Because Cogito is a latin word that means think.
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So recently I have been thinking about story, what with coming out recently Fallout 3, Fable 2, Gears of War 2, and also with the advent of such horrible monstrosities as Harry Potter, Twilight, and Eragon.
Now many of you may not know this but I am a hard-core fantasy reader, I've read fantasy and sci-fi books for a long ass time, if I put my mind to it I can finish books in a day. So I know a good story when I see one (Check out Dresden Files by Jim Butcher or Shadowfall by James Clemens, good shit).
Now Story doesn't substitue for gameplay, and, I agree, Portal and Left4Dead are great examples of games that have story and ARENT SUPPOSED
Nonetheless they do have a story in terms of subtle clues in thebackground and things talked about by the charcters, I have even seen this in books and movies where evetns happen to the chracters but the person observing the media is to figure out the story, these are extremely inventive ways to tell story and while not placed on the same pedestals of story as Deus Ex, Bioshock, or System Shock, still deserve praise for this form of story in their own right.
But now, similar to gaming in the fact that you have the mainstream buying games, most of which are considered crap by those that know the industry and encouraging more crap to be made, Books too now are having that problem, now I can't walk through an isle without seeing crap like Harry Potter or Twilight clones, most of which only desevre to be posted as fanfics on a website. I even know books now that came out before either of those horrible series that look simillar on cover but are amazing and different, such as So You Want to Be a Wizard (A mid/lower class girl in modern day becomes a wizard, but the main differenc is the magic itself, it's long involves algebra and math, is complicated, involves physics and biology and all in all takes twists you wouldn't expect and paints a realistic picture of magic if it were to exist, somewhat like Terry Pratchett.)
Honestly this encourages me more and more to one day pursues the path of "Punch in The Face Man", He leaps from place to place looking for people full of ignorance and stupidity to give a good punch to the face and knock that crap out of them; rowdy rednecks being racist , people being fanboys/girls over something that is crap and overshadows better products and encourages more bad product, and ignorance in general.(Note: this entire piece of the bolg here about the superhero is a joke, but still, when I see this stuff and worse I just feel they need a good punch in the face)
Now while you can't compare books, to movies, to games, that doesn't ignore the fact that you can in terms of extracting the concept of each medium and examining it and determining it's worth. Twilight is supposed to be a revolutionary book in terms of romance, contrived, check, unoriginal, check, Mary Sue Main Charcter, proof it's worth is zero.
Anyways I'm sure this devolved into rant dribble somewhere but for the most part the point of this blog is to....well...educate.
Next time you see a mom or girl or little boy buying a bad piece of literature or game, direct them to Bioshock, or even Boom Blox or Braid, you'll be glad you did by helping Artistic Integrity.
Sayonara,
Cogito
-"If knowledge is power, and the government controls power, and man's greatest strength is knowledge, then the government controls man"
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