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We all know that there are many laws of physics the world is bound to, many facts and theories that people have conjured up. The pondering of such deep questions is philosophy, but the game world has been left behind in the big thinking rush. Nice guy that I am, I've thought up a few questions for everyone to think about. And if it is indeed 'monkies' and not 'monkeys', I truly apologise.
IF WE PUT AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF MONKEYS AT AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF SNES DEV KITS, WOULD THEY RECREATE SUPER MARIO WORLD?
A question that, if answered positively, could cause thousand of job losses for programmers but at the same time thousands more job opportunities for monkeys. Could the brilliance of Super Mario World be recreated by mere chimps, given enough time and resources? Could such tiny brains create such sophisticated code? Well, it doesn't look good - secretly, Nintendo tried this out in an attempt to create another classic. The monkeys came up with Luigi's Mansion. Answer it for yourself.
ARE CUTSCENES ROUND, OR FLAT?
Years ago, people believed that the world was not spherical, as we now know, but in fact flat. This was very exciting, because it meant that maybe in the distant future we would be able to fold up the world, and transport it easily to another, sunnier galaxy. Alas, some poxy science guy spoiled everyone's fun. But what about cutscenes? The FMV used in all modern cutscenes, such as those seen in FFX, seem to be 3D. They are detailed with lighting, fabulous water, and many other realistic details - but is it just a technological illusion, with the camera staying still and the flat panel being changed...or is the camera moving around a 3D world?
IF YOU WENT BACK IN TIME AND BOUGHT LOADS OF DREAMCASTS, WOULD THE XBOX STILL EXIST?
This is a perplexing subject. Of course you must at first suspend belief and assume time travel is possible, and then you must decide whether tampering with past events will affect future decisions. Would Microsoft move into a market already consisting of three main players? Would the XBOX Pack-in exist, even though Sega weren't developing for the XBOX - would it be an XBOX, and Sega GT and Jet Set Radio Future for the Dreamcast? Infinitely more importantly...would Halo be made?
IF OWNING CARS WAS ILLEGAL, WOULD GRAND TURISMO BE CENSORED IN AUSTRALIA?
If, in some twisted parallel universe where we all had to look after the rainforests and not eat meat, the ownership of cars was illegal...would a game based on buying and then racing cars, such as Grand Turismo, be heavily censored in Australia, land of the uptight government? Yet more complicated is the question HOW would it be done? Would the exhaust pipes be removed? Tire-tracks and bits of the car that fall off magically disappearing, or being cleaned with agents not tested on animals?
IF YOUR HOUSE WAS BURNING DOWN, AND YOU COULD ONLY GRAB ONE BAG, WOULD YOU TAKE ONE WITH A SNES AND SIX CLASSIC GAMES, OR ONE WITH YOUR PS2 MEMORY CARDS AND GAMES?
A interesting one. Would you go with the SNES, where everything is there ready to enjoy, the likes of Mortal Kombat 2 waiting for you to plug in and play...or choose the more financially troubling but arguably more satisfying PS2 games and game saves. Yes, you'd need a new PS2 and controller but you'd be able to play the likes of Vice City, PES2, Ratchet and Clank. Which would you choose?
WHAT CAME FIRST, THE DISC OR THE DISC CASE?
This has puzzled gamers since the dawn of jewel cases. You need a case to keep the disc in, but if there's no disc there's no need for a case! Each depends on each other, each needs the other one to bring it into existence, but which was FIRST? They didn't drop out of the sky at the same time, did they?
IF NOBODY FOUND OUT THAT YOU DID IT, WOULD IT BE OK TO BUY BMX XXX?
A morality question that could even appear on A-level Ethics examination papers, this age-old enigma looks deep into your soul, and sees if you are a big dirty perv or not. If you did not risk ridicule or chastising, would you buy a game to see some boobs and give some hookers rides on your BMX? Would it be OK and acceptable if nobody knew your dark secret?
IF GOD EXISTS, WHY DO BAD GAMES GET BOUGHT BY GOOD PEOPLE?
Surely if God exists there wouldn't be any earthquakes, or paedophiles etc. etc. and by the same token, nice people like me wouldn't buy pieces of crap like Spider-Man: The Movie. Some argue that God gave us free speech, and other argue that God is a jackass. Either way could be argued, although The Almighty does have GAME's trade in policy going for him.
Well, there's the lot. I may publish this in a long and complicated thesis, but then I may just sit here and post some more like the big lazy slob that I am. Who knows...maybe we should all think long and hard about that. Or maybe you should think long and hard about my post, how great it is, and how brilliant I am. Whatever your inclination, reply!
