Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: Farmville's merits as a game do not matter.

"People don't do heroine because of its a...

2011-08-03T10:01:43.858-04:00

"People don't do heroine because of its abstract, broader merits as a drug. They do heroin because it feels good"

Making you feel good IS the abstract, boarder merit of a drug. It is its the Raison d'être as it were.

We don't (openly) analyze its addictiveness in order to craft more addictive substances because that would be considered immoral and socially unacceptable.

Similarly we can (and should) examine Farmville's merits as a game providing we can agree that the point of a game is to entertain and amuse, that a game's merit lies solely within those qualities which make it fun to play.

I wanted initially to make a sensible comment here...

2011-07-14T16:08:34.159-04:00

I wanted initially to make a sensible comment here regarding the latest blog post, but to be honest I have no idea what farmville is so I think it would be wrong of me to blurt out what I had in mind without relating it to Farmville. :)

Will now go check out youtube to see what Farmville is like. :)

We can't go back to the good old days (if t...

2011-07-07T00:29:04.549-04:00
We can't go back to the good old days (if they even existed)

If you haven't seen Midnight in Paris, this statement makes me think you ought to.

I agree in spirit.

2011-07-06T17:44:27.716-04:00
I agree in spirit.