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From: "Matt Verran" <mverran@btinternet.com>
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Subject: Re: Yaroze dev continuing
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 11:46:42 +0100
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> ...and then there are those who like to download something in the
> background while they're playing the game.  After all, what better way
> to kill time waiting for that long download (or whatever else) than to
> play a game?
>
> Doesn't that somewhat negate your ability to just lock the system
> completely into a game-loop driven environment like the consoles?

Nope, games that multitask have their place, I'ts just not as much fun for
me to develop them.

I'm happy playing a puzzler or strategy game like this, but i've never seen
a multitasking shoot-em-up, for example, that wouldn't have benefitted from
running on a machine dedicated only to the game.