Imagination in Games

[Sindwiller]

http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/09/2 ... n-In-Games

In a recent article for Offworld, Jim Rossignol writes about how the experiences offered by games are broadening as they become more familiar and more popular among researchers and educators. He mentions Korsakovia, a Half-Life 2 mod which is an interpretation of Korsakoff's syndrome, a brain disorder characterized by confusion and severe memory problems, and makes the point that games (and game engines) can provide interesting and evocative experiences without the constraint of being "fun," much as books and movies can be appreciated without "fun" being an appropriate description.

Intarseting. Anyone ever heard of that mod?

[Algor]

So I tried that mod, and it seems to have a brain disorder of its own. I got to a large room with cargo containers and didn't know what to do. Good thing Gordon Freeman has a PhD in Crate Stacking, as I built myself a tower of crates and climbed onto a catwalk and apparently broke the hell out of the map. Shame, because it was pretty neat up to the point I got lost. If anyone has gotten past that point, please fill me in and I will try to give it another go.