I love puzzles. Puzzles are incredible games because they are able to stimulate your thoughts like no other medium. Whether it's solving a mystery or a code, or maybe finding what pieces fit together, puzzles are able to captivate. My favorite genera of puzzle is called the "Riddle Game" but do not be confused. These riddles are not like your normal ones. No, they're totally different. The online riddle game has simple mechanics: Using the information presented to you, you need to find the next level's URL. I think the reason why this system works so well for an online game is that it doesn't require fancy coding, graphics or music to captivate players. As long as a player is dedicated, they won't need a fantastic PC. It can be played anywhere on anything. It is this that I think is the core of a good puzzle. It needs to be able to be enjoyed by anyone anywhere.
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There is a lot that can be said about the 1990 show 'Twin Peaks'. It's weird, paranormal, surreal and sometimes scary. It's a complex mystery surrounding one simple but impossible to solve question: Who killed Laura Palmer? The writing of Twin Peaks has proven to be very inspiring to me as a writer. With my current story at about 43,000 words in length, I found myself running dry for new ideas to keep it interesting and Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks taught me something that I feel as though I had forgotten about both writing stories and video games. Death is a tragedy.
In the words of Joseph Stalin: "The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic." I think this is important because when we play games about killing many, many people. We start to grow detached. Twin Peaks though changes this. It's about one death. A tragedy. Every episode is not another random person to serve as a plot device. I think it is this that is important to remember. We need more stories and games that do not desensitize the player to the concept of murder. |
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