Tuesday, March 02, 2004
Vice City motors home in Baftas
Not only are there now Baftas for interactive games, they are awarded on artistic content as well as gameplay - a marriage of aesthetics and interaction. And whilst Bond leads the charts in its first week of release, the Vice City sequel is planned for October. Fans, watch out. But for the older folk, Pacman is making a comeback, proving that you can't keep a good game down. If it influenced a generation, then we'd expect them to like hearing repetitive music, jigging backwards and forwards in the dark, and munching bright yellow pills - who says games are not important?
Not only are there now Baftas for interactive games, they are awarded on artistic content as well as gameplay - a marriage of aesthetics and interaction. And whilst Bond leads the charts in its first week of release, the Vice City sequel is planned for October. Fans, watch out. But for the older folk, Pacman is making a comeback, proving that you can't keep a good game down. If it influenced a generation, then we'd expect them to like hearing repetitive music, jigging backwards and forwards in the dark, and munching bright yellow pills - who says games are not important?
(c) 2003-2005 Russell Beale
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