Thanks for reading.
-El Blokey
IF WE PUT AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF MONKEYS AT AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF SNES DEV KITS, WOULD THEY RECREATE SUPER MARIO WORLD?
A question that, if answered positively, could cause thousand of job losses for programmers but at the same time thousands more job opportunities for monkeys. Could the brilliance of Super Mario World be recreated by mere chimps, given enough time and resources? Could such tiny brains create such sophisticated code? Well, it doesn't look good - secretly, Nintendo tried this out in an attempt to create another classic. The monkeys came up with Luigi's Mansion. Answer it for yourself.
ARE CUTSCENES ROUND, OR FLAT?
Years ago, people believed that the world was not spherical, as we now know, but in fact flat. This was very exciting, because it meant that maybe in the distant future we would be able to fold up the world, and transport it easily to another, sunnier galaxy. Alas, some poxy science guy spoiled everyone's fun. But what about cutscenes? The FMV used in all modern cutscenes, such as those seen in FFX, seem to be 3D. They are detailed with lighting, fabulous water, and many other realistic details - but is it just a technological illusion, with the camera staying still and the flat panel being changed...or is the camera moving around a 3D world?
IF YOU WENT BACK IN TIME AND BOUGHT LOADS OF DREAMCASTS, WOULD THE XBOX STILL EXIST?
This is a perplexing subject. Of course you must at first suspend belief and assume time travel is possible, and then you must decide whether tampering with past events will affect future decisions. Would Microsoft move into a market already consisting of three main players? Would the XBOX Pack-in exist, even though Sega weren't developing for the XBOX - would it be an XBOX, and Sega GT and Jet Set Radio Future for the Dreamcast? Infinitely more importantly...would Halo be made?
IF OWNING CARS WAS ILLEGAL, WOULD GRAND TURISMO BE CENSORED IN AUSTRALIA?
If, in some twisted parallel universe where we all had to look after the rainforests and not eat meat, the ownership of cars was illegal...would a game based on buying and then racing cars, such as Grand Turismo, be heavily censored in Australia, land of the uptight government? Yet more complicated is the question HOW would it be done? Would the exhaust pipes be removed? Tire-tracks and bits of the car that fall off magically disappearing, or being cleaned with agents not tested on animals?
IF YOUR HOUSE WAS BURNING DOWN, AND YOU COULD ONLY GRAB ONE BAG, WOULD YOU TAKE ONE WITH A SNES AND SIX CLASSIC GAMES, OR ONE WITH YOUR PS2 MEMORY CARDS AND GAMES?
A interesting one. Would you go with the SNES, where everything is there ready to enjoy, the likes of Mortal Kombat 2 waiting for you to plug in and play...or choose the more financially troubling but arguably more satisfying PS2 games and game saves. Yes, you'd need a new PS2 and controller but you'd be able to play the likes of Vice City, PES2, Ratchet and Clank. Which would you choose?
WHAT CAME FIRST, THE DISC OR THE DISC CASE?
This has puzzled gamers since the dawn of jewel cases. You need a case to keep the disc in, but if there's no disc there's no need for a case! Each depends on each other, each needs the other one to bring it into existence, but which was FIRST? They didn't drop out of the sky at the same time, did they?
IF NOBODY FOUND OUT THAT YOU DID IT, WOULD IT BE OK TO BUY BMX XXX?
A morality question that could even appear on A-level Ethics examination papers, this age-old enigma looks deep into your soul, and sees if you are a big dirty perv or not. If you did not risk ridicule or chastising, would you buy a game to see some boobs and give some hookers rides on your BMX? Would it be OK and acceptable if nobody knew your dark secret?
IF GOD EXISTS, WHY DO BAD GAMES GET BOUGHT BY GOOD PEOPLE?
Surely if God exists there wouldn't be any earthquakes, or paedophiles etc. etc. and by the same token, nice people like me wouldn't buy pieces of crap like Spider-Man: The Movie. Some argue that God gave us free speech, and other argue that God is a jackass. Either way could be argued, although The Almighty does have GAME's trade in policy going for him.
Well, there's the lot. I may publish this in a long and complicated thesis, but then I may just sit here and post some more like the big lazy slob that I am. Who knows...maybe we should all think long and hard about that. Or maybe you should think long and hard about my post, how great it is, and how brilliant I am. Whatever your inclination, reply!
Thanks for reading.
-El Blokey
Psh. You know the answer to that.
Any more replies, people?
Any more replies, people?
