Interesting Links for 08-02-2023

[andrewducker]

1. This pretty much sums up how I feel about computer games that prioritise narrative over, well, being a game

(tags:games narrative writing design video )

2. As kids become teens, mom's voice matters less to their brains

(tags:teenagers voice psychology children )

3. Nintendo Switch Surpasses PS4 and Game Boy to Become 3rd Best Selling Console of All Time

(tags:Nintendo consoles )

4. What Happened On The Day the Dinosaurs Died?

(tags:video dinosaurs apocalypse )

5. I think Atari might have overestimated the level of nostalgia people have for their consoles

(tags:games nostalgia history technology consoles money )

6. Noting a chain of evidence for the next time someone claims that JK Rowling isn't transphobic

(tags:LGBT transgender bigotry jkrowling )

7. Google advertises its AI - which manages to get facts wrong *in the advert*

(tags:ai OhForFucksSake google )

Comments

[qilora]

#7, we have to start asking our online-friends a shitload of questions before we call 1-800-bladerunner.

No 1.

[channelpenguin]

Since I don't play games, I can't really comment on that aspect. But as 1. A reader, putting in tedious move by move details of the "game mechanics" bored me to tears (I think they call it "hard magic systems". I mean what Brandon Sanderson does. God it's dull)
2. A movie watcher, having the thing be mostly action scenes with WAY too many fast moving things in oversharp detail and NO real story or character also bugs me.

[calimac]

1) I can't tell whether I'd agree with this, due to my complete unfamiliarity with any of the examples.

2) It's not the sound of Mom's voice, it's what she's saying. - Former Teenager

[ninetydegrees]

#1 This again? We hear the same old arguments every time a narrative game is a tiny bit successful... *sigh* Thankfully, some people in the industry don't listen and still continue to produce gems like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter or Edith Finch and there will still be players to appreciate the experience and gameplay they offer. Just like there are people who make completely different games and some players who love the experience and gameplay they offer. Also, the idea that each medium should stay in the confined limits of what they're supposed to be (according to whom btw?) and not influence each other is just silly. That's not how art works. That's not how humans work.

[simont]

The title of #4 made me think of "American Pie" and then I was faintly disappointed that it was not in fact an American Pie filk about the K-T boundary.

"My, my, there's a rock in the sky, be a crater some day later and we'll never know why ..."

(Not quite sure I can get behind dinosaurs drinkin' whisky and rye, though.)

[bens_dad]

5. They appear to be sold out, so they didn't *over*estimate the market ...