Graphics so real it's like your actually there! Wait you are!
In the early to mid 90's, there seemed to be a push for electronic entertainment to create virtual reality. Not virtual reality in the sense of playing a game on a screen and you are flushed into that world but in the sense that you would wear a goofy helmet while rudimentary put you in the position of fighting a dragon. This was the future. You put on the VR helmet and now you are in outer space or medieval times. It never really caught on. The fading arcade scene housed these machines, but high play prices discouraged many gamers. The experience wasn't really an experience but a novelty. As console gaming became more and more popular, the VR ideas fell into the floor boards. It's uses dwindled away from gamers and into technical training. Gamers wanted to play not be.
That is until today. Nearly 20 years later, the closest thing we have to a first person experience in a video game is the Nintendo Wii and its in our homes. Children can now swing the bat, throw the ball, block the goal, or slash the sword and they actually do it with the patented Wii-mote. The question I ask is why do we spend our time trying to recreate these simple realities, especially for children, when we actually have them right outside our front door! Pretty soon Nintendo is going to release the Wii soccer ball; a wireless multi player game. You and your group of friends go outside and set up the included goal markers and you actually kicked the ball. When you kick it, it feels like you are actually kicking it. The ball actually moves. It's all wireless! You can get it for the low low price of $199.99. But good luck finding them! Bravo to Nintendo for trying something new. I think they are pushing the right ideas for today's youth but the kids are still attached to the screen. Let's see someone make a video game that goes outside!
That is until today. Nearly 20 years later, the closest thing we have to a first person experience in a video game is the Nintendo Wii and its in our homes. Children can now swing the bat, throw the ball, block the goal, or slash the sword and they actually do it with the patented Wii-mote. The question I ask is why do we spend our time trying to recreate these simple realities, especially for children, when we actually have them right outside our front door! Pretty soon Nintendo is going to release the Wii soccer ball; a wireless multi player game. You and your group of friends go outside and set up the included goal markers and you actually kicked the ball. When you kick it, it feels like you are actually kicking it. The ball actually moves. It's all wireless! You can get it for the low low price of $199.99. But good luck finding them! Bravo to Nintendo for trying something new. I think they are pushing the right ideas for today's youth but the kids are still attached to the screen. Let's see someone make a video game that goes outside! 0 TrackBacks
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I haven't been able to put my finger on the appeal of all the recent games focusing on common real-life activities either. Maybe you live in Antarctica, and the -100° temperatures make outdoor baseball a little unpleasant? Or maybe you live in a warring city, and because of the comparatively large size of bowling alleys, it's unsafe to go there because they might be bombed? Or maybe you live in the Sahara Desert, and the lack of grass and constantly shifting terrain make it difficult to play soccer? Maybe not. I don't understand why they don't make these virtual reality games as trippy as possible and throw players into realities more fun than the ones we're currently living in.