Dreamfall Chapters Dev Disputes George Lucas' Gaming Views

[BlackStar42]

Ragnar Tornquist is certainly allowed to say that. He directed Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, after all, which was more or less a less-successful game version of Titanic (in mood and execution, I mean, not in content).

I'm really not sure what Spielberg and Lucas are expecting, frankly. I can't even sympathize with them, because I get way more into games than sorts. Hell, even Uplink, which was an arcadey hacker sim, is one of the most immersive things ever. Every time I get the letter from the bad guy telling me to send them the program I just stole, I yelp and my heart beats faster, and I've played the game ten times (never actually won, tragically). It's not a "sport", by any means... it's a story.

Took me a few tries, but I beat it eventually I sided with Arunmor, their missions are easier.

OT: Why do we care what they think? They're film directors, of course they'll think film is the best thing ever.

 

[Johnson McGee]

Whenever someone like Lucas or Spielburg makes a comment like "when players pick up a controller, 'something turns off in the heart, and it becomes a sport'" I want someone to ask them "what game in particular are you thinking about when you say that." It seems to me that they are probably thinking about a typical multiplayer shooter or action game and not something with more depth simply because they aren't immersed enough in gaming as a hobby or a culture to know about these games, or even realize that they aren't aware of them.

 

[erbkaiser]

Lucas and Spielberg probably still think you earn points in video games, and have a lives system.

After all that's what TV seems to think still.

Oh and all games make Atari or NES-era noises.