Have you ever played any of the GTA games, especially the latest one, San Andreas? While explicitly and uncomprimisingly violent, the game is an incredibly well put together experience. In all seriousness, I would consider GTA an exemplary piece of video gaming art. And not all art is made for children.
Video games are today's cause celebre for the virtucrats. It used to be Dungeons & Dragons, witchcraft, rock music and Communism in different ages.
If your interested in games that "[force] yourself into complex, challenging and dynamic situations for entertainment's sake" you might want to check out Paradox Interactive a small Swedish company that specializes in complex historical strategy games. They're most well known for their Europa Universalis series, but my personal favorite of theirs would be Hearts of Iron II which is WWII grand strategy
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Have you ever played any of the GTA games, especially the latest one, San Andreas? While explicitly and uncomprimisingly violent, the game is an incredibly well put together experience. In all seriousness, I would consider GTA an exemplary piece of video gaming art. And not all art is made for children.
I do like the idea of sandbox games, its just kind of a let down with the GTA series that you have this extraordinary concept (the world is yours and you can do anything) and it all boils down to drive by shootings, beating up/killing innocent people and hiding from police (though it is really fun to see how long you can evade the cops until the military comes in).
However those games are hard to find as I found out last week when the staff at Electronic Boutique had never evem heard of Europa Universalis III and half the already small PC game section was devoted to World of Warcraft's new expansion. The industry has become to much like the movie business; more about the money than the product.I think its like anything. Niche movies
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Video games are today's cause celebre for the virtucrats. It used to be Dungeons & Dragons, witchcraft, rock music and Communism in different ages.
If your interested in games that "[force] yourself into complex, challenging and dynamic situations for entertainment's sake" you might want to check out Paradox Interactive a small Swedish company that specializes in complex historical strategy games. They're most well known for their Europa Universalis series, but my personal favorite of theirs would be Hearts of Iron II which is WWII grand strategy ( ... )
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I do like the idea of sandbox games, its just kind of a let down with the GTA series that you have this extraordinary concept (the world is yours and you can do anything) and it all boils down to drive by shootings, beating up/killing innocent people and hiding from police (though it is really fun to see how long you can evade the cops until the military comes in).
However those games are hard to find as I found out last week when the staff at Electronic Boutique had never evem heard of Europa Universalis III and half the already small PC game section was devoted to World of Warcraft's new expansion. The industry has become to much like the movie business; more about the money than the product.I think its like anything. Niche movies ( ... )
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