Can Games Make You Cry?

Ground Glass writes "'Can games make you cry?' is a ridiculously simple question to ask about a hideously complex issue. Worse, it's possible that the very question itself muddies the answer. Next Generation's approach is a little more thoughtful; by figuring out what questions each medium tries to answer free of the art issue, it cuts to the heart of what games can do. With the tools made clear, it then theorizes what said tools can do emotionally." From the article: "In film, you can show a character staring at a point before him and then change perspective to show what he was staring at; it is the proximity and timing of the imagery that lends significance to the second shot. In painting, you can play with the two-dimensional space and qualities of the material at hand to create similarly suggestive juxtapositions of imagery, color, symbolism, perspective, lending greater insight into the workings of the medium, the subject at hand, the painter herself, and - ultimately - the viewer and his own perspective on the world around him."

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Why I cry

[TheZorch]

I cry whenever I think of all the years Blizzard wasted developing World of Worldcraft when they could have been developing a Starcraft sequel like they should have.

What is your frick'n problem Blizzard!!!??? Make a Starcraft 2 already!!!!!

Re:Yes, been there done that (PS:T just now)

[tehcyder]

FFG: "No cage shall separate us, and no Plane shall divide us." Fall-From-Grace's face becomes like stone. "Keep thinking of me, and we shall meet again."

TNO: I SHALL NOT FORGET ALL YOU SACRIFICED FOR ME.

FFG: She shakes her head. "Just do not forget me."

TNO: TIME LAYS WASTE TO ALL THINGS. BUT I SHALL FIGHT IT AS LONG AS I CAN.

FFG: "Time is not your enemy. Forever is."

Worst. Dialogue. Evar.