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Should Games Be More Boring?

Posted by Zonk on from the are-talking-like-drake-and-the-ninety-nine-dragons-boring dept.

An anonymous reader writes "At Gamasutra, serious games creator Ian Bogost is making the case that video games should be more mundane, particularly discussing of Nintendo' Brain Age: 'It's certainly a very different kind of game from Halo or even Miyamoto's own Zelda series, games that allow the player to inhabit complex fantasy worlds. Instead, much of Brain Age's success seems to come precisely from the ordinariness of its demands.' Would games become more accessible if they tapped into everyday things a little bit more, as opposed to spiralling off into fictional realities?"

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  1. Gosh what a great idea: by CaptainPatent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just to get the imaginative juices flowing for developers here are some great ideas:

    Virtual paint drying
    Virtual grass growing
    Virtual lawn mowing
    Virtual gutter cleaning
    Virtual root canal
    Virtual hoop-pushing down a virtual dirt road with a virtual stick

    I'm sure developers could take these a long way and I'm sure we can all agree we greatly anticipate the results

    --
    Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.
  2. Make Money Slowly by Gold Farming! by Animats · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you want "boring", there's a place for you in Gold Farming.

  3. Marketing challenge ... "We made it extra boring" by ConfusedSelfHating · · Score: 4, Funny

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    Grand Theft Auto V: Insurance Adjuster

    Half Life 3: You actually work out the half life of a given element