I for one would LOVE to hear more about that! - jmh
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM, David Brin <db...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Krondor eh? I (peripherally) helped to design the world that Ray Feist set > his books & game in. Knew him and helped/taught him when he saw that "if > Brin could get money for writing, why not me?" > > Subconsciously, some of his less admirable characters were starkly clear > self-portraits. > > > ________________________________ > From: KZK <evil.ke...@gmail.com> > To: brin-l@mccmedia.com > Sent: Mon, June 18, 2012 1:19:26 AM > Subject: Brin: Book / Time = Joy% > >> David Brin: > >> Seriously. (May I? For just a moment?) Next time you contemplate a >> book’s retail price, try dividing it by the number of hours of >> pleasure you’ll get, reading it. Then tell me of any other pastime >> with a better minutes per pennies ratio of sheer joy! > > Video games. It's easy to see that Good Quality video games gives a much > better ratio (I'm not talking about all these first person shooter games > which are basically 100% interchangable and are basically Doom clones). > > Lets see, you probably get 3-5 times (average) from high quality games--Ico, > Shadow of the Colossus, etc, You probably get 4-10 times from any given > Zelda game (including handheld), 2-20 times from High quality fighter > Games--Soul Caliber, Tekken, etc. Possibly 100's of times from open ended > games--Tetris, Angband, Darklands, Minesweeper, etc. > > I know I spent more time playing Betray at Krondor than I did reading > Magician (Apprentice & Master). > > Then we get to TV shows/Movies. The average person probably rewatches their > favorite TV shows & Movies over and over again, so your conception is wrong. > > _______________________________________________ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > > _______________________________________________ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
