Comments on Fullbright: On the old vs. the new

I think the solitary nature of the "old"...

2010-08-11T03:05:08.038-07:00

I think the solitary nature of the "old" immersion is essential. Because you don't bother other people with it. Augmented reality games are a nuisance to everyone who is not playing them. They disrupt the social fabric. And this social fabric was already a perfectly fine game to begin with, one that everyone is playing. Augmented reality games are a typical manifestation of the &

It's funny when people equate the "old&qu...

2010-08-08T13:12:24.112-07:00

It's funny when people equate the "old" immersion with escapism and the like. What about the notion of exploration? One could argue that to explore is to leave the world behind, but I think that's a bit of a fallacy. I take exploring more as learning about the whole scope of things. Not leaving the old world behind for a new one, but enlarging one's concept of the overall

@Shay: It's funny you mention mastery; Ollie B...

2010-08-05T08:27:37.832-07:00

@Shay:
It's funny you mention mastery; Ollie Barder of Mecha Damashii (http://www.mechadamashii.com) talks about the critical backlash against many solid mech games if they have unique controls.

Even though a games's functionally unique controls are akin to learning to pilot a robot, reviewers and many gamers simply see a game in which you shoot things in first- or

The human mind has a peculiar capacity to "le...

2010-08-05T08:11:03.562-07:00

The human mind has a peculiar capacity to "learn worlds."

A child's brain is capable of learning the rules of the physical world; moreover, as we grow, we're capable of learning the rules of particular parts of the physical world that might have peculiar rulesets of their own (say, fluid dynamics). Finally, a very important skill for humans is the ability to enter

I agree with you completely. I never managed to ge...

2010-08-04T23:47:31.615-07:00

I agree with you completely.
I never managed to get through Clints presentation so I never got to the core of it but if it is what you summarize in the link text then I would say that he is very much wrong.

I remember climbing out of the spaceship in Unreal (the first one) and being totally floored by those beautiful vistas.

I could probably have experienced something

This a really articulate way to juxtapose the two ...

2010-08-04T23:46:11.926-07:00

This a really articulate way to juxtapose the two schools of thought.

I'm firmly entrenched in the old paradigm of carving out new worlds, to the extent that I'm usually at odds with more successful developers, but I've done an awful job of defending my rationale.

Mad props for making your case so concisely.