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Can games make you cry?

"Emotional choices" is the current buzz word for big-buck role-playing and adventure games. Bioshock says it has them, Mass Effect says it'll make you feel things - but do either of them actually click our emotional buttons?

RTS legend Chris Taylor, who's currently trying to work a little feeling into his own project Space Siege, thinks the games industry has still got a way to go before it makes us cry...

"Hollywood has a cry button. They can go, 'I think we're going to make them cry now - buzz!' Hollywood waits another seven minutes... 'I think we're going to make them cry again; buzz!' That's damn refined art," Taylor told CVG this week.

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AllroundGamer6801d ago

yep, finishing FinalFantasy 8 and seeing the ending video ;(

lynx1halo6801d ago (Edited 6801d ago )

the only time i cried is when my recently returned from Microsoft Xbroke360 got the RROD again within 2 days

DethWish6801d ago

Yes, ending videos of varius Square Enix games

skarn6801d ago

I think it would depend on the person really... I'm not much of a crier, even for movies..

pwnsause6801d ago

end of Metal Gear solid 3. nuff said

rubarb236801d ago

that ending was amazing. i was fighting the tears. i don't know what made me more sad, the game's ending or the fact that the game was over. Man i wish MGS 3 could have been like 100hrs long or something. truely amazing game.

FiveShot Bandit6801d ago

It was such a fantastic ending, and a fantastic game.

@1: i didn't cry at FF 8 but I did think the game was fantastic, and it did have an emotional impact.

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Hideo Kojima put Low Roar in Death Stranding because gamers need more culture in their lives

It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.

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Mojang partners with Merlin Entertainments for the Minecraft theme park, Minecraft World

Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.

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Yakuza Live-Action Miniseries Debuts March 17 Exclusively on IGN

A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.

CrimsonWing6982d ago (Edited 82d ago )

I hope it’s better than that Prime series… woof.

shinXseijuro82d ago

Haven’t watched it . Is it not good ?

Seth_hun82d ago

Looks like everyone is a miscast :)