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@infovore Right. And many game designers understand the linear end of that scale better than they understand the systemic end. about 15 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to infovore
@infovore Not denying sophistication, I am just saying it ends up dominating how imagination conceives of stuff. about 15 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to infovore
@infovore Far more interesting to cut one up yourself ;) about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to infovore
@infovore Sure, a Burroughs cut-up book has some interesting imagery generated, but it's still typed up in a sequence. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to infovore
@infovore I've never really been convinced by "cut-up" or related techniques as objects. The interesting part of the process is doing it. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to infovore
@infovore Isn't it because, imaginatively and creatively, people have a bias towards saying "it happened like this", as per books/films? about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to infovore
@infovore Perhaps, but I was more thinking of the urge towards putting linear stories into games. Why? about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to infovore
@XanderBennett I'm not saying stories aren't inherent, I am saying the bias in creativity is towards linearity, away from Chess/Day Z. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to XanderBennett
@v21 @edclef Sure, but that's not the point. Traditional media/tech says "this is the way it happened" in its recording, writing etc. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to v21
@HiFiHair Yes, but chess doesn't suggest a single narrative. It's not recorded/broadcast as "this is how it happens". about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to HiFiHair
@MrDanMor Some games, yes. Linear ones. But the reason they exist is because of a linear bias created by other stuff. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to MrDanMor
@edclef Well it's against non-linear imagination, which means people create linearly. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to edclef
@HiFiHair True, but then recorded music, like written story and filmed events, are dominant cultural forms. Broadcast vs performance, etc. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to HiFiHair
Re comments saying stories are inherently linear: children's play isn't strictly linear and oral stories are open to improv. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck
@De_Villiers Oral story telling allows for improvisation, which written story does not. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to De_Villiers
If the primary mode of expression were rule-based games (things that play out different - Chess, Go) would we be culturally non-linear? about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck
How much has writing, and devices like the typewriter and the film camera, created a sort of cultural linear bias in creative imagination? about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck
@DustyGerkin We're working on it. 1:00 PM May 30th via TweetDeck in reply to DustyGerkin
Diablo III servers down, eh? Well that's just swell. 12:35 PM May 30th via TweetDeck
Day Z desperately needs a delayed logout, so that people will stop disconnecting, changing server, and ambushing you as if by teleport. 11:48 AM May 30th via TweetDeck

Name Jim Rossignol
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Bio Writing and blogging for Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Making computer games with Big Robot. My views *are* those of my employer, because I am him.