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My new column: Why We Need More Boring Games May 22, 2007 - by Ian Bogost Gamasutra has published my latest Persuasive Games column, Why We Need More Boring Games. From the column:
But few developers set their sights on a lower-hanging, if more bitter fruit: games that would demystify the medium, to use [Marc] Ecko’s words. Literature and film are indeed media in the service of art, but they are also media in the service of much more mundane goals.
Read the whole thing over at Gamasutra. Comment from dkanaga on May 29, 2007
That was a great article. I agree very much with the idea of using a medium for all possible, including the very bland, forms of expression. That said, I think utilitarian computer programs and web sites fulfill the needs of a "boring" interactive experience. I wrote more on this in response to your article over at my blog http://thenewmagic.blogspot.com. I'd be interested to hear what you think about the formal differences between video games and other new media, and why games, in particular, ought to "set their sights on a lower-hanging, if more bitter fruit," as you put it. POST A COMMENT
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