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From: hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: In defense of Turrican
Message-ID: <4400@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 23 Dec 90 17:41:23 GMT
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	Why do we keep doing the same things in video games over and
over? Because it's fun. True as it is that most games can be fitted
into a catagory and the variations aren't huge among them, it's that
variation that keeps us interested.

Why do people watch Star Blek? It's the same thing every show:

The crew of the Enterprise encounter some form of hostile being and,
through the use of either brains or firepower, they overcome it. Every
show is just a variation on that same theme. 

It's those variations that keep us coming back though. We KNOW that
Picard will get out of the mess he's in, it's HOW he gets out that
entertains us. Videogames work on the same idea. Sure, in shoot 'em
ups you just fly around blasting things, it's HOW you blast them that
keeps you coming back.


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