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This thought occurred to me whilst thinking of an alternate name for Grix. As you all (should) know, I called him a schizophrenic. For those who don’t know what a schizophrenic is, look it up.
OK.
Hands up all who play games?
*All hands go up*
Hands up all who are schizophrenics?
*Grix raises his hand, looks round, and lowers it gingerly*
Hands up all who play games and are schizophrenics?
*Turbonutter raises his hand*
You are all wrong. If you think about it, we are all schizophrenics. We all do stuff in games that are totally stupid. Hands up all who have flown 100 metres off the top of a San-Fran style hill at 100 mph in a ’69 Chevy? Exactly. But in games we are encouraged to do suicidal things like that. More so, we do it without a second thought. Some of us do it without being told. But why? What’s the difference between a game and reality? The visual and sonic boundaries are blurred. Soon the sensual boundaries will be smudged. But what about the spiritual?
The simple answer is that in games, we are immortal. Yes, we have “lives”, but there’s always a reset button.
Answer me this. In Daytona USA (which you all should have played), what if electrodes were attached to your skin and would cause you pain or even kill you if you drove recklessly? How about this: Would you have flown 100 metres off the top of a San-Fran style hill at 100 mph in a ’69 Chevy if you new the game would melt the disc and destroy your console?
In games, we have no fear. We don’t have to worry about dying or becoming seriously injured. Whatever happens, life goes on. We fight bears. We battle zombies. We fly 100 metres off the top of a San-Fran style hill at 100 mph in a ’69 Chevy.
Everyone visions the future of gaming as ultimate reality. Where the game is an extension of life. Where you cease a life and continue a life. Well, I know a secret. I know how to bring the future hear and now. “How?” I hear you ask. “Tell me where I can find the ultimate, most realistic game ever created?” I hear you cry. Well, here’s the answer. Put down your joypad. Walk to your front door. Open it, and step outside.
Here you are. It’s the best game of all. In this game, you can do whatever you want. You can feel everything. You wanted ultimate realism, here it is. I’ve handed it to you on a plate for you to have. Now take it.
What? You don’t want it? But it’s so real. Why? Because it’s so real? But you wanted realism. Here it is. “But it’s boring!” You say. Well, wake up and smell the coffee. That’s what realism is. The most realistic game created IS real life. Developers strive for ultimate realism, so by rights, you should have to work for 20 years in a call centre before you can buy a car and enter the Daytona USA.
If developers are striving for ultimate reality, they can keep it. Why are old games the best? All of the above.
OK.
Hands up all who play games?
*All hands go up*
Hands up all who are schizophrenics?
*Grix raises his hand, looks round, and lowers it gingerly*
Hands up all who play games and are schizophrenics?
*Turbonutter raises his hand*
You are all wrong. If you think about it, we are all schizophrenics. We all do stuff in games that are totally stupid. Hands up all who have flown 100 metres off the top of a San-Fran style hill at 100 mph in a ’69 Chevy? Exactly. But in games we are encouraged to do suicidal things like that. More so, we do it without a second thought. Some of us do it without being told. But why? What’s the difference between a game and reality? The visual and sonic boundaries are blurred. Soon the sensual boundaries will be smudged. But what about the spiritual?
The simple answer is that in games, we are immortal. Yes, we have “lives”, but there’s always a reset button.
Answer me this. In Daytona USA (which you all should have played), what if electrodes were attached to your skin and would cause you pain or even kill you if you drove recklessly? How about this: Would you have flown 100 metres off the top of a San-Fran style hill at 100 mph in a ’69 Chevy if you new the game would melt the disc and destroy your console?
In games, we have no fear. We don’t have to worry about dying or becoming seriously injured. Whatever happens, life goes on. We fight bears. We battle zombies. We fly 100 metres off the top of a San-Fran style hill at 100 mph in a ’69 Chevy.
Everyone visions the future of gaming as ultimate reality. Where the game is an extension of life. Where you cease a life and continue a life. Well, I know a secret. I know how to bring the future hear and now. “How?” I hear you ask. “Tell me where I can find the ultimate, most realistic game ever created?” I hear you cry. Well, here’s the answer. Put down your joypad. Walk to your front door. Open it, and step outside.
Here you are. It’s the best game of all. In this game, you can do whatever you want. You can feel everything. You wanted ultimate realism, here it is. I’ve handed it to you on a plate for you to have. Now take it.
What? You don’t want it? But it’s so real. Why? Because it’s so real? But you wanted realism. Here it is. “But it’s boring!” You say. Well, wake up and smell the coffee. That’s what realism is. The most realistic game created IS real life. Developers strive for ultimate realism, so by rights, you should have to work for 20 years in a call centre before you can buy a car and enter the Daytona USA.
If developers are striving for ultimate reality, they can keep it. Why are old games the best? All of the above.
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I think you've got the definition of schizophrenia mixed up with the definition of mental
True but that is what makes some game so much fun like Soldier of Fortune
Of course we don't want true reality, that would be rubbish. All the gameplay would go out of GT3 because we would have an in car view from a tiny window covered in grime and the screen would bounce about like crazy. Also you could be doing really well in a race and then through no fault of your own your tyre blows out. Reality such as this would take the fun out of gaming. If reality in games was really important then when we were shot the game would be useless, it would wipe and we would never be able to play it again.
What we do want though, is more realistic graphics so that it is easier to lose yourself in a game and get the full experience from it. To be honest the only games that really need this increase in reality are games based on a planet like our own e.g. Driving sims and adventure games based on Earth. These are the only games that we ever be noticably improved upon as graphics and realism improve. The great games as we remember them were not set on Earth therefore had a totally different set of rules that we could accept even with poor graphics.
What we do want though, is more realistic graphics so that it is easier to lose yourself in a game and get the full experience from it. To be honest the only games that really need this increase in reality are games based on a planet like our own e.g. Driving sims and adventure games based on Earth. These are the only games that we ever be noticably improved upon as graphics and realism improve. The great games as we remember them were not set on Earth therefore had a totally different set of rules that we could accept even with poor graphics.
Read all the future of gaming topics today. They all mention lifelike graphics and experiences. Some even discuss them at length.
turbonutter wrote:
Everyone visions the future of gaming as ultimate reality.
> Where the game is an extension of life. Where you cease a life and
> continue a life.
No we dont...
I dont know anyone whos ever wanted that...
Its just a popular movie myth... rayther like the on e where search engines always return the excat site you were after, at the top of the list, no matter how obsucure your search subject, or how top secrect the site...
I've no doubt that we all want games to continue to get better... and that a lot of us want games that will in time present a valid alternate universe... but the thing is, we want games... we dont want to live in alternate virtual realities... I'm just after playing in one for a bit... and then getting on with reality...
No one want Virtual Reality to replace actual reality...
In the same way, no one wants movies to replace reality... or books... etc...
Theyre all just things to do for fun...
Everyone visions the future of gaming as ultimate reality.
> Where the game is an extension of life. Where you cease a life and
> continue a life.
No we dont...
I dont know anyone whos ever wanted that...
Its just a popular movie myth... rayther like the on e where search engines always return the excat site you were after, at the top of the list, no matter how obsucure your search subject, or how top secrect the site...
I've no doubt that we all want games to continue to get better... and that a lot of us want games that will in time present a valid alternate universe... but the thing is, we want games... we dont want to live in alternate virtual realities... I'm just after playing in one for a bit... and then getting on with reality...
No one want Virtual Reality to replace actual reality...
In the same way, no one wants movies to replace reality... or books... etc...
Theyre all just things to do for fun...
I think that old games are so good because there so simple and original, and there not relistic at all.
i'll check it now.
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