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Thanks to all of you out there. Hope to join your ranks one day,

-Nick

From the Blog: [Re: "Reimagining Challenge," by Patrick Dugan] Do I agree or don't I?

I am not really sure. Are gamers the problem? Maybe, but I am not exactly who gamers are any more or at least which gamers you are referring to. I do know one thing, though. While I didn't pre-order a 360 (mainly due to lack of funds) I would have simply because of the promise held in games such as Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Too Human, etc. and not because of those oh-so-dazzling Xbox ports. Secondly, the reason I have not purchased 2-D games such as Castlevania in years is simply because I do not have fun with or get any other kind of enjoyable stimulus from those sorts of games anymore. Still, I am intensely irritated by people buying an endless amount of sequels, unimaginative movie games and all the imitator titles in between.

As for all this paedic vs. ludic... stuff (:p), I have heard a wide variety of arguments supporting either side. On the one hand paidea can be extremely liberating while aslo being frustratingly aimless. On the other hand overly ludic games can very limiting even if they feel more focused.

I do, however, intensely love the idea of socially challenging games. They are something I look for constantly and almost never find. I am tired of plowing through endless seas of baddies just for the heck of it. I need something much more compelling. It is that I don't like a good sports game or other because I really do. The problem is that I am being more than satisfied as far as those sort of games are concerned and being completely starved of the sort of games that make me say, "Damn, I didn't think of it that way before," or even make any kind of social or artistic statement at all. I am not sure if that is the key to widening games' appeal, seeing as such fare in other mediums is limited to their various independent industries in favor of pretty 'splosions or their equivalents. I could be wrong there though.

-Olumide Edu

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