It'd be nice to see this idea explored a little. But I WON'T buy a television that requests update after update after update. Televisions are appreciated because they are simplistic (unless you have a home entertainment system with a jungle of cables/wires in the back)
Hypothetically, if this were to become common. It'd force police to rethink how they document and identify distinguishing marks on the body.
Or a gang member being some kind of double agent and switching inks from one gang to another.
Its the stuff of scifi. Makes me think of The Illustrated Man of Ray Bradbury.
Let's say a Sci-Fi game and a Fantasy game both have identical game mechanics. What would make the Fantasy outsell the other?
Fantasy follows thematic template that involves very simplistic concepts that are easier to grasp. How so? Swords, shining armor, and horses aren't fictional but goblins, orcs, and dragons are. And magic is often elemental; fire, water, etc.
So theres
But with Sci-Fi everything seems to become inconsistent. One scifi game could be just giant robots, another may be cyberpunk, steampunk, and etc.
So maybe Fantasy wins because its much more familiar. Or maybe it wins because Sci-Fi involves too many abstract concepts.
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It'd be nice to see this idea explored a little. But I WON'T buy a television that requests update after update after update. Televisions are appreciated because they are simplistic (unless you have a home entertainment system with a jungle of cables/wires in the back)
Hypothetically, if this were to become common. It'd force police to rethink how they document and identify distinguishing marks on the body. Or a gang member being some kind of double agent and switching inks from one gang to another. Its the stuff of scifi. Makes me think of The Illustrated Man of Ray Bradbury.
Anything beyond a historical quiz (like a Jeopardy format) is going to be childish and insulting... Unless its an 8 bit Dubya Bush Punch Out game.
Let's say a Sci-Fi game and a Fantasy game both have identical game mechanics. What would make the Fantasy outsell the other? Fantasy follows thematic template that involves very simplistic concepts that are easier to grasp. How so? Swords, shining armor, and horses aren't fictional but goblins, orcs, and dragons are. And magic is often elemental; fire, water, etc. So theres But with Sci-Fi everything seems to become inconsistent. One scifi game could be just giant robots, another may be cyberpunk, steampunk, and etc. So maybe Fantasy wins because its much more familiar. Or maybe it wins because Sci-Fi involves too many abstract concepts.