Thread: Indie dude offers a hypothetical take on Gunther and Anna.

Huh, you're right. Man I love Deus Ex

Plus DX leaves a great deal to be desired regarding cause and effect backstory. We tend to think it's a case of increased mechanisation == decreased humanity, because it's a neat little tie-up and it ostensibly makes sense. It doesn't necessarily have to be true, though. Maybe UNATCO made extra effort to recruit people who were ALREADY amoral killing machines devoid of most redeeming human traits, and then added mechanisation?...

Quote: Originally Posted by DDL Maybe UNATCO made extra effort to recruit people who were ALREADY amoral killing machines devoid of most redeeming human traits, and then added mechanisation? Maybe they're not monsters because they're mechs, they're simply monsters who are also mechs. This would make perfect sense and fit what we know of UNATCO Quote: I'd think you'd have to be a little bit 'gone' in the...

I'd rather see more from the lives of NSF leaders, such as Decker, Lebedev and so on...

A relatively recent l ink on RPS: Jack Monahan, describing himself as an independent game developer and concept artist, is the owner of the "Design Reboot" blog , focused on short, alternative "what if" perspectives on various games or game concepts, as well as general musing on matters of games design. His two most recent entries pointed to potential prequels to the original Deus Ex, featuring characters Anna Navarre and...

Gunther's rather plaintive anonymous email always gets me when I think about it. 'What about my legs? What about my life ??'

Jesus Christ. I am thoroughly impressed and slightly disturbed at Chris's knowledge of Deus Ex.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jashin huh, that's interesting. I never interpreted that email as from gunther specifically, but it's certainly possible. I always figured it was just a general sentiment echoed by all mech augs, and that email could be from any mech aug in active duty. No, it's definitely from Gunther. The spelling errors are meant to make it obvious.