I'm quite hopeful about the results of the AntiSocialNetwork, somehow I always felt the transformative potential of games belonged with Social Networks.
I always thought that the value in games was to bring forth experiences impossible in ordinary life that you could learn from which you could learn nowhere else. Now, when social networks started popping up it wasnt just about a geek isolated somewhere flipping out about some obscure subject, instead it became all about this unique experience only used to connect with other people.I feel the way we live in "real life" under the wills of corporations and the advertising ideals really limits the kind of interactions you can have with other people, but the net and social networks make me very hopeful because all you need is a common interest and you can get good people together and teach them new ways to relate with eachother just trough the nature of the communication media.
I admit the "antisocial" angle is not what I would expect, but Lorne's rationale for it hits all of those chords, so I really hope he does very well.
Last edited by ConceitArturo; 01-23-2010 at 10:55 PM..
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