Hey Cody! (Games as Art, etc.) (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 00:17 (3347 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I might spend the 3 bucks for this ebook, but we'll see when I finish the excerpt.

Based on that article he is barely even touching the surface of a problem he simply doesn't understand. The shiv isn't the problem.

Nobody used to complain about these 'gamey' elements in their games. Now that complaint is rife. The reason why, is that the aesthetics of games have advanced so much that the mechanics have yet to catch up. We can get these wonderful beautiful worlds to be in, but be hampered with the incredibly limited interactions the game provides. It's like the uncanny valley in a way. The world looks real, but as soon as you try to 'touch' it you see the limitations and reject it as fake.

It is a problem of the mechanics and aesthetics not being compatible.