Comments on: Edge 148

By: Souvik

Souvik — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:15:30 +0000

Not sure if any one else hasn’t already pointed it out (since the book has been around for so long), page 132 of TH has the following error: ‘Films based on videogames are even worse, as anyone will testify who has giggled throughout the truly spectacular artistic abyss that is Street Fighter: The Movie, starring sex symbol Jean-Claude Van
Damme and renowned pugilist Kylie Minogue’.

Maybe, you can correct it in the pdf version. Quite funny though.

By: Alex Boland

Alex Boland — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:18:46 +0000

I can sympathize with this, I’ve talked to people about video games as a rising form of art, and I’ve been ridiculed and shied away from countless times. So I usually don’t even try anymore; there are a handful of people that are interested in my attempts, but for the rest, I pretend that video games have been and always will be for kids.

I hope that at some point in my life I’ll create something to prove them wrong, or maybe I won’t, but it’s well worth it either way. My study has led me to have to think in so many different ways: about process vs. data, how to think mathematically, what play means and what it says about our biology and ancestry, why art is important, etc. etc.

That must have sounded a bit long winded and tangential, but my point was to say that I’m with you in your beliefs. I’m more purist I suppose in thinking that 99% of all games created are complete garbage, but nonetheless we both believe in the possibilities of this medium.

-Alex

By: Brendan Scully

Brendan Scully — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:11:05 +0000

I’ve been doing research on the aesthetics of video games and the means through which certain games achieve immersion. Your articles are great man, I’d love to read the book as soon as possible. I’m curious what you’re currently investigating, hit me back if you have the time.

-Brendan Scully, Dartmouth ‘10

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:28:33 +0000

I am happy to admit the existence of said child - thanks!

By: chris kaaring

chris kaaring — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:34:15 +0000

as close as i can come to call my self a fan of something- i am a fan of steven poole. i hate blogs, but i find myself enjoying yours. trying not to seem to desperate, i wont indulge in more superficial appraisal, but i thought you deserved some credit.

´trigger happy´ is on the curriculum for a subject on computer games at the university of oslo, and im enjoying every logical nexus and subtle humorous twist.

also, thank you for introducing me to writeroom via your beheading of msword.

just in case you too have a confirmation seeking child inside of you- in the myriad of bullshit, you make a difference.

chris
-psychology student from oslo, norway.