Next Generation posted an article that may or may not have been based on the recent iSXSW show. Either way, it is a more interesting read than most recent articles so I thought I'd post it up. It is called
Player-Centered Gaming. Now There's an Idea and to whet your appetite, here's a blurb from the article:
“We tend to think of films as being much richer than games,” he said. “Games tend to be appealing more to the reptilian brain; the kind of basic instincts of fear, aggression. But on the other hand, I think that there are a lot different things that games do. They have a different emotional palette than linear entertainment. It’s not that they don’t have an emotional palette, but there are things that I’ve felt in games that I never once have in a movie; things like pride or accomplishment or guilt over something I’ve done.”
