Comments on: Dreams Get Real http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/ art • games • change Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:14:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Aparna Pappu http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/#comment-8036 Aparna Pappu Tue, 29 May 2007 23:39:07 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/#comment-8036 thanks for that perspective on gaming Q. have added the links on my must read list. thanks for that perspective on gaming Q. have added the links on my must read list.

]]> By: Quynh http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/#comment-8020 Quynh Tue, 29 May 2007 15:27:54 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/#comment-8020 Aparna, I don't consider myself a gamer either, but I must admit there are some video games that that conjure up sensations that are very distinct and unforgettable, like Rez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rez) and Ico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ico). I find myself thinking about these games again and again though I never have time to actually play them again. It's really not that much different from reading an engrossing, escapist novel which, as a bookworm, I'm sure you can relate to. Aparna, I don’t consider myself a gamer either, but I must admit there are some video games that that conjure up sensations that are very distinct and unforgettable, like Rez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rez) and Ico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ico). I find myself thinking about these games again and again though I never have time to actually play them again. It’s really not that much different from reading an engrossing, escapist novel which, as a bookworm, I’m sure you can relate to.

]]> By: Jason http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/#comment-7832 Jason Thu, 24 May 2007 03:41:11 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/#comment-7832 I love Swoon, too. I'm on the lookout for her stuff whenever I go downtown though I've seen less of it lately (she seems quite the world traveler now). I know what you mean about games and emotion. Having grown up with them, I have a bit of a different perspective but I can still put myself in the place of an outsider sometimes and see how silly it must all seem. There are some new types of games that you might connect with, though. For instance, activist games like <a href="http://microscopiq.com/2006/08/serious/" rel="nofollow">Darfur is Dying</a>. I love Swoon, too. I’m on the lookout for her stuff whenever I go downtown though I’ve seen less of it lately (she seems quite the world traveler now).

I know what you mean about games and emotion. Having grown up with them, I have a bit of a different perspective but I can still put myself in the place of an outsider sometimes and see how silly it must all seem. There are some new types of games that you might connect with, though. For instance, activist games like Darfur is Dying.

]]> By: Aparna Pappu http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/#comment-7797 Aparna Pappu Tue, 22 May 2007 23:55:06 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2007/05/dreams-get-real/#comment-7797 Loved the swoon stuff - the talk was illuminating and some of her work is really fantastic and some of it I don't quite get. Loved all the stuff - except the love letter to games. Slick and all but not being a gamer - yes I know shoot me - I just don't get the whole love/fascination/obsession thing with video games. Loved the swoon stuff - the talk was illuminating and some of her work is really fantastic and some of it I don’t quite get.
Loved all the stuff - except the love letter to games. Slick and all but not being a gamer - yes I know shoot me - I just don’t get the whole love/fascination/obsession thing with video games.

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