Ag0stoMesmer wrote:Some good recommendations guys, thanks everyone.
I finished walking dead s1 the other day. That probably isn't a game either -and gets less gamey as it progresses -interactive film? what interests me more is the near the end I think it became a piece of art. Most of it was just ok, some cool little moments but there comes a moment where I had to choose a dialogue that gave me such a feeling of release and relief, truth. The ending is pretty strong too.
[spoiler]The moment was telling kenny to go fuck himself before we went after Clem, he'd had that coming for a looong time [/spoiler]
I don't like 'walking simulator', First-person-flânerie ?, Dérive-em-up?
I always wanted these kinds of games:
In Fable I sold all my possesions and in only my underpants and a large beard; danced for children, 'gleaned' in graveyards and worked the fight club circuit to give any money I could to the unfortunate. A Chickenchaser Christ or slightly less loud this guy perhaps. Zoe Wanamaker has a nice voice and eventually the game got me to murder everyone and fulfil it's cheesy-revenge destiny though.
I roamed the streets of GT: IV looking for real adventure, I'm not shooting pigeons and murdering prostitutes. There'are no cycles or pleasantries with strangers, no serendipity. I wanted it more; go to post a present but stop and buy a vegan cupcake from a lesbian who invites you to a circus after which you end up in the basement of a south london squat watching documentaries about prison with polish anarchists then in the morning get a juggling lesson before visiting your friend and their mum in hospital. That is, to be more realistic. All it's got's are guns and cars type bullshit. I tried glitching into buildings and parkour too but it seems so hollow.
Shouldn't npc's in this day and age have conversations?, they could use the internets, have them talking tweets or stuff.
What kind of games would Debord make?
I quite liked Proteus; If you replace all the animals and trees and stuff with women? (hint: lisagirl's mini-review). Ok, the link's tenuous but I liked them both, a warmth.
Aww. This is giving me flashbacks. Have you tried looking for this stuff in life? Paganism/Festival circuit/psychonautery/travel, etc. I'd like to say more but I have to go to work in literally 8 minutes.
Is there a good primer on psychogeography? Or, how did you get interested in it?
Gtg