Comments on: Do The Old Republic web comics mark a worrying trend? http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/02/do-the-old-republic-web-comics-mark-a-worrying-trend/ The Business of Games Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicholas Lovell http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/02/do-the-old-republic-web-comics-mark-a-worrying-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Nicholas Lovell Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:46:47 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/?p=1114#comment-240 Bionic Commando now has one from Dave Gibbons, artist on Watchmen and Broken Sword. http://bioniccommando.com/us/comics/view Bionic Commando now has one from Dave Gibbons, artist on Watchmen and Broken Sword.

http://bioniccommando.com/us/comics/view

]]> By: Nicholas Lovell http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/02/do-the-old-republic-web-comics-mark-a-worrying-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Nicholas Lovell Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:01:30 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/?p=1114#comment-144 I understand your point that we should be proud of our medium and not worry that we are unable to tell a narrative in the way that, say, a comic book can. On the other hand, I used to love getting goodies with games (the novella that came with Elite I read again and again.) So I like this meta-narrative, this expanded universe that I can explore. So, in other words, we should be proud of games, but I also like reading about it more. For once, I think I disagree with you :-) I understand your point that we should be proud of our medium and not worry that we are unable to tell a narrative in the way that, say, a comic book can.

On the other hand, I used to love getting goodies with games (the novella that came with Elite I read again and again.) So I like this meta-narrative, this expanded universe that I can explore.

So, in other words, we should be proud of games, but I also like reading about it more. For once, I think I disagree with you :-)

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