I have not written in this blog for some time, and that makes me sad. I have had lots of ideas to write about, I just have not found the moment I felt like sitting down and just writing about it. Most of the time I get an inkling to do it, I always feel like I don’t know enough about the subject and I get frustrated.
I have wanted to write about gratification versus frustration in entertainment, which I was inspired to write from playing Mirror’s Edge. I will go into more when I write the post, but I found myself extremely frustrated with lots of the game, but some how I was driven to keep playing it. I wanted to relate it to how other entertainment media also use that same principle to engage you in the story. But they could also fall flat and just become cheese; when the story hasn’t grabbed the user’s attention yet. Did I just use a semi colon properly?
I also wanted to write about how episodic content has become such a cultural phenomenon. Okay, maybe not a phenomenon, but it has been the way many TV shows have gathered such large followings, and it’s spreading to movie and video game franchises. I wanted to relay how episode content is how many media get their start, but lose it once they hit their “golden period,” for they have a grander vision.
Next week is GDC, and it will be the first time I don’t have access to the presentations. This means I will have lots of time on my hands when I’m not trying to get a job. I hope to write about these two ideas and maybe more. I still have the hopes that this will be an outlet for me to put down my ideas, put them out into the open.
More later
