There is NO way that's true.

'I know, I sound like some sort of doomsday fanatic or something in saying all that.'

Hehe, nah. It's all good. I agree with you in a lot of ways.

But I DO like - Actually, I don't care about 'story' so much as.... World. Tone, Atmosphere. Character. 'Voice.'

Middle America gets overlooked. Most unassuming places do. As do everyman characters.

So yeah. The existence of projects like this excites me beyond words.

(Also - where was DEADLY PREMONITION set? It had that kind of Lynchian vibe to it, no?)

Ah! I mean... Well, I at least see where you're coming from. Kind of.

But then I guess I would say - Well then I don't like games!

Or no no, haha, because I DO like games. Some of them anyway.
But then - I dunno, I don't care that the other things 'aren't games' (by your definition). I think we get too caught up in…

Stay classy.

It's generally a style preference, not a 'high-res graphics' thing.

Ew.

'You're still getting pretty upset over an irrelevant person's opinion, I'm assuming because of the picture.'

Maybe he lost his job today at Disney.

I have a WiiU and.... I don't feel like any of its major releases so far are 'must experience.' I mean - They're fine. They're fun. They make me smile.

But they also feel a little tired. I don't know what it is, haven't been able to fully articulate it....

I DO love grabbing VC games and playing them on the couch on…

'if it's telling a story, then it's not a game, it's a narrative with small challenges between each piece of writing.'

'There was this whole thing where Naughty Dog was actually making the game before the story was written, and Hennig had to write the script around that. Same with DICE. Mirror's Edge was apparently complete before Pratchett showed up, and they had her basically justify what was in the game.'

Sadly, this is relatively…

I think they will, I mean... I HOPE so! It might just be my tastes but you can just... TELL when something is driven by damn good writers (most of HBO, Netflix dramas, AMC) as opposed to some executive.

I just find it ridiculous that she would insinuate that all these other writers are running around with the pleasure of doing truly original work, top to bottom.

Ah, fair point. Guess I'm used to gravitating toward shows or most of my colleagues have worked on shows where the showrunner was/is the lead writer.

That's..... still not quite true.

And even so, that's not what she's saying. Sure, a lot of major Hollywood contracts are a 'brought on board' situation, but... Being brought on board to write Space Jam 2 still gives you a lot more creative opportunity and sway than being brought in to tie a bunch of already built…

A show runner is a writer. He/She is the lead writer.

Very little of what you said is true, though....

Screenwriters, TV writers, playwrights, graphic novel writers, ALL have much more active influence over a given project and take a more frontseat role in shaping the narrative, structure, characters, voice, tone, etc than a game writer or narrative designer.

Terrifying.
And too common.

I already got my sexy red lingerie!!

I mean.... I play it all the time. It's fun.

"horrendously" and "horribly" have hardly been my experience.