How Pinball Ate itself: The Economics of Pinball

Re:How Pinball Ate itself: The Economics of Pinball by JacobAldridge on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @12:48AM (#947857)

Maybe because I don't have specific experience of running through dungeons destroying invisible monsters with my bfg? (Yet.)

You raise an interesting point. At a guess, I imagine if you asked a big game hunter or combat soldier with experience tracking a target and firing weapons with the intent to kill, they would probably notice the disconnect. I wonder if Guitar Hero has limited fans among those who can actually play the guitar, for this reason as well?

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Re:How Pinball Ate itself: The Economics of Pinball by hnal943 on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @12:22PM (#948633)

I play guitar and Guitar Hero; I enjoy them both. It isn't the same thing of course, but on the harder difficulties it does involve some of the same fretting motions. I guess I don't understand why real guitarists are such snobs about games like this. No one would argue that they are equivalent....

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Re:How Pinball Ate itself: The Economics of Pinball by ramidarigaz on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @07:50AM (#948193)

Several of my friends that play guitar detest Guitar Hero. I think you have a point. For those who can't play the real thing, it's a fun game, but it doesn't capture the experience the same way.

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Re:How Pinball Ate itself: The Economics of Pinball by antdaddy on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @08:01AM (#948201)

Playing Guitar Hero has more in common with playing a game like Simon than it does with playing a real guitar. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, it's just a very different experience.

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