You're asked to defend gaming, what game is your reason to defend it
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Shadow of the Colossus, Portal, Silent Hill 2, and Bioshock.
Both have astonishingly strong themes. Colossus about love, sacrifice, and despair. Portal about survival and science. Silent Hill 2 about the same things Colossus is about only ten times more disturbing. Bioshock for its political and philosophical themes. They also elicit strong emotional responses from me.
Both have astonishingly strong themes. Colossus about love, sacrifice, and despair. Portal about survival and science. Silent Hill 2 about the same things Colossus is about only ten times more disturbing. Bioshock for its political and philosophical themes. They also elicit strong emotional responses from me.
That would be Bioshock: an observation of a second order concerning gaming. It took literature centuries to get this far.
I have fun, other then that I don't think I should justify it to anyone.
If someone believes it's a waste of time, then they don't have to waste their time on it.
It doesn't bother me.
If someone believes it's a waste of time, then they don't have to waste their time on it.
It doesn't bother me.
I don't know if it's been said already (and I don't know what we're defending against) but I'm going to say LittleBig Planet.
It encourages creativity.
It isn't violent.
It's simple while still being involving enough that serious gamers can enjoy it.
and most of all it's just plain FUN!
It encourages creativity.
It isn't violent.
It's simple while still being involving enough that serious gamers can enjoy it.
and most of all it's just plain FUN!
Have to second you on that one! Those games are better than most games that I have seen on 7th Gen consols! writing, gameplay, combat even graphics (in the case of comparing it to some wii games)gundargundar said:
When I play those games I remember why I love games!
No. It's because it's flawless. One of the best games ever made. Great characters, story, environments. It's a game that makes you care about the characters. Why not use it to defend gaming?Metalhandkerchief said:
Saint's Row 2, good honest fun with humour and player choice chucked right in there.
Well, choice of your character's voice and appearance... your character's always a criminal.
Well, choice of your character's voice and appearance... your character's always a criminal.
Just about anything Suda 51 is responsible for. Love it or hate it, you have to admit the man takes the medium into new places.
Well it's half outdated shooter with suprisingly slow paced combat when it's trying to be an FPS, then half fairly linear showcasing of the source engines physics system when it's not getting the shooty on. The seesaw puzzle was good, but they don't need to keep doing it over and over! The lack of regerating health can do one as well, stuff like that discourages exploration in the few non-linear bits.Shepard said:
It's a good game overall, don't get me wrong. It's just not "flawless". The whole thing does feel like a long ass tech demo of the Source engine tho. And the vehicles are terrible, tho most games with vehicle sections bugger them up.
i'm going with shadow of the colossus too.
It shows that the gaming can have beauty, great story without special effects or long dialogue and fun gameplay without blood and gore.
Playing this game would spark imagination, not 'create violent tendancies' as the media loves to suggest.
It shows that the gaming can have beauty, great story without special effects or long dialogue and fun gameplay without blood and gore.
Playing this game would spark imagination, not 'create violent tendancies' as the media loves to suggest.