Why video games are just getting started
Cory Bergman July 25th, 2006
After years of die-hard gameplay, my Xbox (bless its soul) bit the big one. Hooray! That means I felt entirely justified to race out and buy the Xbox 360, which I did in short order. I popped in Call of Duty 2 (pictured), and I have to say, I’m stunned all over again. With my high-def screen and surround sound system, the graphics and sound are millimeters from reality. For the first time, I feel truly immersed in the game, like I was actually fighting in the trenches in WWII. Why would any 18-year-old guy want to watch TV when he can virtually live the role of a main actor in a growing number of stories, now in even more stunning realism? As I’ve predicted before, gaming’s popularity is just getting started, especially as adults are drawn into new virtual worlds that may not be games per se, but explorations. For example, imagine being able to explore ancient cultures in vivid high definition with your friends by your side, connected via Xbox live. Why watch the History Channel when you can explore it yourself? Gaming consoles will become interfaces to virtual, interactive experiences that TV can’t match.
5 Comments Add your own
1. thedetroitchannel | July 25th, 2006 at 5:41 am
maybe you can get a version of julia child’s “french chef” for that new 360?
bbq’n corn is just the beginning!
2. David Johnson | July 25th, 2006 at 7:42 am
this is exactly what i’ve been preaching, man. every media company needs to be exploring the potential of telling stories through this medium. even though the industry is well established, we haven’t brought our skills in providing useful, credible and timely information to bear yet. MMO games and in-game advertising offer a great deal of potential too.
3. Lost Remote TV Blog&hellip | September 22nd, 2006 at 11:06 am
[...] Longtime LostRemoters know I loves me my games (as does our illustrious founder, and a whole hell of a lot of other people), but what I really love is the massive potential in the medium and have been thumping and stumping to get big media companies to wake up and get serious about gettting into the red-hot game marketspace with their content. Well, most of them call me mad and can’t figure out how games can have anything to do with journalism or serious content. Now Atom Entertainment has gotten decidely unserious and is launching a new channel on AddictingGames.com dedicated to satirical “newsgames” which poke fun a current events. Old favorites like “Cheney’s Fury” (you get to be the trigger man on the veep’s quail shooter) anchor the site, but many of the games are the work of amateur designers. Dave Williams, Atom’s chief marketing officer for games, says games are becoming “a form of social commentary” and there is an upswing in games that have political or social opinion built in. [...]
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