Comments on: TV Show “Lost” Is Like a Video Game?

By: Quigley

Quigley — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:47:25 +0000

Girlz: Lost borrows from the great video game “Myst” and also from “Princess Mononoke” and “Touchign Spirit Bear” – but it is primarily a Creation Myth for the new Millenium. Google my web site, Quigley in Exile. – Cheers, Quigley

By: Tor

Tor — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:56:09 +0000

One of the “theories” behind Lost is actually that (the story that is) it’s all a big game, that the goverment has set up, or something like that. Of course, other theories are that Locke is actually God.. *thinks* Anyway, I suppose it could be one of those games where you just go straight through and end up at a set ending, but most (as I like to call them) real games have a good/neutral/evil ending and storyline… But I wouldn’t hoot my horn and go around slapping people if they did :) *has lost track of whatever he was thinking in the first place*
Please excuse any kind of bad english as it’s eaaarly in the morning.. *yawn*

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:52:31 +0000

I don’t know. How much control in a video game do you really have? Most story lines are linear and you can generally only follow one path. You may have some control on how you get to that next objective, but if that just means you can enter a room from 3 different areas that doesn’t mean a whole lot.

Now, I haven’t watched Lost. I may be the only person in the world who hasn’t, so I can’t say if it resembles a video game or not. Interesting analogy though.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:25:10 +0000

You are right, I can’t control them unless they have a voting system like American Idol.

And they don’t even know how to cast spells…

By: Lishesque

Lishesque — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:49:43 +0000

I think that picture looks really dirty.

And I agree that most people would expect a “video game” to contain some form of player interaction and control. But the words “video” and “game” in this case could also be interpreted separately to mean a game that is played visually, or by watching, or something. But that’s just semantics. :)