Comments | karzon: I like Will Wright

karzon

I like Will Wright

Mar 22, 2006 10:53

He's got a new article over at Wired about gaming culture. He writes:
I think part of this [societal focus on the negative] stems from the fact that watching someone play a game is a different experience than actually holding the controller and playing it yourself. Vastly different. Imagine that all you knew about movies was gleaned through ( Read more... )

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anonymous March 23 2006, 09:23:04 UTC

"Enjoy my pee. Do what you will with it. The possibilities stemming from my pee are endless."

"who are in a race with the rest of the species in the galaxy to transcend"???
-um, am I missing something? Does transcend have a different meaning in GalCiv2? Probably.

Yes, games are cool, and I like playing them, but they're still games. Ya know?

-samay

karzon March 23 2006, 17:00:58 UTC

Ah, Samay. Way to knock me off my pedestal. Yes, they are still games.

Transcend their mortal shells?

I think it's really funny that, of the two entries I had yesterday, you were the only one to comment on this one.

anonymous March 23 2006, 18:53:07 UTC

Gaming is a good creative outlet. I haven't had much time lately to devote to playing. I love survival horror and military stragety. I really need to set some time aside each week from my other projects/activities to play.

Brian B.

karzon March 26 2006, 19:16:48 UTC

Hey, we all make time for things that are important. Seems like you've got plenty of awesome projects under your belt.

anonymous March 24 2006, 22:10:41 UTC

So, I finally took the time to read through the article ( ... )

karzon March 26 2006, 19:17:58 UTC

There are enough thoughts going through my head when I'm playing a game that let me get my creativity on. I agree that responsibility for this comes from the parents.

To be honest, I hadn't thought of children so much when I was writing all this down. I'll have to think more on it ...