Why should farm games mirror reality?
I feel the need to address this blog post which criticizes Farmville as being different from reality; the post claims that we need to do farming in real life instead of in games. I don’t know where to begin, wondering if this is worth refuting at all, because a response would indicate that this is worthy of response. But then, the world is made up of people with diverse ideas and I could do my part in relaying mine, so let me continue. First of all, yes, games don’t mirror reality. Some do to a certain extent, but a lot don’t. Is that a surprise? You can’t suggest that games should mirror reality– it’s like saying that movies should reflect reality or novels should reflect reality. It becomes a problem when an entertainment media claims to be replicating reality, but otherwise, entertainment media should not be required to be “real.” Even so-called reality shows aren’t about reality, but seeing how hypothetical situations (that would otherwise not happen in reality) play out in reality
