29th August 2003, 1:21 PM
Quote:See, 2d games require you to IMAGINE the objects in 3d. 3d ones require you to IMAGINE the object as non-flat. So no, the fact that in text games there is one more level of imagining required isn't as big a deal as you think.
WHAT?! Are you insane?! 2D game do NOT by anyway stretch of the imagination require you to imagine that they are 3D! How can you possibly believe something so crazy as that?! When I play a 2D game I do not imagine the world as anything different from what it shows me.
Quote:Of course they're different, but they are both still movies...
Techincally, yes, but the way to different to catagorize together.
Quote:Ever read those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books? They were interactive, but still books. Of course they weren't anywhere near as interactive as text-based games, but you did choose the outcome of the story.
Wouldn't those be classified as "video games" by ABF's logic? You use mental images AND you control the outcome!! Videogames!
Sometimes you get the scorpion.