View Full Version : 'Serious Games'?
SoulBlazer
10-19-2004, 12:05 AM
Check this article I just saw on the front page of Yahoo:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1804&e=3&u=/washpost/20041018/tc_washpost/a40639_2004oct17
Is there a market for this stuff? Can the games be good? Would anyone want to play them?
Phosphor Dot Fossils
10-19-2004, 12:11 AM
I'd say there's definitely a niche for these. Whether or not anyone'll ever crack the enigmatic code of balancing game play with the educational value, however, is a whole other hypothetical ball of equally hypothetical wax.
Habeeb Hamusta
10-19-2004, 12:13 AM
I don't think there will be a very strong market for these games. Unless it was free, I wouldn't get it. I just don't see anyone taking the time to play a game that's not entertaining. Does anyone here play a game to get bored? The only thing I see that could get a thumbs up from people are FPS war games.
dethink
10-19-2004, 12:15 AM
will the games be good? not in the sense that many will view them in here.
gameplay, mechanics, etc. are going to take a backseat to how realisitc and detailed the in-game tasks are.
however, i think they will appeal to a wide range of people, that might not normally play games. for example, my dad who abhored video games for years absolutely LOVES the console racing sims out now (CMR, GT series, TOCA, etc.), even though they lack the polished/stylized gameplay of something like outrun 2.
tholly
10-19-2004, 12:15 AM
all these things do is create rare hard to find games that make the lives of a collector that much harder if you are trying to get a complete set of games for a certain system...
Dahne
10-19-2004, 12:18 AM
Oh lordy, this is how we got Captain Novolin.
lendelin
10-19-2004, 12:22 AM
Lots of hype, lots of simple thinking, lots of babble, lots of different political agendas, no substance. Interesting read, though.
The Manimal
10-19-2004, 11:22 AM
wow, didn't know Full Spectrum Warrior was a product of the U.S. Army
Luke is now 16. By spring, his father said, he hopes his son will be able to play Nintendo as a reward for scoring well on his blood test.
Why would the dad make the kid wait to play "nintendo"?
Promophile
10-19-2004, 04:26 PM
Luke is now 16. By spring, his father said, he hopes his son will be able to play Nintendo as a reward for scoring well on his blood test.
Why would the dad make the kid wait to play "nintendo"?
yea its odd. Most people who know nothing about video games now call them "playstation" instead of "nintendo"
tholly
10-19-2004, 07:13 PM
Luke is now 16. By spring, his father said, he hopes his son will be able to play Nintendo as a reward for scoring well on his blood test.
Why would the dad make the kid wait to play "nintendo"?
its a "Nintendo" Gameboy i believe if you read the article...it think thats how i read it at least
Half Japanese
10-19-2004, 09:22 PM
This is an idea who's time hasn't arrived yet, and may never arrive. People think just because the product, despite it's benefits, is package in video game form that it's instantly more appealing. Fun factor is, for me, the number one reason to play video games.
racecar
10-19-2004, 10:52 PM
Luke is now 16. By spring, his father said, he hopes his son will be able to play Nintendo as a reward for scoring well on his blood test.
Why would the dad make the kid wait to play "nintendo"?
did anyone seen the new nintendo commercials ?? haha