Comments on: A Philosophical Riddle from a Game Designer http://blog.rbkdesign.com/2009/06/a-philosophical-riddle-from-a-game-designer/ Thoughts and perceptions of game designer, Reid Bryant Kimball Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:41:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cat http://blog.rbkdesign.com/2009/06/a-philosophical-riddle-from-a-game-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-3885 Cat Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:17:41 +0000 http://blog.rbkdesign.com/?p=179#comment-3885 1) Of course - sound waves are created regardless of there being an ear present to receive/perceive them. 2) Absolutely yes. A game cannot be made without creators, and those creators had some kind of an experience with the game. Thusly, the fact that a game exists in any form means that someone, somehow had an experience created for them because of it. Being the daughter of artists, I firmly believe that a game can create an experience even if exists solely in the form of a spark of an idea in a developer's mind. 1) Of course – sound waves are created regardless of there being an ear present to receive/perceive them.

2) Absolutely yes. A game cannot be made without creators, and those creators had some kind of an experience with the game. Thusly, the fact that a game exists in any form means that someone, somehow had an experience created for them because of it. Being the daughter of artists, I firmly believe that a game can create an experience even if exists solely in the form of a spark of an idea in a developer’s mind.

]]> By: David Hottal http://blog.rbkdesign.com/2009/06/a-philosophical-riddle-from-a-game-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-2868 David Hottal Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:51:38 +0000 http://blog.rbkdesign.com/?p=179#comment-2868 Ah, but question number two is not possible. A game cannot exist without someone playing it. It's more a chicken or the egg type question. Ah, but question number two is not possible. A game cannot exist without someone playing it. It’s more a chicken or the egg type question.

]]> By: Mark Fitzpatrick http://blog.rbkdesign.com/2009/06/a-philosophical-riddle-from-a-game-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-2739 Mark Fitzpatrick Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:35:11 +0000 http://blog.rbkdesign.com/?p=179#comment-2739 Since sound is defined by vibrations being picked up by an ear and interpreted by the brain, the answer to the first question is no. By the same token, experience cannot exist without a person (or animal of some kind capable of 'experiencing' something), so as a game sits unplayed and no one plays it to experience it, then the answer to the second question is also no. Since sound is defined by vibrations being picked up by an ear and interpreted by the brain, the answer to the first question is no.

By the same token, experience cannot exist without a person (or animal of some kind capable of ‘experiencing’ something), so as a game sits unplayed and no one plays it to experience it, then the answer to the second question is also no.

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