tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post6776720717832440523..comments2024-03-29T02:30:08.238-07:00Comments on Versus CluClu Land: Minigolf with a StoryIroquois Pliskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14324582950813408440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-91516152629589749012008-08-20T04:13:00.000-07:002008-08-20T04:13:00.000-07:00I was referring to the podcast, actually.I was referring to the podcast, actually.Kirk Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-48523931237886645172008-08-19T20:04:00.000-07:002008-08-19T20:04:00.000-07:00Iroquois isn't being nihilistic. He's not saying t...Iroquois isn't being nihilistic. He's not saying the medium can't support meaning. He's saying people are going about doing it in the wrong/stupid way. You can't tell a story as you would in a movie or book, simple as that. How we get there is TBD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-29897020829868997902008-08-14T12:39:00.000-07:002008-08-14T12:39:00.000-07:00I've always had trouble with that particular brand...I've always had trouble with that particular brand of video game nihilism. The idea that games cannot inherently mean anything seems reflective of a mind that, perhaps without intending it, would impose such a statement on life itself. I understand the belief, I apply it to numerous arguments demanding behavior from me, but I would never be so misguided as to demand everything stop having meaning. Games are much simpler to understand if we claim they are nothing more than series of rules and yet...they are so much more dull and uninteresting when put that way.<BR/><BR/>Imposed it may be, I prefer my games with a heavy dose of existentialism.Kirk Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-59637090824506118802008-08-13T08:10:00.000-07:002008-08-13T08:10:00.000-07:00In some ways it seems that the achievement systems...In some ways it seems that the achievement systems introduced for the 360 and now the PS3 and even soon WOW are there to help the player construct their own narrative of their progress in learning the rules of the game. These achievement systems satisfy the role of the photographs in the above analogy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025707779751303479noreply@blogger.com