Comments on: McGonigal: “The Vanguard of Reality Hacking” http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:48:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/#comment-56847 Robin Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:07:41 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1902#comment-56847 What an annoying mode of speech that advertising executive has. What an annoying mode of speech that advertising executive has.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/#comment-56787 Anonymous Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:24:24 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1902#comment-56787 The first thing we do, let's kill all the viral marketers. The first thing we do, let’s kill all the viral marketers.

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]]> By: Lunaran http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/#comment-56736 Lunaran Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:19:54 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1902#comment-56736 I think the cat is apparently more of "an animal the speaker doesn't already own at least one of and adore" I think the cat is apparently more of “an animal the speaker doesn’t already own at least one of and adore”

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]]> By: Babs http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/#comment-56638 Babs Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:35:48 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1902#comment-56638 What is this, the Guardian Gamesblog? :) What is this, the Guardian Gamesblog?

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]]> By: anonymous17 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/#comment-56637 anonymous17 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:33:29 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1902#comment-56637 Ms. McGonigal should watch Dennou Coil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGdGfKW9yc Ms. McGonigal should watch Dennou Coil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGdGfKW9yc

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]]> By: Jim Rossignol http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/#comment-56635 Jim Rossignol Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:15:38 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1902#comment-56635 The cat is more of a soloing class, right? The cat is more of a soloing class, right?

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]]> By: Lunaran http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/#comment-56633 Lunaran Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:09:45 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1902#comment-56633 I remember watching this and having one of those moments where I was left feeling flustered and angry and wasn't sure why. I think I just got the general sense that she comes to games from completely outside them, and purports to understand them really well, and then goes and suggests an MMO where "you have the corgie and the poodle and the rottweiler and they all have to ... you know, get together before they can go do stuff." I remember watching this and having one of those moments where I was left feeling flustered and angry and wasn’t sure why. I think I just got the general sense that she comes to games from completely outside them, and purports to understand them really well, and then goes and suggests an MMO where “you have the corgie and the poodle and the rottweiler and they all have to … you know, get together before they can go do stuff.”

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]]> By: Jay http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/mcgonigal-my-dog-is-my-avatar/#comment-56630 Jay Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:49:13 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1902#comment-56630 I remember playing the ARG Perplex City. There was one memorable point where a bunch of us had to help the in game protagonists hack and infiltrate a skyscraper, but they had live camera feeds from some studio in London, and it felt proper real. It was proper tense mate I remember playing the ARG Perplex City. There was one memorable point where a bunch of us had to help the in game protagonists hack and infiltrate a skyscraper, but they had live camera feeds from some studio in London, and it felt proper real. It was proper tense mate

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