A Man From The Future Blogs.
(Based on a DICE Talk 2010 http://g4tv.com/videos/44277/dice-2010-design-outside-the-box-presentation/ )
We used to play games for fun, you remember? Mario or whatever.
The only we were judged on was the fucking high score.
Excuse my language.
So this is a blog? Shit, I remember these.
Most of them unloved, unpopular and no-one gave a fuck.
Dammit, please excuse my language.
Games, yes games. I loved them, could not get enough. Played all the early MMO's. Loved em, had a bit of a thing for sci-fi.
I'm rambling and I don't have the time. Fine. I need to say it, please don't let me ramble.
We played, and we paid and big business soon looked at us. Games got huge, franchised and packaged. But these corporate fuckers, please excuse my language... were asleep at the wheel.
Social, real, authentic, networks, blogs, twitter, sensors, databases, corporate thinkers.
Small rewards, forget that it costs money, invest your time in it. Be better than your friends. It's real.
The games were simple, free but they tricked us. The money rolled in.
So more was done and games move outside. We could play games walking down the street. It was fun!
Games everywhere, sensors everywhere. In the toothbrush, xp for 3 mins, Good Job. Get xp for getting into the cubical on time. Great work. Drive right and get big xp. You're saving the planet. Hey you recycled, you're a good person get some xp
Oh the schools. Fuck, Goddamit, excuse my FUCKING LANGUAGE. Points for attendance, level up in the classroom. Get that achievement Johnny. Be better than your friends. We know you Johnny play the game.
But, lose xp for cutting classes, lose xp for “bad behaviour” lose XP FOR FUCKING SWEARING. Sensors everywhere. No humans to watch them, but you had better believe you were judged.
Pavlov would be proud. Orwell would not be surprised.
The government use this to alter us. We cannot escape, we might lose xp.
3 comments:
Fuck all to do with religion and a bit serious. Sorry.
It might not have a lot to do with religion, but it led me to watching a very interesting lecture on G4TV. Cheers.
By the way. One of my sons plays the drums, the other loves his Lego. All is not lost.
Having just listened to the whole thing, maybe it has more to do with religion than you thought. The guy asks if maybe all this being watched, monitored, assessed will inspire us to want to be better, to be more conscious of what we do, how we behave and the choices we make. Hmm, sounds like the old 'being watched by the big fella in the sky' syndrome to me.
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