Comments on: Lorne Lanning: GameCity Keynote part 2 http://functional-autonomy.net/blog/?p=88 Psychology, art, videogames. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:29:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David Hayward http://functional-autonomy.net/blog/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-112 David Hayward Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:17:41 +0000 http://func-auton.net/blog/?p=88#comment-112 Thanks for the compliments. Yeah, the same falling sky arguments get applied to every new technology that can be used to pirate stuff too. There are some games about that achieve deep expression, but I guess it will take years for a decent cultural library of deep games to build up. Another thing about online distribution that really encourages me in that respect is that old games can become accessible on modern hardware (As with Ninty's plans for Wii downloads). Thanks for the compliments.

Yeah, the same falling sky arguments get applied to every new technology that can be used to pirate stuff too.

There are some games about that achieve deep expression, but I guess it will take years for a decent cultural library of deep games to build up. Another thing about online distribution that really encourages me in that respect is that old games can become accessible on modern hardware (As with Ninty’s plans for Wii downloads).

]]> By: Sky Silcox http://functional-autonomy.net/blog/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-111 Sky Silcox Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:35:54 +0000 http://func-auton.net/blog/?p=88#comment-111 Wow. Interesting, interesting stuff. And great coverage by the way. Lanning is always on my radar and it’s good to see what he’s been up to lately with the “closing” of Oddworld Inhabitants. It’s and interesting argument and some high-flown ideas about games as a means of expression, like painting, like film, ect. I can’t wait to see what comes from this new approach to IP creation and it makes sense. Not in the purist, “games should stand on their own” way, but in a larger way, in a more gradual way. If you look at the past you’ll see that at first film was seen as a threat to literature and sure now maybe people don’t read as many novels, yet there are a hell of a lot of books coming out year after year. Sure their not all “Light in August” but hey, to each his own. Then you see T.V. It was the “end of film.” Nope. Then the internet comes along and “the end of T.V.” happened. No. So now we have games getting large in the populace’s consciousness. And why shouldn’t games feed into and from other forms of media? They are literally made of those others. So cheers and keep up the hard work. In not too long having a serious discussion about games won’t be a rare event! Wow. Interesting, interesting stuff. And great coverage by the way. Lanning is always on my radar and it’s good to see what he’s been up to lately with the “closing” of Oddworld Inhabitants. It’s and interesting argument and some high-flown ideas about games as a means of expression, like painting, like film, ect. I can’t wait to see what comes from this new approach to IP creation and it makes sense. Not in the purist, “games should stand on their own” way, but in a larger way, in a more gradual way. If you look at the past you’ll see that at first film was seen as a threat to literature and sure now maybe people don’t read as many novels, yet there are a hell of a lot of books coming out year after year. Sure their not all “Light in August” but hey, to each his own. Then you see T.V. It was the “end of film.” Nope. Then the internet comes along and “the end of T.V.” happened. No. So now we have games getting large in the populace’s consciousness. And why shouldn’t games feed into and from other forms of media? They are literally made of those others. So cheers and keep up the hard work. In not too long having a serious discussion about games won’t be a rare event!

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