what is a video game

[GeorgeBubbinzInSpace]

i had another one: in one of the final destination movies, you can... press a button on your remote to decide whether a character survives a thing, like a choose-your-own adventure. is this a video game?

intradasting. but I still think this goes back to my first post. I guess in this instance there is a sort of video game element added to the movie. so, what does it do for the movie? well, it makes it gimmicky horseshit right? because it completely takes the viewer out of the story/situation, you are purposely alienating the viewer. I mean literally forcing the viewer to stop focusing on your movie completely to press a button. who in their right mind is going to call final fantasy 14 a fantastic film for adding these elements to it? basically no one, because they expect different things from a movie. they expect intensity of some sort and immersion and most of the time, introspection. breaking immersion in a movie is cinematic suicide. even if this option were available in the avengers or iron man, movies which people generally enjoyed or had fun with, without expecting too much emotion or character development, I think it's fair to say people would have enjoyed it 100% less. so to answer your question, no. it is a movie with video game elements added. and it made the movie wal-mart bargain bin material.

however, games can clearly have excellent cinematic experiences built within them. but to be competent and introspective and original, it needs exactly the right creator. I think games of that quality will always be rare though, because of the restrictions of needing to be not only interactive, visual and playable, but also profitable. that silent hill game that was going to be made a couple years ago is a perfect example. it was more an interactive experience and fun BECAUSE it was so cinematic and visual. it kept you on your toes and completely immersed within the space of like, 100 square feet. so I guess tyler's right since it's possible video games CAN be a more powerful or at least exciting form of art, but I feel like ben chose two types of art that counter each other or are just different at the end of the day. video games will always be somewhat limited in story/character development and movies/novels will always be limited because they can't necessarily add video game elemtents without taking their reader/viewer completely out of the story.