tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178178746146487446.post4972892105485880765..comments2022-10-23T05:48:37.333-07:00Comments on \\...........//: DOOM And What Videogames Are Trying To Tell UsLiz Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083999308545721370noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178178746146487446.post-67805398480493323512012-08-18T08:42:41.393-07:002012-08-18T08:42:41.393-07:00"Did I think they’d bring me some ultimate ep..."Did I think they’d bring me some ultimate epiphany?"<br />I found doom so immersive and so thrilling to explore (Cacodemons, rocket launchers, soul spheres, oh my!) that I was beginning to think it would lead to some sort of epiphany or transcendance when I'd beat the boss at end of episode 3. I was let down when it was such a simple level and simple ending; the game was still just a game (kind of how every once in awhile in Calvin and Hobbes you're reminded that Hobbes is just a stuffed animal). The spell was suddenly broken; I was fallen from my high. Nothing had changed. I hadn't changed. Doom was just a game. Ahh, but was it? Sure, the designers knew that all along, and were operating under a tight time frame and just wanted to get John Carmack's latest revolutionary breakthrough in gaming viscerocity out the door, but did they know that, yes, I was having the time of my life exploring these worlds and battling the agents of evil? that I was having an alternate experience as well while on my journey/adventure through this strange descent through mysterious, other-worldly worlds infested by un-before-seen spirits? Maybe if they did, Doom would have been a game to transfer the type of catharticism that a good film or novel can. I'm not sure games can communicate to us the same amount of depth, insight and emotional power.. at least they have yet to show any indication to move in that direction. But why not? Books and movies can do this for us, why not video games? I think it might be a long time coming, but one day.. one day they will. It is only inevitable. The Intrepid Dr. Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414545453295142477noreply@blogger.com