Comments on: Encouraging Ourselves to Death http://www.geekstudies.org/2009/11/encouraging-ourselves-to-death Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:24:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason Tocci http://www.geekstudies.org/2009/11/encouraging-ourselves-to-death/comment-page-1#comment-2237 Jason Tocci Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:34:55 +0000 http://www.geekstudies.org/?p=464#comment-2237 Thanks for the comments, and thank you both for writing stuff that encourages me to think about the games we play. Thanks for the comments, and thank you both for writing stuff that encourages me to think about the games we play.

]]> By: Ben Abraham http://www.geekstudies.org/2009/11/encouraging-ourselves-to-death/comment-page-1#comment-2236 Ben Abraham Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:54:46 +0000 http://www.geekstudies.org/?p=464#comment-2236 This was a great read. I have really nothing to add, but thank you for thinking about the permadeath exercise with such depth and thoughtfulness. This was a great read. I have really nothing to add, but thank you for thinking about the permadeath exercise with such depth and thoughtfulness.

]]> By: Nels Anderson http://www.geekstudies.org/2009/11/encouraging-ourselves-to-death/comment-page-1#comment-2229 Nels Anderson Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00:08 +0000 http://www.geekstudies.org/?p=464#comment-2229 "As Clint says, part of the appeal of retelling these stories is in admiring how much variation the game allows for—but a great piece of the appeal of playing these stories, refusing to turn back time, is in the emotional experience itself." This was one of the things that surprised me most about Left 4 Dead. A lot of these issues with permanence are made far easier by adding more human beings, of course. But how satisfying it was to discuss L4D, even with people you weren't playing with, was very intriguing. I think there's something there that could be mined a lot more. Thanks for the links Jason, btw. Great post. “As Clint says, part of the appeal of retelling these stories is in admiring how much variation the game allows for—but a great piece of the appeal of playing these stories, refusing to turn back time, is in the emotional experience itself.”

This was one of the things that surprised me most about Left 4 Dead. A lot of these issues with permanence are made far easier by adding more human beings, of course. But how satisfying it was to discuss L4D, even with people you weren’t playing with, was very intriguing. I think there’s something there that could be mined a lot more.

Thanks for the links Jason, btw. Great post.

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