If we truly create games that allow people to feel empathy for the characters, then why do people seem to spend so much time mucking about with and abusing those characters?
I mean, outside the constraints of the actual gameplay. Think about the “Warthog Jump” video (which you *all* know you watched, like a hundred times). [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Do games create empathy?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Olivia Dunham…
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Fringe has been my favorite new show for a bit now. Olivia Dunham as a character is walking a very fine line between being feminine, with all the emotional tendencies but still retaining the tougher edge that allows her to function as an investigator. The actress (Anna Torv) who portrays her has thus far done [...]
Goobers or Raisinettes?
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
As a species, we seem destined for division. Goobers versus Raisinettes, Republican versus Democrat, Mac versus PC, Max versus Maya…
Its this last one that I find coming into play more and more often. I teach at one of the online Universities and I have students that come through with just this question. I had the [...]
The Corpse
Sunday, April 19, 2009
There is a corpse in my trashcan. It’s not as morbid as it sounds. Dora the Explorer has finally, sadly been sullied one too many times by our misbegotten Alpha Cat. He was, most likely, a dog in a previous life, and never quite made the transition. So Miss Dora, rest her soul, was resigned [...]