Very, very good indeed. B-B-B-But dont you have enough GADs already?
We all know that there are many laws of physics the world is bound to, many facts and theories that people have conjured up. The pondering of such deep questions is philosophy, but the game world has been left behind in the big thinking rush. Nice guy that I am, I've thought up a few questions for everyone to think about. And if it is indeed 'monkies' and not 'monkeys', I truly apologise.
IF WE PUT AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF MONKEYS AT AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF SNES DEV KITS, WOULD THEY RECREATE SUPER MARIO WORLD?
A question that, if answered positively, could cause thousand of job losses for programmers but at the same time thousands more job opportunities for monkeys. Could the brilliance of Super Mario World be recreated by mere chimps, given enough time and resources? Could such tiny brains create such sophisticated code? Well, it doesn't look good - secretly, Nintendo tried this out in an attempt to create another classic. The monkeys came up with Luigi's Mansion. Answer it for yourself.
ARE CUTSCENES ROUND, OR FLAT?
Years ago, people believed that the world was not spherical, as we now know, but in fact flat. This was very exciting, because it meant that maybe in the distant future we would be able to fold up the world, and transport it easily to another, sunnier galaxy. Alas, some poxy science guy spoiled everyone's fun. But what about cutscenes? The FMV used in all modern cutscenes, such as those seen in FFX, seem to be 3D. They are detailed with lighting, fabulous water, and many other realistic details - but is it just a technological illusion, with the camera staying still and the flat panel being changed...or is the camera moving around a 3D world?
IF YOU WENT BACK IN TIME AND BOUGHT LOADS OF DREAMCASTS, WOULD THE XBOX STILL EXIST?
This is a perplexing subject. Of course you must at first suspend belief and assume time travel is possible, and then you must decide whether tampering with past events will affect future decisions. Would Microsoft move into a market already consisting of three main players? Would the XBOX Pack-in exist, even though Sega weren't developing for the XBOX - would it be an XBOX, and Sega GT and Jet Set Radio Future for the Dreamcast? Infinitely more importantly...would Halo be made?
IF OWNING CARS WAS ILLEGAL, WOULD GRAND TURISMO BE CENSORED IN AUSTRALIA?
If, in some twisted parallel universe where we all had to look after the rainforests and not eat meat, the ownership of cars was illegal...would a game based on buying and then racing cars, such as Grand Turismo, be heavily censored in Australia, land of the uptight government? Yet more complicated is the question HOW would it be done? Would the exhaust pipes be removed? Tire-tracks and bits of the car that fall off magically disappearing, or being cleaned with agents not tested on animals?
IF YOUR HOUSE WAS BURNING DOWN, AND YOU COULD ONLY GRAB ONE BAG, WOULD YOU TAKE ONE WITH A SNES AND SIX CLASSIC GAMES, OR ONE WITH YOUR PS2 MEMORY CARDS AND GAMES?
A interesting one. Would you go with the SNES, where everything is there ready to enjoy, the likes of Mortal Kombat 2 waiting for you to plug in and play...or choose the more financially troubling but arguably more satisfying PS2 games and game saves. Yes, you'd need a new PS2 and controller but you'd be able to play the likes of Vice City, PES2, Ratchet and Clank. Which would you choose?
WHAT CAME FIRST, THE DISC OR THE DISC CASE?
This has puzzled gamers since the dawn of jewel cases. You need a case to keep the disc in, but if there's no disc there's no need for a case! Each depends on each other, each needs the other one to bring it into existence, but which was FIRST? They didn't drop out of the sky at the same time, did they?
IF NOBODY FOUND OUT THAT YOU DID IT, WOULD IT BE OK TO BUY BMX XXX?
A morality question that could even appear on A-level Ethics examination papers, this age-old enigma looks deep into your soul, and sees if you are a big dirty perv or not. If you did not risk ridicule or chastising, would you buy a game to see some boobs and give some hookers rides on your BMX? Would it be OK and acceptable if nobody knew your dark secret?
IF GOD EXISTS, WHY DO BAD GAMES GET BOUGHT BY GOOD PEOPLE?
Surely if God exists there wouldn't be any earthquakes, or paedophiles etc. etc. and by the same token, nice people like me wouldn't buy pieces of crap like Spider-Man: The Movie. Some argue that God gave us free speech, and other argue that God is a jackass. Either way could be argued, although The Almighty does have GAME's trade in policy going for him.
