Veritas777 opened this issue on Jul 19, 2004 ยท 28 posts
Kalypso posted Tue, 20 July 2004 at 2:09 AM Online Now! Site Admin
Actually I think that Veritas does have a point. Being a gamer and Poser addict myself I see a trend. In the galleries it's not just about "art". People use Poser to depict a character they play or a scene in their head. In games, such as the Sims, people don't just play the game but have developed tools to be able to "act out" scenes which they painstakingly put together to get an "image - dare I say close to Poser art". However if there's going to be a serious crossover I can only see it happening with games that are heavily reliant on the characters such as Sims where Poser models have already been used - I see Poser hair constantly for Sims add-ons - and with the coming of the Sims 2 this may branch out even more. Both Poser and Sims sites also started out similarly. At first it was a community effort to expand the possibiities offered by both but it became so popular that they both went commercial to be able to support the bandwidth demands. Not to mention the users, I've met many Poser users who started out with the Sims and the other way around. I'm not saying there will be a point where the two will merge mind you, I don't see it happening with flight simulators, Mech Warrior, etc :) but for some games the target group really reminds me of Poser users.