Betsy_Ch.4_Zimmerman_I
Zimmerman says, "It's important to note that the "story" of the Ms. Pac-Man game-story certainly does not provide the same pleasures of a novel or film. But why should we expect it to? The question is, what pleasures can it provide that books or films cannot?"
Here is my attempt to answer:
Playing a Ms. Pac-Man game is very simple, I would think many people know the story of Ms. Pac-Man and what you have to do to survive, eat the yellow things and stay away from the ghosts. It's not as deep or as rich in a plot line such as a novel or a film. However Ms. Pac-Man adds a dimension, sort of like Mystery Science Theater 3000, in which you can add your own comments. You can laugh, yell, make fun of, talk, or not talk. You can do all these other actions that you cannot do in a movie theater or with reading a novel.
If someone has not read the novel you are reading, then any reactions will fall on deaf ears. Yet with Ms. Pac-Man you can 'play' and exagurate dying by a ghost and really get emotional with the game. So in summary, I think they pleasures it provides that books and films cannot is the emotional exprience that can be shared quickly with many.
posted by Betsy Pike @ 2:01 PM
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2 Comments:
I agree completely. I think films, books, and video games are all trying to do different things and ellicit different responses. I mean, when reading a book...i've never though wow this chapter is really out of focus. But in a movie an out of focus shot can ellicit specific feelings and emotions. But what do I know?
I ALSO SHARE UR VIEWS GUYS, I THINK THE
EMOTIONAL LEVEL FLUCTUATES BETWEEN THE ATTACHMENT WE HAVE WITH THE GAME WE
ARE PLAYING. I REMEMBER PLAYING THE
OLYMPICS DURING THE EARLY 80'S, I USED TO
GET MAD BY NOT FINISHING THE GAME, BUT
U GET SO MUCH INTO THAT GAME THAT THE ATTACHMENT TO THIS GAME IS IN THE PHYSICAL ASPECT.
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