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Originally Posted by Woolly One
Question - When does a game, stop being a game, but becomes part of your life?
The edges are becoming more and more blurred when it comes to gaming and real life. But then again this is nothing that can be blamed solely on the computer age. When Role Playing Games first came out (in particular - Dungeons & Dragons), there were reports of people actually living out their lives as their RPG characters.
Another game that spings to mind is - Steve Jackson's Killer (AKA Assassin, Gotcha, etc). Great game - if you know the boundries - What is real, what is fun and most importantly - When to stop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin_(game)
Gaming should be fun - and kept that way. If you try to make it too realistic, then the industry just leaves itself open. There have already been enough cases go through court where killings have been blamed on violent games, and to try and make them more realistic just blurs the edges even more. |
I think thats unfair tbh. I like playing realistic games with a strong stroey. I'm not really into the quick pick-up and have fun games like the Wii does and flash games etc etc.
I dont think its fair to say if its to realistic that the industry leave's itself open. Gaming is now more popular with adults and therefore if a game is given a fair age rating then it should be as realistic as the developers wish it to be.
Dont get me wrong I understand your point and were your comming from and I know your blaming the gaming inustry outright.