I suppose this is the best place for this post so I'll stick it here. I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on comedy in games. Since games are used to tell a story just like movies, how come games just aren't that funny. Maybe it's just down to a lack of decent writing for games. The only time I've seen half funny stuff in games is in those point and click adventures(Sam and Max, Day of the Tentacle/Maniac Mansion, Leisure Suit Larry). The fact that these types of games are usually the only ones with anything resembling a proper story is perhaps no coincidence. What do you guys think. If there is a place for comedy in games, what is funny in games? Because of the nature of games as a way of telling a story as well as allowing the viewer deeper immersion into the game world (more so than a book or film), does this mean that something funny in a game would need to take advantage of the interactive nature of games?
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