TED2006
David Perry: Are games better than life?
David Perry fala sobre videoxogos
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O deseñador de xogos, David Perry, considera que os videoxogos do futuro serán máis ca unha simple diversión para a próxima xeración de xogadores. Serán unhas experiencias suntuosas, complexas e emotivas. Para algúns, máis apaixonantes e significativas que a vida real.
David Perry - Game designer
Dave Perry is the visionary game designer behind some of the most beloved titles of the past two decades -- Earthworm Jim, MDK, Messiah, and game adaptations of films such as Terminator and The Matrix. Full bio
Dave Perry is the visionary game designer behind some of the most beloved titles of the past two decades -- Earthworm Jim, MDK, Messiah, and game adaptations of films such as Terminator and The Matrix. Full bio
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I grew up in Northern Ireland, right up in the
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Medrei en Irlanda do Norte,
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very, very north end of it there,
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xusto arriba de todo,
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where it's absolutely freezing cold.
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onde vai un frío de medo.
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This was me running around in the back garden mid-summer.
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Este son eu correndo polo xardín en pleno verán.
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(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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I couldn't pick a career.
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Non puiden escoller unha carreira.
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In Ireland the obvious choice is the military,
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En Irlanda, a escolla obvia é a militar,
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but to be honest it actually kind of sucks.
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pero, a dicir verdade, é unha merda.
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(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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My mother wanted me to be a dentist.
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Miña nai quería que fose dentista.
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But the problem was that people kept blowing everything up.
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O problema era que a xente non deixaba de voar cousas.
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So I actually went to school in Belfast,
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De feito, fun á escola en Belfast,
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which was where all the action happened.
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que era onde estaba toda a acción.
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And this was a pretty common sight.
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Esta é unha visión compartida.
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The school I went to was pretty boring.
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A miña escola era bastante aburrida.
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They forced us to learn things like Latin.
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Facíannos aprender cousas como latín.
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The school teachers weren't having much fun,
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Os mestres non se divertían moito,
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the sports were very dirty or very painful.
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e os deportes eran moi sucios ou dolorosos.
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So I cleverly chose rowing, which I got very good at.
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Así que, arteiramente, escollín remo, no que fun moi bo.
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And I was actually rowing for my school here
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De feito, aquí estaba remando para a miña escola
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until this fateful day, and I flipped over right in front
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ata este día fatídico no que envorquei
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of the entire school.
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diante de todo o colexio.
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And that was the finishing post right there.
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Esa de aí era a meta.
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(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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So this was extremely embarrassing.
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Foi tremendamente bochornoso.
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But our school at that time got a grant from the government,
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Nesa época, a escola conseguiu unha bolsa do goberno
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and they got an incredible computer -- the research machine 3DZ --
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e mercaron un computador incrible: a máquina de investigación 3DZ.
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and they left the programming manuals lying around.
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Deixaron á vista os manuais de programación
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And so students like myself with nothing to do,
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e os estudantes coma min, sen moito que facer,
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we would learn how to program it.
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aprendemos a programalo.
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Also around this time, at home,
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Neste momento, nas casas,
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this was the computer that people were buying.
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este era o computador que estaba a mercar a xente.
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It was called the Sinclair ZX80. This was a 1K computer,
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Chamábase Sinclair ZX80. Era un computador de 1 kB
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and you'd buy your programs on cassette tape.
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e os programas mercábanse en casete.
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Actually I'm just going to pause for one second,
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De feito, vou facer unha pausa dun segundo
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because I heard that there's a prerequisite to speak here at TED --
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porque oín que hai un prerrequisito para falar en TED...
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you had to have a picture of yourself from the old days with big hair.
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Tes que ter unha foto vella túa co pelo longo,
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So I brought a picture with big hair.
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así que trouxen unha foto co pelo longo.
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(Laughter).
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(Risas)
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I just want to get that out of the way.
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Só quería quitarmo de enriba.
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So after the Sinclair ZX80 came along the very cleverly named
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Entón, despois do Sinclair ZX80, chegou o moi enxeñosamente chamado
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Sinclair ZX81.
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Sinclair ZX81.
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(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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And -- you see the picture at the bottom?
