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Entry Posted November 5, 2004

http://slate.com/id/2109202/ Why aren’t computer games funny? “One of the difficulties in trying to create funny moments is that gamers aren’t audience members so much as actors. It’s easy for a game designer to make someone feel like Bruce Willis or Sly Stallone by putting a virtual gun in their hand. But how do you go about making someone feel like Charlie Chaplin or Bernie Mac? Can you make a gamer actually commit comedy?” 21:22

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