A Dragonfly can’t Rise from its Ashes
Unlike a phoenix , a dragonfly can’t rise from its ashes. To get the full understanding of this article I recommend reading the original, down at polymath programmer.
The basis of the post was that just like a dragonfly that skims the water when it flies over it, a lot of people these days never seem to read things in full (the entire text) and naturally this leads to all kinds of frustrations from both the reader and the writers perspective.
Also, in the above mentioned article, the writer made a nice point saying that most dragonflies die after approximately 4 months. In the same way the information that article skimmers gain is never long lived, be it in the way they use the information or propagating it to other people. The information always stops as soon as they find the next big thing.
Using this same analogy, I would like to apply this to games as well. In recent times I have been noticing the very same trend which is especially common in Xbox 360 games.
Gamers tend to rush a game to such a point that they are basically skimming the story and all the other features that games present to users. The one reason for this is that Xbox users want as much gamerscore points as possible and then simply move on to the next game. The other reason is that during the holiday period so many games are released at such close intervals, that for a gamer to play all these games they end up rushing a game just to play the next. While there are many gamers that will come back to play a game some more, not all do this and the majority just continues on and only return if the game makes some kind of debut in the news.
I would like to ask all gamers out there reading this to take time when they play the next best game. Enjoy everything from the music to the textures and the lighting. Lastly remember to take a few minutes once you have finished the game to let the credits roll cos you never know if it’s going be your name on that list next time.
