Review of Mazes by Noah
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| − | no, pleaes don't cut, this is great supporting material. I would add this: the midpoint of video game history and today's Dance Dance Revolution games with motion-based controller was arcade fighting games | + | no, pleaes don't cut, this is great supporting material. I would add this: the midpoint of video game history and today's Dance Dance Revolution games with motion-based controller was arcade fighting games, such as Virtua Fighter and more famously, the Mortal Kombat series, which challenged players to quickly execute practiced sequences of movements, albeit solely with their hands. It was the success of these games which helped spark interest in video game platforms demanding even more precise movements such as the Nintendo Wii, the iPhone platform, and along with other factors, the rise of the 'music game'. |
| − | such as Virtua Fighter and more famously, the Mortal Kombat series, which challenged players to quickly execute practiced sequences of movements, albeit solely with their hands. It was the success of these games which helped spark interest in video game platforms demanding even more precise movements such as the Nintendo Wii, the iPhone platform, and along with other factors, the rise of the 'music game'. | ||
Putting these concepts together, the dance of the maze exists not only in the movement required for its exploration and completion, but in its mental representation. the string which theseus uses is not only a story but a lesson, and the string may be any means required to return to back to one's physical or mental position. Possibly these may be used in concert, as the 10Print maze exercises physical entry skills as well as various mental exercises. It's kind of like an invtation to a challenge. | Putting these concepts together, the dance of the maze exists not only in the movement required for its exploration and completion, but in its mental representation. the string which theseus uses is not only a story but a lesson, and the string may be any means required to return to back to one's physical or mental position. Possibly these may be used in concert, as the 10Print maze exercises physical entry skills as well as various mental exercises. It's kind of like an invtation to a challenge. | ||
