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Well everything we do understand fully follows the laws of nature. Perhaps the brain is different; I can't prove to you right now that it isn't, so you have me there. However, it's certainly safer to assume that it isn't special, just like everything else we know in the universe. Believing the...

It's very possible to have a computer simulation of a universe, although this universe probably not one, for many reasons. Firstly, there doesn't seem to be any evidence here that shows that our minds are connected to something external, although now that I think of it, perhaps there doesn't...

From about 1985-2008 people have been trying to make more and more realistic looking games. In recent years, graphics has become very realistic and all games do not need to be this realistic (although I'm sure groups like EA will continue doing this to show off technology, and that's fine, other...

I could be wrong, but I think when someone calls something overrated, they mean that a lot of people like it simply because it is popular, and not much apart from that. When people consider something underrated, it's probably something worth recognising that wasn't marketed very well, and so...

I used to be very taken in by scores and superficial achievements and things, but I get little satisfaction from them now. They're only objectives made up by the devs. These days you get achievements for everything anyway, like '5 kills with this weapon' or 'finish the first mission on...

Hmm, thanks again for all the responses. One more question, though. I was trying to get at this before but I don't think I explained it very well. Do you think that for something to be considered a game, it needs to be winnable? Saying yes may remove the 'game status' from games such as...

Hmm.. Thanks very much for the responses; they are interesting. I just find it a little necessary for games to have winning conditions. Garry's Mod certainly isn't a game. Same with flight simulators or the Sims. They're definitely simulations/sandboxes. What about Dear Esther? It can...

A franchise is whoring out when they become repetitive and lack innovation. "Call of Duty 4 made us loadz of money.. LET'S MAKE ANOTHER CALL OF DUTY 4!!" "New killstreaks, weapons and maps!" "...Sounds like DLC content to me..." "SCREW IT; IT'S GOOD ENOUGH!"

For me it would be DotA 2 and the Mass Effect series, which I finally decided to play through after the third game was released. I might occasionally play a few other games, though.

I'm writing about Video Games as Art, and I am for games being considered a form of art. Do you think that single-player, story-based games like Mass Effect or Portal 2, for example, are 'won'? Or 'finished'? I'm asking this because Films are an accepted form of artwork, and games have...