Play It Again Sam…: Boring Games? We Need ‘Em
Over at Gamasutra, Georgia Institute of Technology and Persuasive Games' Ian Bogost thinks he knows what we gamers need more of. We need more boring games. Games based on mundane, everyday domestic stuff. Why? So when we get the stuff that isn't boring, we appreciate it more.
...we should want games to be more boring. Not just some games, we should want many of them, maybe even most of them to be boring, so that the ones that are not can become the Casablancas of our future medium.
Hrm. I do enough boring things in my life as it is. Last thing I need is for my games to simulate boring things. Or Casablanca, for that matter. Though...the prospect of EA's Casablanca 09: Civil War Throwdown does bring a smile to my dial.
Persuasive Games: Why We Need More Boring Games [Gamasutra]
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