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Screenplay Bug
by Don Park at 2003/12/17 20:27:34

Since I like to watch movies, I occasionally come down with a screenplay bug.  A screenplay bug is that buzzing one gets inside his head when a neat storylines strikes.  This time its a story about an old man with Alzheimer's disease who forgot everything about himself and is left only with his online identity, specifically his MMORPG character.

He is taken care of by a nursing home staff whom he doesn't know nor care about.  Doctors decided that MMORPG is the best therapy for him so he plays it all day.  While he is playing. he knows exactly who he is because his name is on the screen.  There is no purpose, except surving from moment to moment instead of staring at the wall all day.

While the story would be near impossible to tell visually, it was compelling enough to buzz me all day today.  Now that I spit it out onto my blog, I hope it's gone.  I do wonder though whether video games are good for people with Alzheimer's disease.

Comments
Mad William Flint   at 2003/12/18 07:44:18 AM
That's pretty damn clever.

Davide Inglima   at 2003/12/18 08:21:23 AM
Very nice, even if it looks somehow like .hack://Sign (a Japanese Anime where a boy's conscience was entrapped in a MMORPG).

Don Park   at 2003/12/18 03:11:36 PM
Thanks. While many liberals hate Ronald Reagan, I like him at a personal level and that got me wondering what my consciousness would be like if I have Alzheimer's disease. I think wheels will keep turning just with what we perceive and whatever is in the temporary memory and that should be enough to play MMORPG.

Max Skibinsky   at 2003/12/19 12:19:29 AM
If I can make one of these completely crazy sweeping prophecies (for very off hand change to be named brilliant visionary 30 years from now) I would argue that in 20 years

Don Park   at 2003/12/19 05:08:36 AM
In such a world, there will be less need to drive around. Why go to the office when you can be anywhere in the 'world' instantly? Retail stores are history too. Restaurants and hospitals will be around though.


Mad William Flint   at 2003/12/18 07:44:18 AM
That's pretty damn clever.

Davide Inglima   at 2003/12/18 08:21:23 AM
Very nice, even if it looks somehow like .hack://Sign (a Japanese Anime where a boy's conscience was entrapped in a MMORPG).

Don Park   at 2003/12/18 03:11:36 PM
Thanks. While many liberals hate Ronald Reagan, I like him at a personal level and that got me wondering what my consciousness would be like if I have Alzheimer's disease. I think wheels will keep turning just with what we perceive and whatever is in the temporary memory and that should be enough to play MMORPG.

Max Skibinsky   at 2003/12/19 12:19:29 AM
If I can make one of these completely crazy sweeping prophecies (for very off hand change to be named brilliant visionary 30 years from now) I would argue that in 20 years

Don Park   at 2003/12/19 05:08:36 AM
In such a world, there will be less need to drive around. Why go to the office when you can be anywhere in the 'world' instantly? Retail stores are history too. Restaurants and hospitals will be around though.


Mad William Flint   at 2003/12/18 07:44:18 AM
That's pretty damn clever.

Davide Inglima   at 2003/12/18 08:21:23 AM
Very nice, even if it looks somehow like .hack://Sign (a Japanese Anime where a boy's conscience was entrapped in a MMORPG).

Don Park   at 2003/12/18 03:11:36 PM
Thanks. While many liberals hate Ronald Reagan, I like him at a personal level and that got me wondering what my consciousness would be like if I have Alzheimer's disease. I think wheels will keep turning just with what we perceive and whatever is in the temporary memory and that should be enough to play MMORPG.

Max Skibinsky   at 2003/12/19 12:19:29 AM
If I can make one of these completely crazy sweeping prophecies (for very off hand change to be named brilliant visionary 30 years from now) I would argue that in 20 years

Don Park   at 2003/12/19 05:08:36 AM
In such a world, there will be less need to drive around. Why go to the office when you can be anywhere in the 'world' instantly? Retail stores are history too. Restaurants and hospitals will be around though.


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