• JSwiftX
    • 3 years 20 days ago
    • Posts: 45
    		 Obviously, video games have changed a LOT since the days of Pac-Man, but for the most part, games are still fairly one-dimensional experiences, more like a rollercoaster ride than a movie or a book, which make you feel genuine emotions and actually think about real-world matters.

    http://internetisinamerica.blogspot.com/2011/11/can-gaming-get-serious-about-subject.html

    I am not sure how many of you have heard the term serious gaming before, but I think it is something worth exploring. The problem with these games - which explore hard hitting issues, like workers rights, genocide and media sensationalism - is that almost all of them are free-ware titles. Granted, there are several games that sort of tackle ongoing modern issues - like GTA V, the next Bioshock title, and the PS3 game Papa Y Yo - but for the most part, games are STILL sort of stuck in this vacuum where they refuse to comment, analyze or assess what is really going on in the world.

    So when - if ever - do you think we will start seeing games that at least ATTEMPT to tackle actual subject matters (and not in an exploitative way, like all of those Enduring Freedom games that came out during the last console cycle)?
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    • liukangx
      • 3 years 19 days ago
      • Posts: 3919
      		 Sitcoms used to.



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      • thecrow174
        • 3 years 19 days ago
        • Posts: 9807
        		 Movies do.
        There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

        One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

        http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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        • ActionBastard
          • 3 years 18 days ago
          • Posts: 1481
          		 I bet it is because games take so long to make so if they tried to add real life subjects by the time the game came out said subjects could be irrelevent by then. I don't know, thats my guess.
          Shit happens when You fart naked

          Retro pimpin aint easy
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          • System
            • 3 years 18 days ago
            • Posts: 74809
            		 Video games are escapism. If you're playing video games to deal with real life issues, then you need to get out of the house.
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            • Guild_Navigator
              • 3 years 18 days ago
              • Posts: 2009


              liukangx wrote:
              Sitcoms used to.



              Too true. I remember sitcoms like One Day at a Time used to deal with unthinkable subjects on television today like teen suicide,abortion,pregnancy,etc.
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              • kenE2389
                • 3 years 18 days ago
                • Posts: 283
                		 I remember there was a FPS videogame a while back where it re-created battles from afghanistan and Iraq.

                quite obviously people were offended by it
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                • thecrow174
                  • 3 years 18 days ago
                  • Posts: 9807
                  		 The Grand Theft Auto games deal with crime, which is a real subject matter.
                  There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

                  One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

                  http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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                  • rirotostichi
                    • 3 years 17 days ago
                    • Posts: 1842
                    		 I've heard there is a game designed to help teachers deal with suicidal students in a humane manner...
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                    • vkimo
                      • 3 years 17 days ago
                      • Posts: 2325
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                      		 I read the thread title and knew who the OP was right off the bat.
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                      • darthmunk
                        • 3 years 16 days ago
                        • Posts: 3365
                        		 Video games make me feel genuine emotions more than books do. and more than a lot of movies do.
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                        • System
                          • 3 years 15 days ago
                          • Posts: 74809
                          		 I played tons of Smash Brothers in the past. Now i know how to engage in real life combat. I fight by charging up my attacks and looking for pills on the floor to throw at my opponent, might even find a bob-omb in the pill and kill him.
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                          • thecrow174
                            • 3 years 15 days ago
                            • Posts: 9807
                            vkimo wrote:
                            I read the thread title and knew who the OP was right off the bat.

                            Now he's making a religious thread. Back then, you couldn't just simply make one of those threads, but those days are gone.
                            There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

                            One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

                            http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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