Monday, March 06, 2006
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I've been looking through this site for the last hour: National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
I find it...very powerful.
As I do more research for Carry, read more memoirs, get more information about how the survivors of Vietnam reflect on their experiences, I can't help feeling that making their stories into a game is disrespectful. Maybe even insolent. Like, people shouldn't be having fun with this stuff. What right do I, a college student that has absolutely no idea what combat is like, let alone Vietnam itself, have to engage with this material in the way I am? Why am I taking these experiences and putting them into a form which is meant to create an enjoyable evening's pasttime?
What if I do it wrong?
What if I do it right?
I find it...very powerful.
As I do more research for Carry, read more memoirs, get more information about how the survivors of Vietnam reflect on their experiences, I can't help feeling that making their stories into a game is disrespectful. Maybe even insolent. Like, people shouldn't be having fun with this stuff. What right do I, a college student that has absolutely no idea what combat is like, let alone Vietnam itself, have to engage with this material in the way I am? Why am I taking these experiences and putting them into a form which is meant to create an enjoyable evening's pasttime?
What if I do it wrong?
What if I do it right?
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Heya,
The only more troubling and horrific question I could think of is, "What if you don't do it at all?"
If you attack this with a honest and respectful frame of mind and do your utmost to make a fun and satsifying game, I don't think people will care all that much how well you simulated the Vietnam War. Just treat everyone with dignity and you'll be fine :)
Peace,
-Troy
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The only more troubling and horrific question I could think of is, "What if you don't do it at all?"
If you attack this with a honest and respectful frame of mind and do your utmost to make a fun and satsifying game, I don't think people will care all that much how well you simulated the Vietnam War. Just treat everyone with dignity and you'll be fine :)
Peace,
-Troy
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