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« First ‹ Previous ∞ Random ∞ Next › Last » Midgley widely publicized an “open-door” policy. It was a bit odd, since Rose was small enough that pretty much any faculty or administrative member could be reached on an open-door basis, including the previous president.
Funny as always.
I recently listened to your podcast in which you define games (with the controversial statement about Paint being a game), and I wanted to know what you think of this: http://www.kongregate.com/games/agj_/intervalo-l-cido-del-individuo-inconsciente
It’s called “Intervalo lúcido del individuo inconsciente” (Spanish for, I think, “Lucid interval of the individual unconscious”). It is a first-person thing, where you play as a shrink (apparently English-speaker) talking with his (apparently Spanish-speaker) patient. It doesn’t take more than a minute or so to go through it, and my question is: Is it goal-ish enough to be considered a game (for you, of course)?
That’s hard to say. My first reaction is: yes, it’s a game. You play it. It’s a game with a very weak connection between its mechanics and its story; it lacks agency, but that’s part of the whole point of the game, as you’re roleplaying as the disinterested therapist doodling away.
The goal here is self-directed and implicit, not explicit; but the drawing styles presented very much give a goal of “make a pretty picture.” I’d consider it a game, although it’s one of the least “gamey” things I’d put in that category.
Hey, good answer.
I guess it makes more sense if you can (like me) actually understand the patient’s talking, although it doesn’t gain more gameness.
Thanks for the shared wisdom!
Also: Just put ‘The Day’ on the ‘My Games’ list already! I’m kind of OCD and it’s making me mad!