olckicker
06 Mar 2003, 07:35 PM
I like video games but the medium is missing something profound and artistic like:
- literary and nonhollywood film adaptations: games based on Shakespeare, Kafka, Welles, Kurosawa, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Borges
- nonviolent wargames: playing a jew trying to escape nazis or survive in a concentration camp.
-nonwar history games: playing UN Secretary General Kofi Anan; playing an american civil rights activist; other historical and political games that put you in other people’s shoes and helps you appreciate their experiences--the "immersive" quality of video games have the potential to achieve this in a way that is unmatched by other media.
Obviously none of these possiblities will sell unless the inherent controversies attract some mainstream gamers.
- literary and nonhollywood film adaptations: games based on Shakespeare, Kafka, Welles, Kurosawa, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Borges
- nonviolent wargames: playing a jew trying to escape nazis or survive in a concentration camp.
-nonwar history games: playing UN Secretary General Kofi Anan; playing an american civil rights activist; other historical and political games that put you in other people’s shoes and helps you appreciate their experiences--the "immersive" quality of video games have the potential to achieve this in a way that is unmatched by other media.
Obviously none of these possiblities will sell unless the inherent controversies attract some mainstream gamers.