19th February 2011, 7:37 PM
And doesn't like playing story-based games like the MGS series. Considering the kinds of games he has made throughout his career this isn't exactly surprising, but I thought the article was interesting enough anyway. :)
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadg...l?hpt=Sbin
The article mostly exists to talk about why Will Wright is doing an upcoming TV show on Current TV. He decided that to tell a story he'd rather do television than videogames. I think that games can tell stories well, but it certainly is true that they usually don't. till though it is possible, even if it is true that there's usually a conflict between story and the primary reason games should exist, gameplay. Games that manage to combine story with gameplay effectively, such as Torment, are few and far between to say the least...
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadg...l?hpt=Sbin
The article mostly exists to talk about why Will Wright is doing an upcoming TV show on Current TV. He decided that to tell a story he'd rather do television than videogames. I think that games can tell stories well, but it certainly is true that they usually don't. till though it is possible, even if it is true that there's usually a conflict between story and the primary reason games should exist, gameplay. Games that manage to combine story with gameplay effectively, such as Torment, are few and far between to say the least...
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