Remember those video game systems your parents used to talk about, the 'Atari' and the 'NES'? Time sure has flown since then hasn't it? Technology has progressed since the Sega Genesis, and the Super Nintendo. Today, we have the #1 gaming system, the Xbox 360 along with Sony's PlayStation 3 that both function as the most innovative multimedia systems, ever. Its crazy how we've come from the Atari which had hundreds of pixels to form a scene as opposed to the billions pixels formed to create a scene from a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360. Its literally mind blowing.
In the future, will there be any gaming with a controller? With motion gaming (as described in an earlier post) being the "next big thing", the answer to my question might just be a "no". As you can see, the future portrayed in the film 'Gamer' has a way of gaming of their own. Its like the video game 'The Sims', a virtual world where you create an avatar to do your dirty work. Its pretty much another universe where you can wander of too and create a life you've always dreamed of. But that's not always as great as it sounds.
The video game simulation the heavily obese man in the trailer above is playing as a female avatar and it just proves the fact that some people feel the need for this form of gaming. My question is: how far will this go? Will the future of gaming actually be as the one portrayed in 'Gamer'? A life of virtuality? Where people sit at home controlling another human for some kind of entertainment purpose. Look at how dark the man's room is. One should understand that this is what awaits us if we don't put an end to the video games and the creation of hands-free apparatuses.A life where the only place you want to be in is in the virtual world where you can be whomever you choose. A life of obesity and obscurity. :]
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