Comments on: The Golden Ocarina http://se4n.org/2007/03/04/the-golden-ocarina/ The website and blog of Sean C. Duncan. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: sean http://se4n.org/2007/03/04/the-golden-ocarina/#comment-6 sean Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:12:49 +0000 http://se4n.org/2007/03/04/the-golden-ocarina/#comment-6 Ha, the 'number 23' stuff is actually right on target. I think a lot of this can be chalked up to very selective views of data at best and confirmation bias at worst. Still, it opens the question of whether or not there are fundamental ways we perceive and think about games (or, in this case, the music embedded in a game) that influence the kind of emotional reactions we have to it. Ha, the ‘number 23′ stuff is actually right on target. I think a lot of this can be chalked up to very selective views of data at best and confirmation bias at worst. Still, it opens the question of whether or not there are fundamental ways we perceive and think about games (or, in this case, the music embedded in a game) that influence the kind of emotional reactions we have to it.

]]> By: Erik http://se4n.org/2007/03/04/the-golden-ocarina/#comment-5 Erik Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:20:39 +0000 http://se4n.org/2007/03/04/the-golden-ocarina/#comment-5 I love this kind of thing, although it always feels a little "The Number 23" to me. Or, substitute older, classier cultural reference. I don't have precise measurements, but a LOT of pop songs have a form like verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus, where the bridge is really a standout moment and occurs, you know, somewhere around the 2/3 mark. So yeah, there might be something humans (or humans in our culture) like about that structure. But it might be "somewhere around 2/3", not "golden ratio". And, well, if movies hit their climaxes at .618, you'd have a lot of bored people by the time the credits roll. (Novels likewise.) You could see if "third acts" start there, but then you're clearly cherry-picking. I love this kind of thing, although it always feels a little “The Number 23″ to me. Or, substitute older, classier cultural reference.

I don’t have precise measurements, but a LOT of pop songs have a form like verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus, where the bridge is really a standout moment and occurs, you know, somewhere around the 2/3 mark. So yeah, there might be something humans (or humans in our culture) like about that structure. But it might be “somewhere around 2/3″, not “golden ratio”.

And, well, if movies hit their climaxes at .618, you’d have a lot of bored people by the time the credits roll. (Novels likewise.) You could see if “third acts” start there, but then you’re clearly cherry-picking.

]]> By: austin http://se4n.org/2007/03/04/the-golden-ocarina/#comment-4 austin Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:45:27 +0000 http://se4n.org/2007/03/04/the-golden-ocarina/#comment-4 I don't know...but I sent Ganondorf's ass packing this morning. I don’t know…but I sent Ganondorf’s ass packing this morning.

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