Comments on Hit Self-Destruct: End Of History

A sobering illustration: http://www.youtube.com/wa...

2009-04-12T10:51:00.000+12:00

A sobering illustration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvKwpNywHh0

Jorge: I have to admit that I knew the Fukuyama reference didn't make much sense in the context of this post, but I couldn't think of anything else to call it. Sorry, I'm terrible. I love that I have readers who can call me out on misappropriating a Francis Fukuyama thesis, though.

Nels: Some of those Lucasarts puzzles are so obtuse, I have no idea how kids (myself included) ever dealt with them. In your case, it sounds like you won't be there to scream at your cousin to make the monkey into the wrench, which is probably a good thing. I'm sure that's what I would do.

qrter: You're right, of course, but it's still weird to me. Naked ladies, sure, but what, did the internet miss a shipment? I'm not sure if The Witcher appeals to 13 year olds in quite the same way that Leisure Suit Larry did.

I don't know if you intended to invoke Francis Fuk...

2009-04-10T06:40:00.000+12:00

I don't know if you intended to invoke Francis Fukuyama with your title there, but his prediction didn't allow for all that much change in the future. Games and technology, on the other hand, show no sign of slowing in a dramatic way. So even the "youngins" will have their "back in my day" moment. At least that can bind us, or at least satisfy my vindictive nature. That aside, I'm not so sure I experience the same thing as people in my age bracket anyhow, so maybe this is nothing new. As you can tell, I'm not much of a believer in the age gap.

All hope isn't necessarily lost. I had Monkey I...

2009-04-10T06:23:00.000+12:00
All hope isn't necessarily lost. I had Monkey Island 1 & 2 on my DS when I was down for GDC (via ScummVM and R4). I had dinner with the fam' one night and after my ten year-old cousin kicked my ass in Mario Kart DS, I showed her Monkey Island.

She seemed interested, discussing how she and a friend had enjoyed Professor Layton and the Curious Village. I'm a little concerned about recommending she get Monkey Island, since it might simply be inaccessible, but I'll likely supply her anyway. If nothing else, I made an attempt.

But yea, I understand all too well what you're saying. Part of me wonders if games age so poorly just because they're still so new, relatively speaking, or if there's something more fundamental there.

I wouldn't be too scared regarding Twitter - it su...

2009-04-10T02:05:00.000+12:00
I wouldn't be too scared regarding Twitter - it supposedly is used mostly by people over 30. I read it in several articles written by people over 30 - hey, wait a minute..

Highschool kids knowing about The Witcher isn't that weird, there are cards with naked ladies in there, after all. Even in an age with the internet-porn dynamo whirring at full power, there's an attraction to that. Also, there are always the kids who don't like sports but do like D&D etc. I guess the same goes for games.