Matt Barton
@mattbarton
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Professor, author of Dungeons & Desktops, and producer of Matt Chat, a YouTube channel with 100+ interviews of awesome game devs.
St. Cloud, MN
Joined April 2008
Turn-Based vs. Twitch: What’s Better for CRPGs? Let’s Talk Sales. First, look at some top-performing turn-based CRPGs (not counting JRPGs):.Baldur’s Gate 3: 10M+.Divinity: Original Sin 2: 7.5M+.Wasteland 3: ~2M. Now compare with action/twitch-based RPGs:.The Witcher 3: 75M+
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I love maps! Not just cloth maps, but any map from a great CRPG. They look amazing framed and hanging on the wall. Every time I pass by, I stop and remember all the wild places I've visited in my RPG adventures. But have you ever wondered about the history of maps in fiction and
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#49 on my Top 50 CRPGs list is. Ultima III!. Designed, of course, by the great Lord British—whom I consider the J.R.R. Tolkien of CRPGs—this game introduced party-based adventuring, tactical combat, expansive world design, and a host of innovations that helped define the genre.
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RT @MuseumCommodore: Save New York (1983) Commodore 64.A shoot 'em up game where players control a small airplane (white for player one, bl….
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Love these guys. Most people only know their "Safety Dance," but they have lots of great songs. I especially like "I Like," "The End of the World," and "On Tuesday." Men Without Hats - I ❤️ The '80s [Official Video] via @YouTube.
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RT @MuseumCommodore: Master of Magic is a role-playing video game released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by Mastertronic under its M.A.D. (M….
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Today I'm rolling out Matt Chat's Top 50 CRPGs, starting with #50: Mass Effect 2 from 2010. This is a solid game, but it stretches my definition of CRPG to its breaking point--and that's a good place to start. What is--and isn't--a CRPG? .For me, the important thing is
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