are fairly interesting and reminiscent of Twinbee bell juggling, but the rest of the gameplay is fairly poor.

Ships have inertia, which is frustrating to deal with when trying to dodge shots. Speaking of shots, enemy shots are difficult to see and it's hard to tell when you actually get hit. To top things off, enemy ship patterns are completely uninteresting.

bVork

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swift — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:42:33 MDT

@el_gordo: his birthday was 2days ago buddy

swift

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Rohsiph — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:54:08 MDT

that was supposed to end, "in an English-major only college level Shakespeare class" but mysteriously sent itself before I finished typing . . .

Eh, Winter's Tale version would be useful--but I'd actually like to see Radiant Silvergun retold with lines from Titus Andronicus.

Rohsiph

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Rohsiph — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:52:25 MDT

I could use a version based on "The Winter's Tale"--having trouble finding time to read this as the last play in an English-major only college s

Rohsiph

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NewtypeS3 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:26:15 MDT

Gradius, Gradius, where for art thou, Gradius?

This honestly sounds pretty cool. I'll have to check it out - not to mention put up a copy for the Shakespeare class I'm in.

NewtypeS3

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MindKiller317 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:42:00 MDT

It actually amazes me that someone hasnt even proposed a shakespeare game ever. I think that a Kingdom Hearts type adevnture through the different plays would be so awesome.

MindKiller317

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Hater3000 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:23:40 MDT

Blast or not to blast,that is the dilemma...

Hater3000

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Sai-kun — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:19:49 MDT

The Game's The Thing, eh? Nice reference =P

Anyway. Uh..Shakespeare. Great. D:

Do we get to go to the planet MacBeth? X3

Sai-kun

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CyricZ — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:01:43 MDT

Crafty or incredibly cheesy. Not that there's anything wrong with that. :-P

CyricZ

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NihonTiger90 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:00:17 MDT

Pretty sweet. Can't wait to battle MacBeth!

Oh wait... MacBeth isn't a boss in this game? Damn.

NihonTiger90

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miss_ali1984 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:55:25 MDT

Sweeeeet. I've always wanted to read "Richard III" while blasting space ships.

miss_ali1984

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db2 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:52:25 MDT

Remember back in the days of the Apple II when educational games regularly kicked ass like this? It was a video game first and foremost, with a side of education included, kind of like Typing of the Dead.

db2

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Skylar — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:52:01 MDT

I've been looking for a vertically-scrolling space shooter that will have the words "Bite my thumb at them" onscreen as long as possible.

Skylar

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Gooche — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:50:11 MDT

I think this is cool as long as the tool actually get's through to the students. Some people play games especially shooters for mindless action.

I would have loved learning about Shakespear in English class with games.

Gooche

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topgeargorilla — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:49:15 MDT

Uh, ok, cool. This still can't top oregan trail or number munchers. Those were AWESOME

topgeargorilla

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Doomstink — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:44:05 MDT

@el_gordo:

I think he was born on the 23rd and died on the 23rd.

Doomstink

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Doomstink — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:43:30 MDT

Some kid is going to answer his quiz on Romeo and Juliet saying it was all about the Montagor and Capulon planets feuding in a galactic battle in the Verona system and his teacher is going to be all WTF?

Doomstink

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el_gordo — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:42:06 MDT

Today is Shakespeare's birthdaaaaay!

Cool theme.

For Hecuba!

el_gordo

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Alegery — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:39:32 MDT

I finished watching Throne of Blood minutes before coming here and finding this. Weird.

Alegery