Meanwhile, The Stanley Parable is constantly tearing down of the fourth wall. While there are relatively few entries to the comedy game arena, some recent ones could include Goat Simulator, which has players running around as a destructive goat. She hosted a panel on the topic this week at the 2015 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, highlighting the under-explored genre of comedy games. Quinn thinks that the lessons she learned as a comedian can be applied to making video games. Zoe Quinn, the developer of indie game Depression Quest, has also spent time on stage as a stand-up comic. Why then, in a medium that’s supposedly all about fun, is there so little funny?Ĭan video games be funny? Zoe Quinn thinks so | The Daily Dot. Humour figures strongly into TV and movie studios’ annual lineups, which is why some of the biggest shows and several of the year’s top-grossing films are inevitably comedies. But looking at the pack, one omission is as glaring this year as in any other: Where’s all the comedy? This year’s release schedule is as stacked as ever with blockbusters. The run-up to the holidays is the $100-billion games industry’s cash cow, a period that accounts for the majority of many publishers’ annual sales. The onset of fall doesn’t just bring a new TV lineup, it also means another huge video game season is here. The only thing funny about this fall’s mega-hit Destiny are its comically large guns. That’s creating opportunity for daring developers.
Funny titles punctuated the medium’s earlier days, but they’re few and far between in an age where publishers are becoming increasingly risk averse. Laughing matters: Why there's no comedy genre in video games - AlphaBeatic.
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