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Yes! It’s great. I almost listed it. I think it’s not quite the same medium, though, because this experience is mostly not interactive throughout. Still worth listing for comparison, especially since Hamish does some more game-like “turns” of control.
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Actually Virus started out completely interactive! The "slides" were in the video; it was a change that was difficult, but I do not believe it is possible for people to split their concentration very well -either they stop listening or stop meaningfully interacting
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This I feel I have learned from watching people (maybe 30) interact with Virus and The Stranger Loop. Though feel like being a bit more scientific (or maybe you've already been?), i.e. A/B split testing an auto-pausing vs non auto-pausing interactive video...!
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Ah well, I hate it when video games do that! People did like them in Half Life 2 but I think only because there's the ability to "make a fool out of the scene", which is only entertaining because it is a roleplaying fiction
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