Where it all started?

Since at the moment I only have a rough idea of what I would like to do/make as part of my Honours year I will be doing more research on my topic/s of interest and see where it leads.

It's hard to describe my main idea origins: possibly my background of traditional art, interest and passion for computer games...

I guess it has been a while that I have been wondering about topics like 'what is there in games from the arts perspective?', 'player experience’, ‘why so many games look/are so similar', 'how can games be made more interesting' and 'how it is all going to evolve in the future?'.

So all of this made me think about how I can change things if i could, make it better, more interesting etc.

Also in July I came across this video where Dwayne Perkins makes jokes about gaming and computer games in general. It was a good laugh however that one particular point about the games evolution that actually really struck a chord with me. And I realized that maybe it's not only me who is asking the same 'Where do we go from here?' question.

I kind of agree with Dwayne Perkins that some of the games may not give the best possible benefits to a person (e.g. Playing real football with friends is in my opinion a much more beneficial experirnce to a person rather that doing it on your own in front of TV. Reasons:  performing sports outside good for one's body and being able to participate in social interactions between individuals good for ones brain.) However, at the same time 3D fantasy games are perhaps the only or best way to experience a fantasy world. But how about 2D games?... There is no reason in my opinion to try and strive for realistic representation since it will never surpass what 3D can offer... In that case what else we can do with 2D?... How can we use 2D to its advantage?

I guess it was a second seed planted in my head. Rest of the summer I was dealing with some other things as well as helping out at Dare ProtoPlay event but the thought in the back of my mind was always there and I’ve tried to engage with other people to see what they thought about the games, actual art in games etc. Would they be interested in experiencing something more interesting?



(You can watch Dwayne Perkins video here:
http://kotaku.com/this-comedian-thinks-video-games-are-done-922853262?fb_action_ids=10151714571695256&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 )