Comments on: Video Games as Art: Part Two http://movinghands.zubon.org/2010/07/08/video-games-as-art-part-two/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maxporter http://movinghands.zubon.org/2010/07/08/video-games-as-art-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-188 maxporter Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:24:55 +0000 http://movinghands.zubon.org/?p=463#comment-188 Oh neat! Glad that my guess was correct. So I noticed that, on your website, you describe 9:05 as a story rather than a game. I was wondering if you could elaborate as to why that is? Personally, I'm not terribly invested in the "story or game?" debate found in some IF circles, but it'd be really interesting to hear your thoughts since you wrote the game. Thanks for reading & commenting. Oh neat! Glad that my guess was correct.
So I noticed that, on your website, you describe 9:05 as a story rather than a game. I was wondering if you could elaborate as to why that is? Personally, I’m not terribly invested in the “story or game?” debate found in some IF circles, but it’d be really interesting to hear your thoughts since you wrote the game.
Thanks for reading & commenting.

]]> By: Adam Cadre http://movinghands.zubon.org/2010/07/08/video-games-as-art-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Adam Cadre Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:22:28 +0000 http://movinghands.zubon.org/?p=463#comment-187 "I even think he made the parser slightly stubborn on purpose." You are correct. The idea was to capture the frustration of being in such a frantic hurry that you wind up taking longer to do things: buttoning up your shirt wrong, knocking your keys off the table while reaching for your wallet, etc. You'll note that in my other IF pieces you don't have to spend so much time on things like fiddling with your watch before getting into the shower - the program handles it for you. “I even think he made the parser slightly stubborn on purpose.”

You are correct. The idea was to capture the frustration of being in such a frantic hurry that you wind up taking longer to do things: buttoning up your shirt wrong, knocking your keys off the table while reaching for your wallet, etc. You’ll note that in my other IF pieces you don’t have to spend so much time on things like fiddling with your watch before getting into the shower – the program handles it for you.

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