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By: Recession = More Gaming « Just Another Meme Vector

Recession = More Gaming « Just Another Meme Vector — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:25:19 +0000

[...] the high street; for a while now, media stores have been quietly removing shelf space for music and replacing it with games. Music sales are plunging, due in large part to rampant piracy. The BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones [...]

By: rustedangel

rustedangel — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:34:02 +0000

Actually, some TV providers seem to be altering their methods to cater to the new sensebilities generated by video games. Gaming (mostly) offers a fair bit of instant gratification. I’m not suprised that people who play a lot of GTA are find themselves pretty bored by sitcoms; the game offers at least as much crass dialog, it comes on a lot faster, and there are no comercials.

The Adult Swim arm of the Comedy Network has recently started producing shows that last 11 minutes, commerical-free, rather than the usual 22 or 40-something. When I watch Metalocalypse I get 10 minutes of concentrated fun, and can then button over to video input 3 to play Saint’s Row while I wait for the ocmmericals to run their course.

In the end, I’ll be happy if TV is pushed to evolve by the entertainment provided by video games. As D’anju used to say, “evolve or die!”

By: trippenbach

trippenbach — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:44:49 +0000

Sure thing TV and movies won’t go away. Just like books didn’t disappear when we started watching movies. Or movies didn’t disappear when we started watching TV (which is kinda strange, until you remember we’re a social species).

But you’re illustrating my point: people like us aren’t watching TV and other old-style linear media as much as we used to. You have a video gaming blog and you say you hate TV. So you’re prolly not watching much TV news, right? But you’re playing lots of Halo 3, from what I can see. Hours and hours and hours of it. You now know all about the Covenant and you have an intuitive understanding of the mechanics of small-unit tactics in the 25th century.

I bet if we put you in a paintball arena with a guy who’d never played paintball before, you’d pwn.

Same tactics could be used to convey information about the real world. Just a different game.

By: dude100

dude100 — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:07:06 +0000

TV sucks…Movies are boring…I don’t think they’ll completely go away. Well TV should. The only good shows on TV are PBS and Star Trek.