Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Would you raise your digient?
Personally, I don't think that I could stick with the digient for multiple years. Despite the fact that they remind me very heavily of the Digimon franchise by Bandai. Also which caregiver could you relate to more, David, Ana, or one of the other more minor characters? I would probably be more like Robyn. After having my own kids I would look at my digient and say, "Wow that was fun!" I would then suspend the digient and walk away to go prepare my nursery. But that's me, what about you guys?
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Yeah, I'm not going to lie. Reading about the digients they sounded adorable and great and like they would add a lot to my life. But really, they don't seem worth the trouble for me, which makes me feel just awful.
ReplyDeleteI think I also relate more to Robyn. It would be a fun phase, but after a while I would probably want to move on.
I totally agree with you. I had a Tamagochi for a couple of months when I was a kid. Then it died. Same with Club Penguin, Sims, Neopets, Millsberry, and I'm sure there were a few more. I really don't think I have the drive to raise a digient. I might join in at first but once other people starting neglecting their digients I would probably join them in favor of the next virtual reality fad.
ReplyDeleteI think working for Blue Gamma would make the discovery of digients more appealing. As you guys said, many artificial animals like Tamagochi have become popular already. However, if I was the one to discover these digital animals, I would be must more intrigued than if someone just showed them to me. Thats why I think Ana and David are so consumed with the digients because they put so much effort into their creation and development. In the end I would probably ditch the digient as well. My view is similar to Robyn's in that digital creatures seem unnecessary when biological creatures exist.
ReplyDelete"Digital creatures seem unnecessary when biological creatures exist." Why, then, the popularity of, say, The Sims? Or of James Bond? Or of guardian angels? To name only three of the many popular simulacra with which humans have peopled the universe.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Larson that working for Blue Gamma would have made it more appealing - you're basically training an entire generation of beings, within it you have these specific templates. While adjusting, changing, and watching these digients grow before they're ready for release to the general public the programmers would become more attached. It's like a puppy, if it's not yours then after a while the puppy phase will wear off and the cute shoe chewing will become annoying, while the owner still thinks its adorable.
ReplyDeleteI personally would have become bored after a week and suspended it. However I do like how the story goes through how the advancement of technology effects old technology.