[game_preservation] New take on the walkthrough

[Andrew Armstrong]

I really wish videogames were not so engrossing. Like film, it's hard to 
draw attention away (except when it is broken somehow, possibly 
intentionally), and even seasoned Let's Play people go mute at some 
points even if they're experts.

Now having someone else comment on a game (as I suppose tweets must be!) 
in audio or text, that'd be interesting since it's both an outsider, 
someone who doesn't need to concentrate heavily on what's going on, and, 
well, it is quite interesting seeing how someone not playing a game 
thinks it should go or how it's going or even just what's going on.

Andrew

On 17/04/2010 04:12, Devin Monnens wrote:

> You know, that tweet might be interesting if it was timed and used for 

> testing purposes. But I don't think text is the best way for that - 

> more like an audio commentary as in Let's Play.

>

> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Andrew Armstrong 

> <andrew at aarmstrong.org <mailto:andrew at aarmstrong.org>> wrote:

>

>     I'm interested to hear why Twitter is important too - for

>     instance, I find it sometimes humorous to see "in-game characters"

>     or the players of them twittering, but that is usually done with

>     the people full well knowing what the game is, not playing it for

>     the first time. Is it just because it is live? Games are like many

>     types of media and can be replayed at will at any time aren't

>     they? :) But fair point if it is interesting and insightful

>     commentary.

>

>     There are cases of "first plays" (and I intend to try and get

>     something similar to a Let's Play but playing through a game the

>     first time sometime), but yeah, usually done on blogs, sometimes

>     pretty insightful - I enjoyed reading how do i play game?

>     <http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=u5&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=site%3Awww.howdoiplaygame.com&meta=&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=>

>     (dammit, site is taken over...sigh! I hate internet preservation!

>     :( ) which specifically was half-life, but more humorous since the

>     person was simply not good at FPS games and only rarely played

>     games at all, and I found interesting to read, especially on how

>     hard they found it.

>

>     For me I think the 140 character limit is a bit...imposing on

>     doing even full sentences and having things make sense, hard to

>     get how a game is in my experience! Although at least I guess it

>     is quick (and I guess for some faster then writing stuff down).

>     I'd also wonder how much the person was concentrating on the game

>     if they had time to type/text out messages every few minutes :)

>

>     Something to look out for though. Like blogs, tweets can go poof

>     quite easily, make sure you get a snapshot of it if it is worth

>     keeping around.

>

>     Andrew

>

>

>     On 15/04/2010 23:17, Henry E Lowood wrote:

>>     Rachel,

>>

>>     Not sure I get what is significant about using Twitter, as opposed to keeping notes in real-time and then posting them.  There are a zillion variations on the theme of recording and commenting on game-play; what would you say is the essential add with using Twitter?

>>

>>     Henry

>>

>>

>>     ----- Original Message -----

>>     From: "Rachel \"Sheepy\" Donahue"<donahrm at gmail.com>  <mailto:donahrm at gmail.com>

>>     To: "IGDA Game Preservation SIG"<game_preservation at igda.org>  <mailto:game_preservation at igda.org>

>>     Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:19:12 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific

>>     Subject: [game_preservation] New take on the walkthrough

>>

>>     Relevant to amateur efforts, community created materials and context--

>>

>>     Two friends of mine have decided to use Twitter record their experiences

>>     as they play through Interplay's Wasteland. They're both articulate guys,

>>     so I have high hopes it will turn out to be something spiffy. Now I'm

>>     wondering if there are other examples of tweet-throughs out there -- seen

>>     any?

>>

>>     http://www.mobygames.com/game/wasteland

>>

>>     http://twitter.com/fabooWasteland/

>>     http://twitter.com/TheHipWasteland/

>>

>>     There is of course a long tradition of BBS/Forum posts and walkthroughs,

>>     but I find the idea of (semi)live-tweeting gameplay super exciting.

>>

>>

>>     -Rach

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