Well, there's the lot. I may publish this in a long and complicated thesis, but then I may just sit here and post some more like the big lazy slob that I am. Who knows...maybe we should all think long and hard about that. Or maybe you should think long and hard about my post, how great it is, and how brilliant I am. Whatever your inclination, reply!
Thanks for reading.
-El Blokey
IF WE PUT AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF MONKEYS AT AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF SNES DEV KITS, WOULD THEY RECREATE SUPER MARIO WORLD?
A question that, if answered positively, could cause thousand of job losses for programmers but at the same time thousands more job opportunities for monkeys. Could the brilliance of Super Mario World be recreated by mere chimps, given enough time and resources? Could such tiny brains create such sophisticated code? Well, it doesn't look good - secretly, Nintendo tried this out in an attempt to create another classic. The monkeys came up with Luigi's Mansion. Answer it for yourself.
ARE CUTSCENES ROUND, OR FLAT?
Years ago, people believed that the world was not spherical, as we now know, but in fact flat. This was very exciting, because it meant that maybe in the distant future we would be able to fold up the world, and transport it easily to another, sunnier galaxy. Alas, some poxy science guy spoiled everyone's fun. But what about cutscenes? The FMV used in all modern cutscenes, such as those seen in FFX, seem to be 3D. They are detailed with lighting, fabulous water, and many other realistic details - but is it just a technological illusion, with the camera staying still and the flat panel being changed...or is the camera moving around a 3D world?
IF YOU WENT BACK IN TIME AND BOUGHT LOADS OF DREAMCASTS, WOULD THE XBOX STILL EXIST?
This is a perplexing subject. Of course you must at first suspend belief and assume time travel is possible, and then you must decide whether tampering with past events will affect future decisions. Would Microsoft move into a market already consisting of three main players? Would the XBOX Pack-in exist, even though Sega weren't developing for the XBOX - would it be an XBOX, and Sega GT and Jet Set Radio Future for the Dreamcast? Infinitely more importantly...would Halo be made?
IF OWNING CARS WAS ILLEGAL, WOULD GRAND TURISMO BE CENSORED IN AUSTRALIA?
If, in some twisted parallel universe where we all had to look after the rainforests and not eat meat, the ownership of cars was illegal...would a game based on buying and then racing cars, such as Grand Turismo, be heavily censored in Australia, land of the uptight government? Yet more complicated is the question HOW would it be done? Would the exhaust pipes be removed? Tire-tracks and bits of the car that fall off magically disappearing, or being cleaned with agents not tested on animals?
IF YOUR HOUSE WAS BURNING DOWN, AND YOU COULD ONLY GRAB ONE BAG, WOULD YOU TAKE ONE WITH A SNES AND SIX CLASSIC GAMES, OR ONE WITH YOUR PS2 MEMORY CARDS AND GAMES?
A interesting one. Would you go with the SNES, where everything is there ready to enjoy, the likes of Mortal Kombat 2 waiting for you to plug in and play...or choose the more financially troubling but arguably more satisfying PS2 games and game saves. Yes, you'd need a new PS2 and controller but you'd be able to play the likes of Vice City, PES2, Ratchet and Clank. Which would you choose?
WHAT CAME FIRST, THE DISC OR THE DISC CASE?
This has puzzled gamers since the dawn of jewel cases. You need a case to keep the disc in, but if there's no disc there's no need for a case! Each depends on each other, each needs the other one to bring it into existence, but which was FIRST? They didn't drop out of the sky at the same time, did they?
IF NOBODY FOUND OUT THAT YOU DID IT, WOULD IT BE OK TO BUY BMX XXX?
A morality question that could even appear on A-level Ethics examination papers, this age-old enigma looks deep into your soul, and sees if you are a big dirty perv or not. If you did not risk ridicule or chastising, would you buy a game to see some boobs and give some hookers rides on your BMX? Would it be OK and acceptable if nobody knew your dark secret?
IF GOD EXISTS, WHY DO BAD GAMES GET BOUGHT BY GOOD PEOPLE?
Surely if God exists there wouldn't be any earthquakes, or paedophiles etc. etc. and by the same token, nice people like me wouldn't buy pieces of crap like Spider-Man: The Movie. Some argue that God gave us free speech, and other argue that God is a jackass. Either way could be argued, although The Almighty does have GAME's trade in policy going for him.
Well, there's the lot. I may publish this in a long and complicated thesis, but then I may just sit here and post some more like the big lazy slob that I am. Who knows...maybe we should all think long and hard about that. Or maybe you should think long and hard about my post, how great it is, and how brilliant I am. Whatever your inclination, reply!
Thanks for reading.
-El Blokey