epiphany Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 By 2025 games like The Sims (where you essentially create a second life) will become so interactively detailed that your character will be able to play their own Sims game on their in-game computer. The human player then helps their character to build their in-game character who would then be able to play the Sims in their own in-game world, build their own character who can then play the Sims in their own game world, requiring them to build THEIR own character to play Sims in THEIR in-game world. And so on. I pondered this for some time. But as I started to feel my brain quiver at the prospect of plunging through this dynamic indefinitely, I realised that if the gaming world is always considered an inferior quality representation of the real world, then somewhere down the line, as the quality of the in-game game deteriorates to represent this distinction between game and real world (which is what the game environment becomes for the character), the in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game character's game will simply be represented by a single pixel. Saved from paradoxical oblivion by the singularity once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I prefered your hungry hippos idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I pondered this for some time As long as you're not wasting your time thats all that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 As long as you're not wasting your time thats all that matters. Wasting yours now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 By 2025 games like The Sims (where you essentially create a second life) will become so interactively detailed that your character will be able to play their own Sims game on their in-game computer. The human player then helps their character to build their in-game character who would then be able to play the Sims in their own in-game world, build their own character who can then play the Sims in their own game world, requiring them to build THEIR own character to play Sims in THEIR in-game world. And so on. I pondered this for some time. But as I started to feel my brain quiver at the prospect of plunging through this dynamic indefinitely, I realised that if the gaming world is always considered an inferior quality representation of the real world, then somewhere down the line, as the quality of the in-game game deteriorates to represent this distinction between game and real world (which is what the game environment becomes for the character), the in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game in-game character's game will simply be represented by a single pixel. Saved from paradoxical oblivion by the singularity once again. Jeez! ... Here's me having a prob wilth 'Halo'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Wasting yours now. I was only having fun no offence, i spend sooo much of my time doing some random stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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