Well, I've been having difficulty accessing http://www.democracynow.org./
I don't know if this is a Chrome problem, or due to Amy Goodman's being arrested and the site possibly being flooded?
Love this browser though, and also miss some of my Firefox add-ons.
Well, I can say kudos to/. for doing a good job of hiding this crap! When I first came to the page I didn't even see it! I wondered what the hell you were talking about! lol
I do agree that fear relies on the unexpected and the mysterious, and it is for that reason why games scare me more than movies do. I mean, come on, tell me one movie made in the last 20 years (excluding Blair Witch Project) that doesn't have the same predictable formula? I mean, the idea of the "token black guy" or the "token blonde" getting killed in the horror movies has some validity to it because it happens EVERY SINGLE TIME! Horror movies, generally, don't carry that surprise factor; instead they rely on the "who-can-be-a-more-badass-villain" technique. And that villain usually kills in the same way, though with differing means.
Conversely, games are constantly seeking new ways to scare and surprise us. There is no "token" character that we already know is going to bite it! And we don't even have the safety of knowing our own character will make it through (something that's practically a given in movies), so there's the suspense of staying alive. This heightens the fear, as you're constantly trying to keep your wits about you and expect the unexpected...which rarely happens.
I also fail to see why you mentioned that games are less scary because one is more focused on defeating the enemy....um, they do that in movies too! I mean, every Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween or "Generic-Slasher-Flick" contain the central thesis of finding ways to defeat the respective baddies! Duh! So why, when the same formula appears in a game, does it decrease the scariness? Anyways...when are they gonna make a good Gremlins shooter?!
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Well, I've been having difficulty accessing http://www.democracynow.org./ I don't know if this is a Chrome problem, or due to Amy Goodman's being arrested and the site possibly being flooded? Love this browser though, and also miss some of my Firefox add-ons.
Well, I can say kudos to /. for doing a good job of hiding this crap! When I first came to the page I didn't even see it! I wondered what the hell you were talking about! lol
Of course you've forgotten that everyone will become Cyborgs by 2029, so that the Greater Psychic Wars will be fought by machines...Matrix style!
I do agree that fear relies on the unexpected and the mysterious, and it is for that reason why games scare me more than movies do. I mean, come on, tell me one movie made in the last 20 years (excluding Blair Witch Project) that doesn't have the same predictable formula? I mean, the idea of the "token black guy" or the "token blonde" getting killed in the horror movies has some validity to it because it happens EVERY SINGLE TIME! Horror movies, generally, don't carry that surprise factor; instead they rely on the "who-can-be-a-more-badass-villain" technique. And that villain usually kills in the same way, though with differing means. Conversely, games are constantly seeking new ways to scare and surprise us. There is no "token" character that we already know is going to bite it! And we don't even have the safety of knowing our own character will make it through (something that's practically a given in movies), so there's the suspense of staying alive. This heightens the fear, as you're constantly trying to keep your wits about you and expect the unexpected...which rarely happens. I also fail to see why you mentioned that games are less scary because one is more focused on defeating the enemy....um, they do that in movies too! I mean, every Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween or "Generic-Slasher-Flick" contain the central thesis of finding ways to defeat the respective baddies! Duh! So why, when the same formula appears in a game, does it decrease the scariness? Anyways...when are they gonna make a good Gremlins shooter?!