On 5/3/06, geni <geniice(a)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