Science on video games

[BAndrew]

@BeeKayK

I understand what you mean. I agree with that. You (as a player) are making theoretical assumptions all the time as to how you can solve a puzzle or what could have happened in the story.


@Bridge
Of course they are not useful on their own. They are as you said just tools which help. "How important is hydrogen to cooking" seems an interesting discussion to me. It hasn't any practical application on how you cook, but it is important. I disagree that such a discussion would be pointless. It's theoretical as you are never going to count how many atoms of hydrogen you are going to use, but that doesn't mean it has no point. It's more about how interested you are in making such a discussion. Most people would say "Who cares? I can cook and that's all that matters".

I never said that science is emphasized on video games. What I said is that it can help in some ways the game experience, although it is not obvious that it does.

And aesthetics hide science behind in some sense.


added some more stuff - EDIT: I think that it is too obvious that you don't ever notice. Try to imagine a game without gravity or without light or without motion.