Forum Overview :: Are Games Art? :: Games ARE art!

[quote name="E. L. Koba"]...now that Dr. Elliot McGucken has invented and patented a <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ">System and method for creating exalted video games and virtual realities</a> [quote]A video game method and system for creating games where ideas have consequences, incorporating branching paths that correspond to a player's choices, wherein paths correspond to decisions founded upon ideals, resulting in exalted games with deeper soul and story, enhanced characters and meanings, and exalted gameplay. The classical hero's journey may be rendered, as the journey hinges on choices pivoting on classical ideals. Ideas that are rendered in word and deed will have consequences in the gameworld. Historical events such as The American Revolution may be brought to life, as players listen to famous speeches and choose sides. As great works of literature and dramatic art center around characters rendering ideals real, both internally and externally, in word and deed, in love and war, the present invention will afford video games that exalt the classical soul, as well as the great books, classics, and epic films—past, present, and future.[/quote] You can pick a paragraph at random at it's guaranteed to be chock-full of crazy: <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA19&ci=502,690,386,373&source=bookclip"><img src="http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA19&img=1&zoom=4&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U17O4yJZv12uvuRDxYPtjaX2fnYKg&ci=502%2C690%2C386%2C373&edge=1" border="0" alt="Text not available"/></a> <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA21&ci=118,381,386,568&source=bookclip"><img src="http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA21&img=1&zoom=4&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0L2UZocO2X5LhXqLVyN3RgPEvfJA&ci=118%2C381%2C386%2C568&edge=1" border="0" alt="Text not available"/></a> Also, a helpful flow chart (created w/ the assistance of Jsoh?): <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA4&ci=132,188,747,961&source=bookclip"><img src="http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA4&img=1&zoom=4&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U2QW9-iBbTGtpmFPmY1grfvANzNig&ci=132%2C188%2C747%2C961&edge=1" border="0" alt="Text not available"/></a> (6:44:18 PM) Jhoh Cable: Hayek referring of course to Salma Hayek. (6:45:28 PM) elkoba1185: quoting selma hayek will always win an argument (6:45:53 PM) Jhoh Cable: ^_^ (6:46:08 PM) elkoba1185: as long as you are quoting her ass and/or tits (6:47:07 PM) Jhoh Cable: And by "quoting" you mean "raeping". 8) (6:47:44 PM) elkoba1185: I would never imply that (6:47:51 PM) Jhoh Cable: FOR LEGAL PURPOSES[/quote]