Rev Rant: Fun isn't enough

I know the title doesn't match what's in the actual video, but try to get past that.

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[TheNamelessCharacter]

I was sent here via recommendation from Extra Credits.

[Undkor]

ARE YOU FUCKING LISTENING, JIM STERLING?!?!

[HyrdaRancher]

Makes a good point in that the community is afraid to search for fun outside the old school violence. I fell in love with Heavy Rain because I felt what it was like to be a father while having fun. That said, there is no harm in finding fun games which don't rely on the same mechanics.

[Racecarlock]

The real problem with art games at the moment is that they think they have to sacrifice every notion of fun in order to get their message across. Why can't we have a serious art game that is still fun to play? I mean, braid was kind of fun. Well, the demo I played of it was anyways. I don't hate story. I don't hate good writing. But an art game can also have bad writing. Every day the same dream practically hits me on the head with a hammer with it's message.

[Racecarlock]

Pop quiz anthony. If you really love those dumb action games, why do you keep calling the fans of them 12 year olds? Look, you can talk about this stuff without insulting the intelligence of other crowds, you know. And calling me a coward doesn't help your arguments. Yes, you should have some mainstream representation, alright? The trade off will be that you stop insulting the fuck out of us.

[diarrheajuggalo]

all of his complaints apply to 95% of all media produced today

[Chuck2k11]

Rafinha Bastos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nayte23]

@cuttinggale63 I'm not saying that it has to be mindless and shooty, it doesn't, it just has to be a little bit more complex than walking to the right, actually ive pretty much described mario.... never mind =P

[cuttinggale63]

@nayte23 you're talking about passage by jason roher. it is not pretentious, because it claims to be a game about life, and it is. no more, no less. furthermore, while i was playing it, it engaged me. I enjoyed the five minutes i spent playing the game. I had fun exploring an interactive metaphor of the human life. and besides, when has trying to add something besides mindless shooty mayhem been completely detrimental to anything? terminator 2 was intelligent, and it was a blast.

[nayte23]

@cuttinggale63 it doesnt mean that games can't be thought provoking but that shouldn't be a focus. the whole artsy hard hitting stuff may have a place in gaming, but if the game they're featured in aren't any fun then it's sort of pointless as a game, games are for fun.

like that indie game where you walk to the left and your character gets older, i think it's called passing. that isnt fun at all, it's not engaging, its pretentious