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Games We've Never Seen Before
anaesthetica writes "The Christian Science Monitor is carrying a story on new directions in game design. The article notes that big gaming companies are not pushing innovation beyond taking advantage of newer hardware. New areas of innovation are coming from education, training, and online communities." From the article: "Online games have the potential to transform entertainment into a global-community exercise, breaking down borders, cultural and language barriers, and even political prejudices...I doubt any other form of entertainment holds out that promise...We have only scratched the surface of what [interactive entertainment] can be."
"Indeed, the next generation of gaming platforms - Playstation 3, X
Box 360, and Revolution - which was the talk of this year's E3, rival
the computing power of the Pentagon"
Since when has the pentagon been a measuring stick for computing power?
Arash
Arash Partow's Philosophy: Be a person who knows what they don't know, and not a person who doesn't know.
I'm still waiting for Billy Graham's Bible Blaster.
"Convert the heathens!"
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
Perhaps there'll be a game in which players need to learn a new language?
Everyone in the world could learn to speak English... well, almost eveyone - I've given up on the Americans.
Thats the best thing about online games: I no longer need to join the army to meet new and interesting people, and then kill them. Now I can do it from the comfort of my own living room.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Yeah! Militant Muslims versus Crusading Christians. Then buy the expansion pack to play as the Ultra Orthodox Jews.
And it'll be called.... The Middle East!
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When I play online games I receive all sorts of racial, nationalistic, and homophobic slurs despite the people not having the slightest clue about my race, nation, or sexual orientation. The borders are clearly gone!