Comments on: What makes a game fun? http://calltoreason.org/?p=3009 The unexamined life is a life not worth living Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:49:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: wankongyew http://calltoreason.org/?p=3009&cpage=1#comment-1102 wankongyew Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:46:56 +0000 http://calltoreason.org/?p=3009#comment-1102 True enough and I enjoy narrative-based games as much as the next guy, but usually when we think about the unique qualities of a game, it’s the progression of skill and goals that we mean. After all, a good narrative is something that games have to share with film, novels etc. Games can do interesting things with narrative by being interactive and have a different toolset with which to manipulate our emotions, but it’s not at all clear to me that a good story told using a game can’t be better conveyed through a film or a novel.

]]> By: frags http://calltoreason.org/?p=3009&cpage=1#comment-1101 frags Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:58:33 +0000 http://calltoreason.org/?p=3009#comment-1101 Interesting. It makes sense I suppose. But this is a typical analysis of a game like Super Mario. What about games that are about experiences? What about games with strong narrative? I enjoy a good story as much as playing a challenging round of Left 4 Dead.

I think it will be increasingly difficult to say why games are fun as we get more experimental and wide range of game types that may not fall in the typical, this is your objective, just do it.

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