Comments on: 4 8 15 16 23 42 http://www.approachinglost.com/2006/01/06/4-8-15-16-23-42-2/ Approaching Lost: Lost news, gossip and more Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren’t the only players » TV Show “Lost” Is Like a Video Game? http://www.approachinglost.com/2006/01/06/4-8-15-16-23-42-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1 the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren’t the only players » TV Show “Lost” Is Like a Video Game? Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:33:34 +0000 http://www.approachinglost.com/2006/01/06/4-8-15-16-23-42-2/#comment-1 [...] I ran across an article today that suggested the TV show “Lost” could be considered a type of video game. Now, I admit that I haven’t seen enough of this series to base my arguments on my experiences with the show, but it got me thinking about the different ways in which modes of entertainment bleed into each other. Can a TV show be said to emulate video game characteristics by simply dropping hints and mysteries into its plot? Could one really consider it a video game, then? Unlike traditionally passive television shows, which expect viewers to zone out in a couch-potato haze, “Lost,” which returns with new episodes Wednesday night, has embedded clues throughout. It’s these recurring tidbits — and the patterns they form — that make “Lost” the first show to resemble a video game. [...] [...] I ran across an article today that suggested the TV show “Lost” could be considered a type of video game. Now, I admit that I haven’t seen enough of this series to base my arguments on my experiences with the show, but it got me thinking about the different ways in which modes of entertainment bleed into each other. Can a TV show be said to emulate video game characteristics by simply dropping hints and mysteries into its plot? Could one really consider it a video game, then? Unlike traditionally passive television shows, which expect viewers to zone out in a couch-potato haze, “Lost,” which returns with new episodes Wednesday night, has embedded clues throughout. It’s these recurring tidbits — and the patterns they form — that make “Lost” the first show to resemble a video game. [...]

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