Well, hence the wanting a TV show, I feel like it would be easier to recommend to people? A video game that clocks in at well over 100 hours is a much larger commitment than a TV show, and isn't free unless you pirate it (and pirating television doesn't feel like stealing in a way that pirating software kinda does...even though the best version of P3, IMO, is pirate-only). Also that it'd be ongoing and easier to have a fandom of because of the wait between episodes. Not that I didn't return to LJ 90% because none of my IRL fans watch TVD and I had gotten kind of obsessed with it, so I guess there's that too.
By POV games do you mean first person shooters? Or RPGs? I h8 FPS games, personally, but yeah games can require a large degree/amount of attention over a long period of time. (Though, ironically, obsessive gaming is considered a possible symptom/warning sign of ADHD, in that hyperfocus (associated with gaming) is associated with lack of focus control...
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Date: 2012-02-27 03:26 am (UTC)Well, hence the wanting a TV show, I feel like it would be easier to recommend to people? A video game that clocks in at well over 100 hours is a much larger commitment than a TV show, and isn't free unless you pirate it (and pirating television doesn't feel like stealing in a way that pirating software kinda does...even though the best version of P3, IMO, is pirate-only). Also that it'd be ongoing and easier to have a fandom of because of the wait between episodes. Not that I didn't return to LJ 90% because none of my IRL fans watch TVD and I had gotten kind of obsessed with it, so I guess there's that too.
I mean, I *like* video games, but I'm kinda dissing them at the same time by saying only Persona really compares to television, right? It is true that I haven't played any Bioware games though, I hear they're pretty good and they had a great smackdown response to homophobic male gamers complaining about a scene in Dragon Age II.
By POV games do you mean first person shooters? Or RPGs? I h8 FPS games, personally, but yeah games can require a large degree/amount of attention over a long period of time. (Though, ironically, obsessive gaming is considered a possible symptom/warning sign of ADHD, in that hyperfocus (associated with gaming) is associated with lack of focus control...