12/20/2012

Stay Tuned!

So tomorrow is supposedly the end of the world, right? Well I don't believe that, but every hour on the hour tomorrow starting at midnight, I will be recording a segment to showcase what is happening. It will be released at 1 in the morning on the 22nd. Have a merry end of the world everyone!

10/31/2012

Reading vs Video Games


What comes up most often in the world today is whether people should either read a book or play a video game.  Remember when reading was the big thing?  How we could go on fascinating journeys in our minds?  And then along came video games and then we were the ones taking part in the stories, but there was little room for imagination as everything was laid out for us.  There was then a turning point in the world where people said the video games were better than reading.

But we have reached a problem today:  All novels seem to be the same.  There are not really any new stories that tickle the mind.  The same goes for video games, everyone is always worried about how many lines of coded Artificial Intelligence can be destroyed by a coded gun.  Nothing "new" has really come out in recent years for excite the mind.

So now we have that decision again:  Which is better?  Reading?  Or video games?

Let's analyze the two.

First up is reading.  While we previously stated that nothing new is around, there is also a plethora of "classic" novels to be read.  But a novel doesn't have to be "classic" to be good, all a novel is is a story. Everyone has different story tastes, but all have something in common: imagination.  When reading stories, we picture the story in our minds, the characters, the places, the people.  We imagine it all.  Everyone who reads it imagines something different, which is a joy of reading.  A person can be taken on fascinating journeys, across time, space, or even the Earth.  We can be a detective solving crimes, a space-farer discovering new planets, anything.  You name it, it can be done.  What we as a people need to find is what excites the mind now.  In the 50s and 60s, the most read stories were science fiction.  We now need to find the genre that people like now so that people will want to read again, as there is not really a greater joy.

Then we have video games.  Video games have so much potential, which I believe now can be taken up on.  What defines video games nowadays is how many people you can kill, or how lifelike the graphics are, or how good the gameplay is.  Very few games revolve around story anymore.  Thus, every game now seems the same to us, and we become easily bored with games.  What we need now is a game that revolves around story.  Grant it, video games leave little to imagine, as we said.  The landscape is laid out for them, the character progress is straight forward, the only thing left to imagine is a different story.  What we need to find today is find those games which also intrigue the imagination with a story.  Bridge both story and games together.

So, what would you rather do?  Read a book, or play a video game?  What are your thoughts on how we can change the world in imagination?

9/22/2012

Updates on 9/22/12!

And so, here is our first batch of updates!

   - More short stories added to the Short Stories page!
   - Another novel added to the Novels page!
   - A brand new page entitled The Great Star Wars Trek, dedicated to posting the web-series right here!  (More episodes to be added soon.)

And also, a question!  What would you, the viewer, like to see added to this site to make it more enjoyable for you?

9/19/2012

Welcome!

Welcome to Michael Gabriel Becker Enterprises!  Here is the home of all things related to the author Michael Gabriel Becker, including his short stories!  Along the right side of the page, you will see a list of links taking you to either his novels, short stories or essays, and then a "Subscribe by E-mail" function.

Be sure to read up on his novels and then subscribe to get the latest updates!

Updates will include, more short stories, a web-series, games and much, much more!