tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402915042780490574.post8443532918482131903..comments2024-03-29T04:55:41.460-07:00Comments on Critical Damage: Game Diary 02: 16 May 2010Brendan Keoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01772283679871140397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402915042780490574.post-2046714081863743792010-05-24T21:42:40.403-07:002010-05-24T21:42:40.403-07:00Firstly, well hurrah for my awesomeness at using t...Firstly, well hurrah for my awesomeness at using the internet for its divine purpose: finding out useless (or in this case, useful!) bits of information that passed you by! Water in LBP was heaps of fun!<br /><br />Secondly, it keeps striking me how the games you love, and the games you enthusiastically speak with me about in RL, all have echoes of the same things you love about Gaiman or Mieville (and others). And what I think underlies your motivations in your creative writing as well.. the grittiness, an emphasis on relationships - both loyalaty and betrayal, and post-calamity (in various ways, whether it is apocalyptic or imposed alienation in the middle of London). Perhaps no real point to this comment, but an observation!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079292055454506315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402915042780490574.post-68334052500373014792010-05-20T08:15:20.030-07:002010-05-20T08:15:20.030-07:00I like the fusion of academic and personal writing...I like the fusion of academic and personal writing in your article about CoD4. It can be a useful style for reflecting on game design, although one I struggle with a bit; you don't want to sound self-obsessed, but the experience <i>is</i> personal.<br /><br />For all the talk about Modern Warfare, I'd never considered how much of the game you spend - in various personas - following other people's orders. Now that you've pointed it out, it seems so obvious, and crucial to the story. The game is all about being a soldier in someone else's army (it's in the name: Call of Duty). And, yes, the scary parts are when you're not given directions; the helicopter crash scene is so effective because it drops you into a situation with some mobility but no idea what to do. <br /><br />I'm sure it would be interesting to look at the controversial plot of Modern Warfare 2 with this in mind, but I haven't played that yet.<br /><br />I'm about to start the GTAIV DLC games (not technically DLC, since I got the Liberty City Stories disc). It's been a while since I played IV; I'll try to keep an eye out for those cross-overs.Fraserhttp://redkingsdream.com/noreply@blogger.com