Talk:Longplay

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[edit] Notice to Editors

This article shall not be used to track the emergence of the term. Notice there is no history section about the etymology. Just the culture surrounding it and major places to find videos.
Vhati (talk) 12:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why the Longplay Article was Created

For years I wanted to find these kinds of recordings for games I never completed or games I planned to buy.

I had no idea what they were called, and even wondered if such videos even existed. My searches were always overwhelmed by speedruns, which don't reflect normal gameplay or atmosphere.

One day, I was tasked creating screencasts to demonstrate classic games for the curriculum of a college New media department Game Design class. Dune 2 was troublesome, and I stumbled across Recorded Amiga Games.

I would have suggested ammending the Speedrun article except that that page is already long and under discussion for the forseeable future. The alternative is separate articles for the different varieties of play-throughs with 'see also' sections that tie them together.
Vhati (talk) 12:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Neologism Status

Its neologism status will be difficult to overcome. Even speedruns, popular as they are, have no books about them aside from an entry in the Guiness Book of Records. If 'longplay' will ever appear in print, it'll be a brief chapter in a speedrun book, if the author has ever heard of the concept. There just isn't that much to say that doesn't already apply to recording games (video editing/encoding) or playing them well.

Possibly the article could include best practices for demonstrating various genres (General/RTS/FPS/etc); like hover the mouse over things briefly prior to clicking; avoid multitasking; or lapse/cut dead time. The problem is unless such suggestions appear in a 'Longplay Guide' elsewhere, that would be original research or synthesis. Wikipedia isn't for that.
Vhati (talk) 12:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)