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by Jerry Whorebach 12/05/2009, 6:12pm PST |
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My problem with long, boring things like Forrest Gump and Mass Effect isn't that they're too easy for my giant throbbing robot brain to solve. It's that they're a waste of time, even for someone whose time is essentially unlimited. For example: my favourite game ever is Super Mario Bros. - not the most difficult game in the world, but quite possibly the most fun. I happen to think (and apparently some Japanese guy agrees with me? I dunno let's read the interview again) that the continue system had something to do with that. Maybe playing the easy parts of games once and the incredibly frustrating parts twenty times isn't as enjoyable as conventional wisdom dictates? Maybe padding games with ten times as much content as they really need means some of that content won't be up to the same high standards as the rest? Maybe mastering a short level can be more fun than skating through a long one by the skin of your teeth, comforted by the knowledge that you'll never have to do it again (unless you lose your memory card)?
I know I usually rail about long, boring games, but short, frustrating ones can be just as bad. Who wants to always have to play at the very limits of their ability? Besides highschool graduates like Mischief Maker? No one, and I think his high score challenges bear that out. Ultimately, if a game isn't fun, I'm not going to play it. If it is fun, I'm going to want to play the shit out of it. Just play it to within an inch of its life. So basically what I'm looking for is a game that's easy to get into, hard to master, and never stops being fun. Is that so damn unreasonable? |
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Shigeru Miyamoto Genius Watch by Jerry Whorebach 11/27/2009, 3:33pm PST 
Nice by Fussbett 12/03/2009, 2:40am PST
Although I don't really feel bad for the guy for wanting to watch Transformers 2 by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 12/03/2009, 3:21pm PST
connecting the ethernet to the back of the ps3 is sooooooooo hard *clik* NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/03/2009, 11:23pm PST
not saying the failstayshit 3 isn't a giant pain in the ass or anything but that by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/03/2009, 11:28pm PST
People don't expect to need the internet to watch a movie they bought on a disc. NT by Fussbett 12/04/2009, 7:55am PST
"a guy in a construction outfit" <--do you mean like a Village Person? by Jerry Whorebach 12/05/2009, 6:49pm PST
Pretty much. by Fussbett 12/05/2009, 11:47pm PST
Men don't wear outfits, Fussbett. We wear clothes. by Jerry Whorebach 12/06/2009, 12:38am PST
"A guy in construction worker's clothes" is a big improvement on my IM, yeah. NT by Fussbett 12/06/2009, 8:45am PST
Completed my death star trench run on your AIM log, returning to rebel basement. NT by Jerry Whorebach 12/06/2009, 10:17am PST
He just realized that in Mario you replay a level when you die? NT by mark 12/03/2009, 5:37pm PST
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Genius Watch by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/03/2009, 6:48pm PST
YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT ^_^ NT by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 12/03/2009, 6:56pm PST
Can you believe this guy, Jerry? by Fussbett 12/03/2009, 7:32pm PST
How is Miyamoto not running that place yet??! by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/03/2009, 7:44pm PST
Re: Can you believe this guy, Jerry? by mark 12/04/2009, 7:17am PST
Don't most outlying people sound ridiculous when they talk about their process? by Fussbett 12/04/2009, 8:04am PST
I don't know about that. Maybe it's the additional fact he's Japanese. NT by mark 12/04/2009, 8:06am PST
gaming has improved tremendously since americans started developing games NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/03/2009, 11:25pm PST
Things have been getting better since Computer Space, yeah. NT by Fussbett 12/04/2009, 7:52am PST
I think you and I might like different kinds of games :( by Jerry Whorebach 12/05/2009, 12:00pm PST
Re: I think you and I might like different kinds of games :( by Bananadine 12/05/2009, 12:19pm PST
This is like claiming cybersex has rendered pornography obsolete. by Jerry Whorebach 12/05/2009, 2:06pm PST
Re: This is like claiming cybersex has rendered pornography obsolete. by Bananadine 12/05/2009, 2:50pm PST
I think you might have me confused with a genius or at least a go-getter :( by Jerry Whorebach 12/05/2009, 6:12pm PST
You're crazy competitive into sports, you are a workoholic. NT by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 12/05/2009, 6:21pm PST
Re: I think you might have me confused with a genius or at least a go-getter :( by mark 12/06/2009, 6:29am PST
jerry's boss visits his desk and asks him to share his ideas on game development by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/06/2009, 11:20am PST
Almost functional retards view on multiplayer game hmmm thats a dealbreaker ladi by bombMexico 12/04/2009, 4:46pm PST
Two toads? What the fuck, did they run out of RAM or something? by Jerry Whorebach 12/06/2009, 11:43am PST
Shigeru Miyamoto Genius CONFIRMED: Tom Chick hates New Super Mario Wii by QT3 Reporter 02/25/2010, 7:18pm PST
Jumping puzzles, Jezis Crais NT by Mr. Tom 02/25/2010, 8:03pm PST
Seriously, if no one has listened to the pod casts by FABIO 02/25/2010, 8:04pm PST
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Genius CONFIRMED: Tom Chick hates New Super Mario Wii by Entropy Stew 02/25/2010, 9:23pm PST
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