It's been a while since I've been really pretentious about videogames, so let's change that!!
I. I state the obviousSo, I really like videogames. I mean, really like them. I like them enough that I've actually written more than three paragraphs of analysis about Locke Cole's hair. I love reading people's crazy opinions about Harmonian politics
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in terms of it vs. literature is not exactly something that can be concretely decided at this time though.
Oh, yeah, games are definitely still developing, big time. Which is one of the reasons I'm so excited about them, I can't wait to see what they come up with next.
I really just posted this to get other people's opinions, so ramble away.
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It is a "get it for free" effect, but I think a lot of whether a game is good or not depends on how they manipulate the player, explicitly like in the games I talked about, or more implicitly by just dragging them into the action.
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That climax in Bioshock was so compelling for me that I thought it must be the end of the game. When gameplay continued, I actually stayed on the couch for the next four hours because I thought the game would end any minute.
Also, you know what I really wanted during that Andrew Ryan scene? A choice of buttons (like whether to exorcise or harvest the little girls). Press X to walk away, press Y to bash his head in. But no matter what you do, you kill the guy because hey--no control.
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That Bioshock scene is one of my favorites ever. Your comment kind of reminds me of a phenomenon I read about once in a review of an SNES game. Normally you could always hit Y or whatever and pause the game and open the menu, but while this big horrible death was happening, you couldn't. The argument was that this menu black space contributed to the feeling of bleakness, because you COULD move around, but you couldn't do anything to stop what was happening.
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Also, BGG has eaten my soul.
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II. True, the interactive factor.
III. Interesting indeed. Stories are my favorite part of video games, but then I can see why being able to choose and have multiple endings would be fun. I really like watching FMVs though, haha.
IV + V. I have no specific comments, really, but I enjoyed reading your analysis. :D
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