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- From: exuhag@exu.ericsson.se (James Hague)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.video
- Subject: Re: Anti-aliasing
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.173223.4963@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 17:32:23 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.145800.27661@bmers145.bnr.ca>
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- Ben Sim writes:
- >
- >What's meant by that statement? anti-aliasing improves the smoothness of
- >the graphics, hence better graphics. What's irrelevant about better
- >graphics on a video game? I guess you like crude graphics ala the old
- >Atari 2600.
-
- Better graphics just for the sake of better graphics is not a worthy goal.
- There are quite a few games which would be _improved_ if the graphics
- were simplified. Ever see a fancy chess set in which the pieces are
- so exorbitantly detailed that it's hard to identifiy them?
-
- --
- James Hague
- exuhag@exu.ericsson.se
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