twesterm said:
Lets pretend you're good at x, or at least think you're good at x. Well I tell you that you suck at and I have no reason to ever believe you will be good at x because you are not as good as the best. That is your argument. Because in your opinion there is no game that tells a story as well as the Godfather games as a medium are worse at story telling than books and films and there's no reason to believe they will ever be at the level of books or films. That's bullshit. Games do not have to be better than the best, they just have to be in the same league and they are. You've given me reaons why games aren't currently the best, but that doesn't matter. I can give you 100 examples of how games are better than the next Hannah Montana movie, does that mean games are suddenly better? Of course not because that is fucking stupid. Games are without a doubt in the same league as books, films, and theater and it's just stupid to think otherwise because you don't feel a connection. Your argument totally makes sense if you're arguing which is currently better, that's fine, but not that games aren't in the same league as books and films. |
I'm going to finish this here because we quite clearly disagree on the core element, as opinioned in your final sentance - In short, I don't believe that games are yet in the same league as books and films as an artistic medium to convey a story.
I do believe they can, and that they will be, but I would argue they're not there yet. The narrative devices, confidence and maturity displayed so far in 99.9% of videogames is simply not at that level yet.
I've given reasons - you've shown anger but presented few true arguements in return that I've seen. In truth, your statements comprise of little more than shouting 'yes they are' very loudly.
As for this:
Lets pretend you're good at x, or at least think you're good at x. Well I tell you that you suck at and I have no reason to ever believe you will be good at x because you are not as good as the best.
That's not my point at all. It's this.
You and many others are good at Y. As part of Y you are evolving to be good at Z. You are currently not great at Z compared to the very real alternatives, based on the evidence presented in Y (Y being a great videogame and Z being a great narrative and theme).
But look, I'm on your side really, because I want to see that progression. But I'm not going to pretent it's there yet. I simply have to watch a good film or read a good book - not the best mind you, just decent, to see that at their best videogames are still far below the average capabilities of those mediums and are apeing their most basic techniques in a relatively faltering way.
Still, I'll keep playing and see what each new title brings to the table in this regard.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...