4th of march games physics lecture review

this is a little late... actually way late...


well during the lecture we discussed about exertion games, basically where we use actions in order to play a computer game. but to me i don't like the definition, because to me any kind of game has some form of exertion whether mentally, physically or both. yes i know the way i see it leave it quite broad, but i guess thats what allows me to expand. because as much as we like to put a lot of effort and detail into an idea, then suddenly you've just narrowed your self, but of course you can't just have a cloudy idea and expect it to form itself. but why is it that people can't seem to keep to the KISS principle.

i know its very hard, even myself i can't seem to follow it, but constantly i always try to start with the mere basis of my idea, then suddenly you think you its a good idea and do you know what you do next. talk to someone else about it, then you tell them and then they'll give an opinion and that may or may not change the concept but its a factor that will have a subliminal or even open effect because its there. i mean take a look at rock paper scissors, its its simple and its almost impossible to ever change the way its played, but then people wanted to add variation of alternatives outcome which would lean toward the players favour. eg. like putting you hands together as if praying for god, a thumbs up for dynamite or even the dreaded round house kick from chuck norris. but even trying to change the game to reduce certain flaws of the game have also been attempted, eg. adding a 3rd or more players creates stalemates and so people tried to change it to rid the flaw, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iapcKVn7DdY

anyways it seems I've drifted away from the subject a bit, so back to exertion games. we know that anything that requires some sort of effort, we exert energy. what annoys we it the 'computer' games part of that definition, because of the way i think i don't immediately think of technology, i mean its i nice thing to help allow your game to flourish amongst other people. i mean the idea of someone being able to play my game because they have the technology accessible by anyone is brilliant, eg a mobile phone. but it doesn't help exert the amount of energy that people would want to. because when i think of exertion, i immediately think of exercise which isn't always a positive thing, but its something we should all be doing, i mean we a are now known as the 'obese' country instead of the 'sport mad' country. i think i'll stop here for my next blog.