| Author | Message |
|---|---|
Search found 3357 matches |
|
| Posted: | Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:37 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
The dude has been spamming my inbox with even more mental abortions and rudeness. That's the rationale behind banning abortive users: I can at least keep the forum clean -- but they can take reprisals ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:13 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
But the 'soldier' doesn't just refer to what is on the screen but also the fictional character we imagine in our heads. Therefore it can't all be real.
Observe closely this "therefore". I ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:46 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
But the 'soldier' doesn't just refer to what is on the screen but also the fictional character we imagine in our heads. Therefore it can't all be real.
The "soldier" refers to what's on t ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:25 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | On "Emergent" Game Behavior and other Miracles |
| icycalm Replies: 16 Views: 2813 |
http://www.emergenceingames.com/web_images/ps_small.JPG http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2007/07/070706144701.jpg
Imagine what would happen if these two were ever to mate. |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:24 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | On "Emergent" Game Behavior and other Miracles |
| icycalm Replies: 16 Views: 2813 |
Jesper Juul: Video Game Theorist Extraordinaire:
http://a.images.blip.tv/Brainopera-theorycast50JesperJuulVideoGameTheorist788.jpg |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:23 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | On "Emergent" Game Behavior and other Miracles |
| icycalm Replies: 16 Views: 2813 |
"AN ASPECT OF THE GAME ITSELF"! -- I.E. EVERYTHING!
"A SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF THE PLAYER"! -- AS OPPOSED TO AN OBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF THE PLAYER! "AN INTERACTION BETW ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:20 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | On "Emergent" Game Behavior and other Miracles |
| icycalm Replies: 16 Views: 2813 |
From that "Half-Real" hardbound toilet paper that we are mocking Emergent gameplay can be described as either an aspect of the game itself, a subjective experience of the player, or an inter ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:53 pm |
| Forum: | hardware |
| Subject: | Arcade Sticks (Retail) |
| icycalm Replies: 50 Views: 11635 |
RAP Premium VLX
http://www.hori.jp/products/multi/controller/rap_premium_vlx/image/img_stability_03_360.jpg http://www.hori.jp/products/multi/controller/rap_premium_vlx/ 30,000 yen, two versi ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:48 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
He is shameless, rude and stupid, so I banned him. And there is no way in hell he understood anything of Worm's post if he failed to understand any of my much simpler explanations.
He has the nerve ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:43 am |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
The thing on the screen exists -- so it is real.
Another (easier) example: The drawing of an apple on Josh's piece of sandpaper exists -- it's just not an apple -- it is simply A DRAWING OF AN A ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:33 am |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
(But that's just his nihilism talking -- so you can safely ignore it. He actually had that quote printed in the invitation cards to his funeral. It was either one of his last wishes, or his wife or wh ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:20 am |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
And can some people now see that the introduction of a neologism such as "half-real" makes things HARDER to understand, instead of easier, which was presumably the reason behind its introduc ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:13 am |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
So if you were to say something in a videogame is not real, would you just be saying that for the sake of convenience? For example, if you said that a soldier on the screen isn't real, you would mean ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:34 am |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
So Death Adder is made up of three things and is only partly real.
There is no such thing as "partly real". Such expressions are simplifications for the benefit of idiots who fail to gras ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:32 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | On Fun in Videogames |
| icycalm Replies: 13 Views: 2519 |
Bolded part is mine; italics are Nietzsche's.
It is a question of strength (of an individual or of a people), whether and where the judgment "beautiful" is applied. The feeling of plenitu ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:26 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
By the way, Josh's post up there is pure genius. And I bet the sarcasm in the last sentence went over everyone's head. |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:14 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
Forgot about this:
"Imagining a fictional world", lol -- videogames are the degree zero of the imagination -- there is NOTHING to imagine: it's all right there on the screen for you. Abso ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:40 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
For those who are still confused about all this: don't worry. This is just forum chit-chat. I typed the above explanation in like five minutes, but I will be explaining everything in future essays to ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:28 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
This reminds me of how Wittgenstein ended his Tractatus. He says something to the effect that "and only when you have understood that all the statements in this book are nonsense will you have un ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:23 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
On the first point, you sort of got it right. But you also muddled it quite a bit. I am not going to analyze your post because it's hopeless -- the complete correct answer is this:
The dragon of th ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:17 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
Also, this was a rhetorical question:
He says the rules are real, but the dragon is not. But the dragon is a collection of rules, right? The answer to this question is, in fact, "WRONG" ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:05 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
lol, I think I just destroyed his whole book. |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:04 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
How come slaying a dragon is less real than a game's rules? There's the fucking dragon right there on my screen.
He says the rules are real, but the dragon is not. But the dragon is a collection o ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:47 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | Reality vs. Simulation |
| icycalm Replies: 33 Views: 2157 |
Is it because dragons don't exist in the natural word, unlike the rule "collect 100 rings for a 1-up"?
That's only ONE of the retardations of that passage. He says "the dragon in the ... |
| Posted: | Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:27 pm |
| Forum: | theory |
| Subject: | On Fun in Videogames |
| icycalm Replies: 13 Views: 2519 |
Power without resistance and weak players being eliminated is not fun.
This sentence makes absolutely no sense. "Weak players being eliminated is not fun"? WTF DOES THAT MEAN? Do not p ... |
All times are GMT
|
|
|---|
Powered by videogames and alcohol.