{"id":642,"date":"2011-04-04T10:07:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T17:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?p=642"},"modified":"2011-04-05T20:26:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T03:26:28","slug":"spring-forward-day-14-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/spring-forward-day-14-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ray.ivey1\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; 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today to see my friend Randy in Pittsburgh.\u00a0 For eleven years,  I have written about computer games on Randy\u2019s website,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justadventure.com\/\">www.justadventure.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Randy is a passionate enthusiast of games in general,  but most particuarly of that most maligned genre,  the adventure game.<\/p>\n<p> After having a brief heyday in the late 80s and early 90s (until <strong><em>The Sims <\/em><\/strong>came along,  <strong><em>Myst<\/em><\/strong> was the biggest-selling PC game),  adventure games have been in a long,  slow,  sad decline.\u00a0 But at least partially thanks to Randy,  the genre is still hanging on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-645\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-645\" href=\"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=645\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-645\" title=\"Pittsburgh\" src=\"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pittsburgh-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"The view from Randy's neighborhood\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pittsburgh-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pittsburgh-1024x612.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from Randy&#39;s neighborhood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-643\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-643\" href=\"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-643\" title=\"Randy desk\" src=\"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Randy-desk-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"Randy in the fabled computer lair!\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Randy-desk-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Randy-desk-1024x612.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Randy in the fabled computer lair!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> Through these years I\u2019ve met many interesting people in the gaming industry through Randy.\u00a0 My involvement with JustAdventure also led to a couple of actual paying gigs in the industry.\u00a0 I was the puzzle design consultant for the second and third <strong><em>Law and Order<\/em><\/strong> pc games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-646\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-646\" href=\"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=646\"><img 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life-threatening d so he hasn\u2019t traveled as much.\u00a0 It\u2019s been ages since I\u2019ve seen him,  so I\u2019m awfully glad I had this opportunity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-644\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-644\" href=\"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=644\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-644\" title=\"Collection of games\" src=\"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Collection-of-games-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"A tiny fraction of Randy's vast game collection\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Collection-of-games-179x300.jpg 179w, http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Collection-of-games-612x1024.jpg 612w, http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Collection-of-games.jpg 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