cameras
not an exhaustive list, but beyond good & evil is probably my favorite example of taking pictures in games - and having those pictures serve some purpose with meaning in the story already written. not all of these use their cameras in the same way, but these are some games i like in which there is some level of focus on taking pictures, whether mechanical or in service of a story or anything more than taking a selfie. nothing against selfies, but i don't really feel like taking selfies in open world games or whatever really needs to be included here. same if the photography is treated as a collectathon and nothing more. anyway
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the climactic broadcast using the pics you'd taken while playing remains one of my favorite Big Moments in games
snap pics for invention ideas!
i need to play these games, but their inclusion here seems natural
snap pics for exp!
for a time, campo santo would actually 'develop' photos from your roll of film after finishing the game and then mail them to you.
never actually had one of these, but as i understand it this is essentially a collection of minigames utilizing 1-bit photography. unique on this list, it's fascinating as a piece of tech and as a games collection littered with easter eggs and adventurous whimsy only made possible by its extremely limited little camera peripheral.
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whoa, right!
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