Bodhesatva said:
Stick, where did this come from and did we read the same thing? Rather than bring up every point I disagree with here, I'd just point out that Pixar isn't saying that games should be more like movies, they're saying they should be less like them; that is, games will not flourish as a vehicle for narrative, but instead are growing into their own, as a medium with extreme interactive potential (whereas movies are entirely based on narrative, and have no interactive potential at all). They specifically point out how well games are doing and how they're growing (where did you get the notion that they were complaining about games? The whole article is about them complementing games and how far they've come) to become their own medium, separate from movies. Again, pretty much the only complaint they make is that games aren't suitable for narrative devices. Everything else they say is complimentary. I have no idea how you turned this blurb from Pixar into an insult, because it's certainly intended as a compliment. |
“Not just a set-up that you jump in to, but a narrative story in which the player is an active participant. I’ve had this conversation with friends now for almost a decade on how you could actually do that with a video game.
“Unfortunately, although I think there would be a market for that, I don’t think the market would be large enough.”
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He like every other sane, educated person wishes for deeper narrative in video games.
