Why do I love video games ?

1st levelMy history begins in my childhood when I started play games on TV-consoles. In that time it was a special ritual to plug in your Sega, to choose which cartridge to play. «The Lion King» game will be forever in our hearts – that is why I am still running it on my Macbook Pro

1997

My first console SEGA Mega Drive 2

My first PlayStation is the second one

2001

My first, but not lastGaming PC

2005

My second PlayStation is the third one

My Playstation 4

2013

My Macbook Pro

2014

The Lion King GTA series The Last of US The Witcher 3

1st levelAs the time goes, I’ve been growing up and became more loyal fan and amateur player. Even while studying at university and working on my first jobs, I still continued to play

School Time

54 %27 %

19 %

SleepStudyPlay

University Time

42 %

40 %

13 %6 %

SleepStudyPlayParty

Work

9 %

19 %

65 %

7 %

SleepWorkPlayParty

People ask me why I am doing this?

They say that watching a movie is better…

Well…

2nd levelAt first, let’s speak about duration of production. How long do you think an average video game is being made? And in comparison to average Hollywood movie? For example, the upcoming Captain America: Civil War from Marvel and already released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt game from Polish CD Project Red:

Chris Evans announced that shooting starts on the 1st of May, 2015 Even before shooting, Marvel

announced premiere date - the 6th of May, 2016

1 year 5 days

Pre-Production started even before release of Witcher 2 in 2010

Announced on the 5th of February, 2013

Released on the 19th of May, 2015

5 years

2nd levelMore that that. If we divide games on two conditional types, the production duration varies, but would still be more than in cinema industry: 1.«tube» – games like Call Of Duty, where player has only one way to go and everything is scripted2. «open world simulation» – games like GTA V, where there is a plenty of options. The world lives it’s own life by it’s own rules

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Tube GamesOpen World GamesMovie

Needless to say, that even after successful launch, authors should provide assistance for users that have technical issues running there games. Beside that, the bigger game is – the bigger number of glitches will be found sooner or later

So what Games do better than Movies?

When you control your character, make decisions, without knowing the consequences, you are feeling involved; you’re thinking what would you do in such a tricky situation in real life. And only that way you can be absolutely stunned by the consequences of your deeds

3rd levelIf you face a spoiler about a movie or a TV-series, there is nothing you can do about it. If you accidentally read or heard a spoiler about a game*, it doesn’t mean that it will be the same in YOUR world with YOUR decisions. Probably in can be much worse

*basically RPG games

Effect of presence Empathy

Spoilers

This Bloody Baron asksThe Witcher to save his wife and children.And after 3 hours of dialogs and adventures they give you a choice of whom to go save first After saving his children,

you are trying to save his wife, but you are late for a minute. She’s dead. So, after another 3 hours of companionship with baron, he committed suicide, because of his lost

It is one thing to watch characters and completely another when you spend days and weeks with your character’s companion, conquer difficulties

As Joel of The Last Of Us you are saving Elly’s life even if her death is the only way to save mankind, even if you were seeking for this salvation during the whole game: you’re saving her because YOU care about her!

And here’s the bonus one…A good game can help you to time-travel on a week or two forward

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LOTR Trilogy Game of Thrones Average tube game Average movie Daily rate of sleep The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Story mode in The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt200 hours

Average movie 2 hours 40 minutes

The LOTR Trilogy Director’s Cut 11,3 hours

Average tube-game 6 hours

Game of Thrones TV-series 43,3 hours

Daily rate of sleep 8 hours

Final BossNowadays, video games are not just a geeky hobby like it was in the 70s. They are mainstream. Yes, they have some minuses, but in the end, everything has.I am a part of a unique generation: brought up and educated by books and literature, raised by movies and now entertaining by games. For me games are as emotional as a good novel. While reading, you have to use your imagination. While playing, you need to choose as you would do in real life and choose wisely, because sometimes authors have enough talent to hit you right into your heart when you do not expect

Total Recall (2012)

The Last of Us

Uncharted 3

The Witcher 3

By the wayVideo games are much more beautiful than many people think. For my taste, sometimes even better, because you can explore amazing landscape from different angles in real time

Transformers 2 (2009)

Battlefield 4

Thanks for your attention!