Thoughts (Gaming)
by SonofMacPhisto 
, Sunday, November 03, 2013, 17:35 (3834 days ago) @ RC
You have to be literate to read books. No real debate on the merits of this, yeah?
Do video games have a kind of barrier, a literacy, before you can play them?
Should they?
Books have varied barriers: sentence style, length, complexity. Whether they have visual or audio aids/ques. What range of vocabulary these use.Similar with games.
It's up to the designer what kind of access barriers they put in place. There are no shortage of varied input devices and methods these days. No end to the variety of in-game and out-game training you can implement to overcome said barriers.
Not sure how this relates to the article though.
It doesn't really relate, it was just a thought that was inspired from the article and folks responses to it and few other things I've been thinking lately.
I think the answer is pretty obvious (yes, there are, and yes, they are fine) but asking the question let's me step back and consider possibilities.
Complete thread:
- Death of the Player -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-03, 13:05
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- Very confused article. -
uberfoop,
2013-11-03, 13:57
- Very confused article. -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-03, 14:15
- Very confused article. - uberfoop, 2013-11-03, 14:50
- Very confused article. -
Schooly D,
2013-11-03, 15:10
- Very confused article. -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-03, 15:15
- Very confused article. - Pyromancy, 2013-11-03, 15:40
- Very confused article. - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-11-03, 16:01
- Indeed.
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Ragashingo,
2013-11-04, 15:07
- Very confused article. -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-03, 15:15
- Very confused article. -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-03, 14:15
- LOL! Awesome -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-03, 14:44
- LOL! Awesome - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-11-03, 15:55
- Thoughts -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-03, 16:03
- Thoughts (56K warning) -
uberfoop,
2013-11-03, 16:15
- Thoughts (56K warning) - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-11-03, 16:30
- Thoughts -
RC,
2013-11-03, 17:30
- Thoughts - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-11-03, 17:35
- Thoughts - PerseusSpartacus, 2013-11-04, 13:21
- Thoughts (56K warning) -
uberfoop,
2013-11-03, 16:15
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
electricpirate,
2013-11-03, 22:41
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-03, 23:57
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Leviathan,
2013-11-04, 05:17
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-04, 09:06
- hrmmm.... -
electricpirate,
2013-11-04, 10:11
- she? -
MrPadraig08,
2013-11-04, 10:16
- The article. Not me. -
Leviathan,
2013-11-04, 10:30
- ok LadyLevi -
MrPadraig08,
2013-11-04, 10:38
- No problem, handsome. -
Leviathan,
2013-11-04, 11:26
- No problem, handsome.
- ok LadyLevi
- The article. Not me.
- she?
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Leviathan,
2013-11-04, 10:28
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-04, 15:30
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Quirel,
2013-11-04, 18:09
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-04, 18:17
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - uberfoop, 2013-11-04, 19:42
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - Leviathan, 2013-11-04, 20:26
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Quirel,
2013-11-04, 22:59
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-05, 00:41
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-05, 13:14
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - Ragashingo, 2013-11-05, 14:41
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Leviathan,
2013-11-05, 15:28
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-05, 19:45
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Kermit,
2013-11-05, 21:40
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-05, 22:34
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Leviathan,
2013-11-06, 07:16
- If you guys have not, read the book. - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-11-06, 10:15
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-11-06, 10:15
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Leviathan,
2013-11-06, 07:16
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-05, 22:34
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Kermit,
2013-11-05, 21:40
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-05, 19:45
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-05, 13:14
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-05, 00:41
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-11-04, 18:17
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - Leviathan, 2013-11-04, 19:35
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Kermit,
2013-11-05, 05:20
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-11-05, 13:16
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - MrPadraig08, 2013-11-05, 13:38
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-05, 13:42
- If pretension was a turn on, I'd put a ring on you SO quick! -
Leviathan,
2013-11-05, 15:47
- Sorry, I love another. -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-05, 18:51
- Sorry, I love another.
- If pretension was a turn on, I'd put a ring on you SO quick!
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Quirel,
2013-11-04, 18:09
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-04, 15:30
- hrmmm.... -
electricpirate,
2013-11-04, 10:11
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-04, 09:06
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Kermit,
2013-11-04, 08:15
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Xenos,
2013-11-04, 08:23
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
electricpirate,
2013-11-04, 10:04
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - Xenos, 2013-11-04, 11:47
- BioShock Infinite *SP* -
Kermit,
2013-11-04, 12:32
- Agree. -
Ragashingo,
2013-11-04, 12:42
- Agree.
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-05, 01:55
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - Xenos, 2013-11-05, 08:20
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
electricpirate,
2013-11-04, 10:04
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Xenos,
2013-11-04, 08:23
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
electricpirate,
2013-11-04, 10:00
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-04, 15:49
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
electricpirate,
2013-11-05, 21:27
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic - Cody Miller, 2013-11-05, 22:31
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
electricpirate,
2013-11-05, 21:27
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-04, 15:49
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Leviathan,
2013-11-04, 05:17
- An interesting take on the role of procedural rherotic -
Cody Miller,
2013-11-03, 23:57
- Pronoun Note: She is a she -
kidtsunami,
2013-11-04, 01:58
- Death of the Player - Durandal, 2013-11-04, 15:01
- PLAY I do not think that word means what she thinks it means - Ragashingo, 2013-11-04, 15:02
- Pseudo-intellectual garbage - kapowaz, 2013-11-05, 16:48
- Very confused article. -
uberfoop,
2013-11-03, 13:57