On 5/3/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Because people don't know about the sciences but everyone knows a bit about polular culture. I doubt many people who haven't studied chemistry know what a [[Biaxial nematic]] is. However everyone knows what a website or a band is. A lot of people will know a bit about fictional characters. The other thing is verifiability. Science is practicaly defined by pulication but even fairly well writen pop culture articles such as [[G-Man (Half-Life)]] have zero citations.
-- geni
I'd have to say G-man is an abberation. There is no well-defined or accepted reference system for citing games as references, as opposed to articles sourced from books and movies (take a look at [[Palpatine]]). How would you even do it? If a game is broken down into well-defined levels or segments, it is possible, but it is still difficult, and suppose it's a more free-form game than a rigid RPG or adventure game? Or what if it's a multiple path RPG like the Knights of the Old Republic were? To cite the dark side ending, I suppose one would start having references akin to to *''Knights of the Old Republic'', Unknown Planet, during the transition to the Star Forge, protagonist male and majority evil.
~maru