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Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.
Posted By: Beckx	Date: 5/22/12 11:34 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract. (Cody Miller) Put a little differently, it's the point Anna Anthropy makes in Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: games are art forms about interacting with a set of rules. That's the bit that makes them different, and makes them great. If you don't care about interacting with the ruleset, if you don't care about whether the ruleset is good...why are you doing this? Take one of my recent favorites, Lone Survivor. It's a hard game, but gets easier if you take pills. The pills are a mechanic, a set of rules - take this pill to get more ammo, this pill to get more food. They directly impact how the player will interface with the story. But at the same time they're part of the conversation - you're literally getting through life by taking pills. The game succeeds because the survival horror mechanics work, and we have an interesting conversation with the author because of it. I play games because that stuff matters to me. If it was just story I'd be better served picking up Richard Matheson stories.

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Message Index

Bungie responds to Activision contract.	MoltenSlowa	5/21/12 9:25 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Dani	5/21/12 9:31 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	RC Master	5/21/12 9:41 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Grizzlei	5/21/12 9:48 p.m.
I was feeling the same when I read that.	mneo	5/22/12 12:53 p.m.
Re: I was feeling the same when I read that.	Beckx	5/22/12 1:03 p.m.
Killing two birds with one stone.	mneo	5/22/12 1:21 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	kanbo	5/21/12 9:31 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	MoltenSlowa	5/21/12 9:43 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	ZackDark	5/21/12 9:45 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	munky-058	5/21/12 9:55 p.m.
+1. *NM*	Document	5/22/12 1:27 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Cody Miller	5/21/12 10:10 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	kanbo	5/21/12 10:15 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	scarab	5/22/12 7:07 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 11:24 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Beckx	5/22/12 11:34 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 11:52 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Beckx	5/22/12 12:03 p.m.
Videogames can tell very effective stories.	Leisandir	5/22/12 12:28 p.m.
Re: Videogames can tell very effective stories.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 1:18 p.m.
Re: Videogames can tell very effective stories.	Leisandir	5/22/12 1:31 p.m.
Re: Videogames can tell very effective stories.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 1:43 p.m.
Re: Videogames can tell very effective stories.	thebruce0	5/22/12 2:08 p.m.
Re: Videogames can tell very effective stories.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	5/23/12 6:32 a.m.
Re: Videogames can tell very effective stories.	thebruce0	5/23/12 8:17 a.m.
Re: Sounds like a big ol' case of semantics. *NM*	mattroe	5/22/12 7:34 p.m.
Hahaha . . . .	Leisandir	5/22/12 8:20 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Leviathan	5/22/12 1:05 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 1:26 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Leviathan	5/22/12 1:40 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 1:47 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Leviathan	5/22/12 2:07 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	5/22/12 4:04 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Leisandir	5/22/12 1:42 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 1:50 p.m.
I don't believe it can be simplified like that	Echoes	5/22/12 3:28 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	General Vagueness	5/22/12 2:00 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	kidtsunami	5/22/12 6:06 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	General Vagueness	5/22/12 7:31 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	scarab	5/22/12 9:11 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	ckamp	5/23/12 12:23 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	scarab	5/23/12 12:45 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	ckamp	5/23/12 3:01 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Cody Miller	5/23/12 5:24 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Arithmomaniac	5/21/12 10:18 p.m.
yikes dude, don't you ever stop bitching.	Captain Spark	5/21/12 10:49 p.m.
Re: yikes dude, don't you ever stop bitching.	Compton	5/21/12 11:51 p.m.
Re: yikes dude, don't you ever stop bitching.	Captain Spark	5/22/12 12:07 a.m.
Re: yikes dude, don't you ever stop bitching.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 12:54 a.m.
Re: yikes dude, don't you ever stop bitching.	General Vagueness	5/22/12 1:16 a.m.
Re: yikes dude, don't you ever stop bitching.	Cody Miller	5/22/12 1:19 a.m.
Re: yikes dude, don't you ever stop bitching.	Leviathan	5/22/12 1:41 a.m.
^This^	stabbim	5/22/12 5:11 p.m.
I don't know about you . . . .	Leisandir	5/22/12 9:03 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Grizzlei	5/22/12 12:20 a.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	Enfinit	5/21/12 10:34 p.m.
Re: Bungie responds to Activision contract.	VAVA Mk2	5/22/12 6:08 p.m.