Chris Guillory
www.chrismguillory.com
Wow, this was completely under my radar. Looks like it comes out in a few days. May have to take a break from Destiny.
But, such things are forgiven in videogames, much the way nobody minds that characters don't have to go to the bathroom.
If the game is highly moddable, surely there will be a mod for this sort of thing for those that somehow want masses of reality thrust into their games.
The sort of people that when playing Tombraider, won't feel that's its just not correct until you can add a mini game/functionality that sees Lara be required to complete and send in her Tax return.
You know, this is why I don't do open world games. I know people that love building up their house, amassing wealth, buying cool clothes for their character... and all I can think is that if I wanted to spend hours grinding away at repetitive tasks to get the $ for nice clothes, I can go outside and pick up an extra job and get it for real, so why bother doing it in a video game? Who wants to play a shooting gallery game in Red Dead Redemption for an hour just to afford new spurs? It's like video games now almost make you spend the same amount of time mastering a skill in the game (hunting, hacking) as it would take for you to learn the actual skill in real life...