Never said they were not good
just that they were not as good a form of narative as a film. Just films are rarely if ever as good in this regard as books. All these forms have their merits, but don't let your love of a form blind you to it's inability to do things is was not designed for as well as something else that was.

By way of comparison I love my bike but I'm not one of these tedious tits who will claim it's better than a car in all circumstances, because it's just not.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:06, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I'm sorry, rational arguments aren't welcome here

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:07, Reply)

yeah
*shakes reactionary fist*
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:08, Reply)

in which case: Fuck you you smug cunt
and your little sheepy friend too.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

You implied they were 'fucking bent' as a form of narrative
If you were not therefore meaning they were not good, then one must ask why you chose the phrase 'fucking bent'. From this I can only infer that you think fucking benders is good.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:09, Reply)

I have nothing against fucking benders per se
were you offering? *cracks open lube*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)

No
Thanks all the same though.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)

Oh well
you can't win 'em all
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)

If at first you don't succeed
Dust yourself off and try again.
*Does not apply to surviving a plane crash
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)

If at first you don't succeed
pull your foreskin over your heed.*
*may only work when delivered by Billy Connoly
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:20, Reply)

Taking your compairsions, you love your bike, but in some circamstances it's not as good as a car.... In what you said, you dismissed your 'bike' (the video game) as a valid form of transportation (medium to tale stories), period.
Some video games don't invoke much story or emotion at all, then again, sodku books don't eaither. Others are epic tales expanding many characters and stories that are generally written by established fiction authors. They add an extra level that can not be established in a film or book; choice. Sure, we all know that the princess is in another castle... but when you walk around the dystruction of hyrule, a once alive and peaceful town filled with people, then it feels you with a sense of dread, and the fact you have to restore the 5 sages to stop a powerful overlord who has bought distruction to the land (Zelda, Nintnendo). When you're chasing a red ballon attached to your photo-realistic child through a shopping mall, and eventually find him killed by a car - with the sudden darkness and rain pouring down and the internal darkness that encompases the mood of the main character (Heavy Rain, PS3). Then there is the likes of Portal 2, which has actual laugh out loud moments, and extreme skill.

I'm not a heavy gamer, but I don't dismiss it as a medium to tell stories... and in fact, in the UK, our games industry brings in more money than our films one.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 17:05, Reply)