Re: Interesting article on game design

[jcmason@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Joe Mason)]

In article <6eu351$d80@koala.scott.net>,  <aultman@scott.deleteme.net> wrote:
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>Lastly, I think he should play So Far, based on the following:
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>Real Surrealism seeks to shock the mind into a new awareness of [ the 
>human condition... through the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated
>objects...
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>and
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>...true Surrealism is informed by an underlying theme. 
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>I havent seen any surrealism in computer games that could claim such 
>noble goals.

I agree.  He should play So Far.  And Losing Your Grip.  So who wants to tell
him?

(I also think somebody should send Robert Pinsky a copy of The Space Under the
Window and ask his opinion on it as a piece of "interactive poetry". Anybody
agree?)

Joe