Of course not. (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, August 13, 2016, 13:58 (3024 days ago) @ Ragashingo
edited by Cody Miller, Saturday, August 13, 2016, 14:02

I don't think it's just about the game. The question is whether things outside the game have a significant effect on your enjoyment of the game.

Watching the Revenant, there certainly was some appeal to watching knowing what happened off camera. You bring that with you and it does in fact enhance the experience in a certain way. But that is an 'outside' influence which nevertheless has an effect. But what is the value of such influence? Does it 'actually' make watching it better? Or will your grandchildren watch the film and wonder what the big deal was?

The hype surrounding No Man's Sky was massive. Did that not in some way help you enjoy the game? By playing and thinking to yourself, silently making comparisons in your brain to what you had expected and hoped? To what you already knew about the game?

What's the value in this? Is there value? Can it be a GOOD thing? Is it fair to judge art by what's 'outside' of it? Is there a price to tapping into this? Or do you just look at only what's right in front of you?