and i am entertained by its EPIC 45 minute cutscenes after one another.

But... the way story was told in Bioshock was MUCH more enthrilling and entertaining.

Same with Gears of War minus the slow walking during radio talk.

MGS4 is almost like an extremely interactive movie torward the end of it (Peter Jackson's Halo Project?!?!)

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What started as Web 2.0 has turned into culture 2.0

Lost really has become a phenomenon.  On top of discussing the show with countless friends, my family has watched almost 3 full seasons in less than a month.  That's over 50- 40 minute episodes.

That's a family that use to get together for dinner, church, the occasional family trip and that's about it.  Now almost every night we watch 2 episodes of Lost and eat 4 plus bags of popcorn.

As this applies to video games, something like Bioshock or Half Life screws cut scenes and gives you a full first person experience found no where else.  A game like Gears gives you a cinematic combination of being active and passively watching cool cut scenes.  All of this works wonders in engaging people.

That said, I'm not so sure sitting back and watching a movie that doubles as an interactive game wouldn't work.  What if for a chunk of the Lost episode you are the characters?  You have one of those "WTF is about to happen!?!?" moments and then the controller is placed in your hands.  Even 4 people's hands.  

Apply that to your favorite movie and imagine the possibilities.

If this was done well I guarantee my entire family would play and I'd be out a 360.

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and I have to agree with your brother. It just seemed like it had too many cut scenes and not enough game play. You sat there and watched a cut scene for 20-40 minutes and every once in a while you would have to hit x or L1 to do something but that wasn't very interactive at all. It just seemed like they threw that in there so that you wouldn't get bored with the cut scenes. You would play for 15 minutes and then go into a cut scene. The cut scenes are what makes that game so long. Not the game play.

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is your brother again?

"Look, the thing about my family is there's five of us. Marge, Bart, Girl Bart, the one who doesn't talk, and the fat guy. How I loathe him"

Are you saying you watch these shows?

 actually like both types of game play.  The games with the cut scenes are awesome and the ones without are enjoyable as well.  I loved the fast game play of Gears and I enjoyed the cut scenes in MGS4, they never were boring to me.  Zoso I agree about the slow walking during the radio talk in Gears, I actually hope Gears 2 isn't like that, I like to just roll around and be able to move during scenes like that :)

First of all, I love it that Cliff speaks his mind a bit about other games.  When describing why he made certain choices in the creation of Gears he often referenced Halo.  I think that demonstrates a certain amount of confidence and passion in his own product.

A whole bunch of things.  As regards the Web 2.0, and the human participation through blogs, podcasts, interactive sites, and even YouTube (because people have to put stuff up, for others to watch), this shift is irreversible and PROFOUND.  It has changed the face of this coming American election.

Anyway, I know that you are not saying that passive entertainment will disappear, but I think there will always be a huge market for passive entertainment, and whoever is the first to properly marry movies and games, they will have a HUGE hit on their hands.  I don't know if it will be Peter Jackson, but someone, someday, will do it, and it may well be more widely accepted than video games themselves.

A lot of the time, even though there are hours left in the evening, I am simply too mentally exhausted to game - I only want to watch a movie.

"All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way."

A little off topic here... Aren't not all, but some of the pictures that are displayed in all the posts and diaries violating copyright infringement? I have not seen one with the source or giving credit to a particular site...I'm not an expert on it but I just was reading a little about it at work and the question came to mind

you know, by the sounds of MGS4 owners, it reminds me of Sega CD... ;)

Papi gets Boom. PERIOD. A little monster foreplay never hurt anybody..

clicked too early! yeah, I was getting at the FMV/loooong cutscenes e.t.c.

Papi gets Boom. PERIOD. A little monster foreplay never hurt anybody..