Games Predicting Our Future

I talk about how we designed games that somehow predicted future events in our society. TLDW: we were surprised too!

[jordangreer]

Funny joke in Outer worlds about employees having to watch each other take bowel movements in order to keep bathroom breaks to a minimum. Find out in reality that companies are making toilets with angled seats in order to shorten bathroom breaks. Art reflects life!

[idccharls]

Tim question when does a concept shouldn't be put in a games? Should we take more risk and explore controversial topics or take the safe route and don't touch controversial topics at all?

[janugur]

The final codex convo in MGS2 is a great example for this.

[sadmachinesaudio]

06:52 This is true. Nobody could predict that humans would still go to work in uranium mines while AI is writing poetry.

[BrandonCourt]

bruh I've been collecting bottle caps for years. I'm pretty much set

[Mirokuofnite]

You'd best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias!
YOU'RE IN ONE!

[inkaymr]

I liked that line about how clever evil can be, it's so true!
Also I laughed at that glare when you said androids!

[Alex_FRD]

Since they're turning an oil rig in the Pacific into a military base, I suggest they start working on the FEV soon. We're gonna need it.

[renaigh]

It's called 'Paying attention to current events' Everyone does it subconsciously, especially nowadays where information is available at all times.

[MrJekken]

The rhetoric coming out of current US officials, for example, anything lindsay graham says on foreign policy is dystopian and absurd that Paul Veerhoeven would say its too silly. I never thought I would hear politicians openly talk and with pride the idea that the west, and the US in particular, needs to support foreign wars so that arms manufacturers can make more money. Its like something out of starship troopers or metal gear solid 4/rising. I think the reason why a lot of these 'predictions' made in media come true from the basis of exaggerating an existing trend is that these exaggerations are not exaggerations at all, but rather taking something to its logical conclusion.

[silacier]

The crystal ball is spinning back there 😂

[dudewithavideocamera]

I recently did a rewatch of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, and it seems more relevant now than ever. They really hit the nail on the head with all of the plot points about cyberterrorism and misinformation being used to influence societal trends.

[kalkuttadrop]

From what I've read from various fan sources, The Vipers and their lair probably came the closest to being added of all the cut locations.
They were supposed to be another Northern Raider gang like the Khans, right? Base was called The Pitt, somewhere in the Mountains west of Vault 13, North of Junktown, East of the Brotherhood, that region. Lot of remnants of them.

[xelldincht]

Many great science fiction works are examinations of the situation the writer was finding himself in. A good example is George Orwell`s 1984: It was inspired by post-war Great Britain and the Soviet Union

[jarontownsend]

Hi Tim I just wanted to say thank you for this channel. I'm just a fan of video games but these videos have opened my eyes to what goes on behind the scenes. Keep up the great work 👍

[lebeaushag]

"Imagine a future where almost everything that people earn goes to just giving them a place to sleep at night"

So, basically, a return to Victorian-era England.

[Journeyman]

Watching the Fallout TV series was the first time I really registered that the PIP Boy not only resembles an Apple product but also a shackle… damn!

[Mayhzon]

Thank you for your insight, Tim! Always happy to listen to your words!

[SiriusMined]

"AI" is being overhyped by the media. A few years ago, it was "automation" that was the bogeyman. Neither AI, nor automation, is going to take away "all the jobs". I've been in automation for 35 years, and I have my own engineering firm specializing in it. Automation requires a ton of other disciplines (electricians, pipe fitters, metrologists/instrumentation technicians, panel builders) plus all of the controllers and instrumentation, not to mention of course the automation specialists. My only concern is that currently, the American workforce is not ready for the jobs of today and tomorrow. Other countries are doing much better on that score.

[TechnicolorTube]

You have a very balanced perspective on life. Thank you for sharing Tim.