tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293499.post113145996407457105..comments2024-02-13T17:30:02.808-08:00Comments on Design Synthesis - structure.function.relation: A Spector Hangs Over UsDeaconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03676351336106101412noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293499.post-1131565500576943952005-11-09T11:45:00.000-08:002005-11-09T11:45:00.000-08:00Yes, agreed on the tone of "thuggery", as well as ...Yes, agreed on the tone of "thuggery", as well as the Tarantino comparison.<BR/><BR/>There are times when I think game designers have come to take their games and themselves to seriously. Forget ludology versus narration or whatnot, it's all about hedonism. Games are supposed to be fun. If Rockstar injures a few virtual hookers along the way, so be it.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293499.post-1131552840278140602005-11-09T08:14:00.000-08:002005-11-09T08:14:00.000-08:00Links fixed. Good eye. S'what I get for copy/pas...Links fixed. Good eye. S'what I get for copy/pasting links with the http:// still intact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293499.post-1131549936199773792005-11-09T07:25:00.000-08:002005-11-09T07:25:00.000-08:00I think you're being a little too hard on the guy....I think you're being a little too hard on the guy. He just seems to be calling for evidence to be given to all the politicians so they'll be quiet for a while.<BR/><BR/>Kind of an naive notion though. I mean there's piles of good games that aren't really violent at all (I'm personally playing the hell out of We Heart Katamari right now). They might not get the publicity and sales that GTA gets, but that's not the developers' fault. That's a whole different topic.<BR/><BR/>And really, music has survived onslaught after onslaught from these guys and has survived without going out of their way to prove they could be good guys too. <BR/><BR/>And he seems to treat GTA like my film buff friends treat Quinten Tarantino. They don't like QT because every hack director after Pulp Fiction has dicked around with the order of the movie and therefore fucked up modern films. Well, that's not his fault is it? Why not hate the hacks?<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Hmm, maybe you weren't too harsh on him. I agree with him that shedding more light on other games would be helpful, but I don't think he's arguing his case very well.<BR/><BR/>BTW... all the links in your post, broken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293499.post-1131549632626072352005-11-09T07:20:00.000-08:002005-11-09T07:20:00.000-08:00"So, like, conspiracy theory-based thuggery good, ..."So, like, conspiracy theory-based thuggery good, urban thuggery bad?"<BR/><BR/>Now that is an excellent point. Especially since Spector's conspiracy games are such white-washed versions of the real thing, so often tinged with white-supremacy or isolationism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com