On 5/3/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
At first glance, that article has a lot of OR in it. It would be a great article if at least we could point to bulletin boards, forums, wikis, or whatever proving that people (other than Wikipedians) have spent time analysing this character and trying to determine who he is or what he does. Then the article could be more on the social phenomenon. There are occasional fleeting references to "the half life community" or "fans of the game", but surprisingly, no links can be given to substantiate that these debates have actually taken place.
In a word: this article is a perfect example of where blogs and forums *should* be cited, if only as primary sources.
Citing the game itself is probably the wrong direction to be going here.
Steve
Why can't we cite games though? I'm sensing a distinct dislike of citing anything not easily represented in textual form. Obscure books and monographs impossible for anyone to get ahold of? Sure. A multi-million copy selling game whose cutscenes and game events are not easily cited? No way.
~maru