Gaming discussions with Jared and Selina #1

This gaming discussion will kick off a series of discussions between Selina and Jared on gaming issues that are prevalent within the industry. This discussion was in response to an excellent digital gaming essay by Bajo of Good Game.

Selina: (Talking about how she can't go back to playing FF12 despite near completion) but im so far ahead in the story that im not bothered starting and using up so much time to level agains to reach where i am.

Jared: yeah. i guess it boils down to a question of whether the game failed to keep your attention or something came up which took you away from it? but even in that case if the game in question was good, it should've lured you back despite the interruption

S: yeahs erm...no i think all games are good. its just that life calls then theres no time and then you're willing to put time aside for the game but when you start playing agains it might just be past its 'play phrase'

J: hmm...fair point

S: cause all games are good, when they're released which brings along the hype and sensation of a new game

J: yeah but then you get those games which don't have a play phrase. i was still playing fifa 09 a year on from when it was released. fifa 10 is what stopped me playing fifa 09. So again we're taken back to the whole argument as to whether the game was good enough in the first place to keep your attention.

S: well it would have been great to have caught your attention to buy it in the first place

J: and it should keep that going despite any interruptions. i dunno maybe it works on different levels for different games. rpgs it's a bit more understandable because they require so much investment but it's not one of those games you can just pick up again after 3 years of not playing it...i think the fact that we're discussing this shows the quality of that gaming essay!

S: hahas yeahs that it allows gamers to to think behind the reason why they play games and what makes em alluring