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E... vedes a foto de abaixo?
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There's a picture of a guy doing homework with his son.
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Hai unha foto dun home facendo os deberes co seu fillo.
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That's what they thought they had built it for.
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Pensaban que o fixeran para iso.
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The reality is we got the programming manual
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A realidade é que collemos o manual de programación
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and we started making games for it.
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e comezamos a facer xogos para el.
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We were programming in BASIC,
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Programabamos en BASIC,
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which is a pretty awful language for games,
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que é unha linguaxe bastante horrible para xogos,
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so we ended up learning Assembly language
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así que rematamos aprendendo a linguaxe ensambladora
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so we could really take control of the hardware.
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para poder controlar o hardware de verdade.
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This is the guy that invented it, Sir Clive Sinclair,
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Este é o tipo que o inventou, Sir Clive Sinclair,
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and he's showing his machine.
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que está amosando a súa máquina.
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You had this same thing in America,
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Tiñades o mesmo en América,
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it was called the Timex Sinclair1000.
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chamábase Timex Sinclair1000.
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To play a game in those days you had to have an imagination
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Para xogar daquela tiñas que ter imaxinación
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to believe that you were really playing "Battlestar Galactica."
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para crer que estabas a xogar ao "Battlestar Galactica".
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The graphics were just horrible.
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Os gráficos eran arrepiantes.
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You had to have an even better imagination to play this game,
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Tiñas que ter unha imaxinación aínda mellor para xogar a este,
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"Death Rider."
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o "Death Rider".
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But of course the scientists couldn't help themselves.
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Por suposto, os científicos non se puideron resistir
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They started making their own video games.
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e comezaron a crear o seus propios videoxogos.
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This is one of my favorite ones here, where they have rabbit breeding,
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Este é un dos meus favoritos, onde simulan cría de coellos
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so males choose the lucky rabbit.
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e os machos escollen á coella afortunada.
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It was around this time we went from 1K to 16K,
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Foi nesta época cando pasamos de 1 kB a 16 kB,
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which was quite the leap.
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o que foi un bo progreso.
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And if you're wondering how much 16K is,
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Se vos preguntades canto son 16 kB,
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this eBay logo here is 16K.
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este logo de eBay é de 16 kB.
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And in that amount of memory someone programmed
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Nesa cantidade de memoria, alguén programou
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a full flight simulation program.
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un programa completo de simulación de voo.
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And that's what it looked like.
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Ese era o seu aspecto.
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I spent ages flying this flight simulator,
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Eu pasei moito tempo usando este simulador de voo
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and I honestly believed I could fly airplanes by the end of it.
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e, honestamente, ao final, cría saber pilotar avións.
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Here's Clive Sinclair now launching his color computer.
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Aquí está Clive Sinclair presentando o seu computador a cor.
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He's recognized as being the father of video games in Europe.
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É coñecido como o pai dos videoxogos en Europa.
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He's a multi-millionaire, and I think that's why he's
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É multimillonario. Creo que por iso
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smiling in this photograph.
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está sorrindo nesta foto.
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So I went on for the next 20 years or so
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Durante os 20 anos seguintes,
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making a lot of different games.
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seguín creando moitos xogos diferentes.
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Some of the highlights were things like "The Terminator,"
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Algúns dos máis destacados foron "The Terminator",
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"Aladdin," the "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles."
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"Aladdin" e "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles".
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Because I was from the United Kingdom,
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Como eu era do Reino Unido,
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they thought the word ninja was a little too mean for children,
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pensaron que a palabra "ninja" era un pouco ruín para os cativos,
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so they decided to call it hero instead.
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así que decidiron cambialo por "heroe".
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I personally preferred the Spanish version,
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Persoalmente, prefiro a versión española,
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which was "Tortugas Ninja."
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que foi "Tortugas Ninja".
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That was much better.
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Esa foi xenial.
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(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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Then the last game I did was based on trying to get the video game industry
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O último xogo que fixen intentaba conseguir que a industria dos videoxogos
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and Hollywood to actually work together on something --
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e Hollywood traballasen xuntos en algo
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instead of licensing from each other, to actually work.
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no canto de concedérense licenzas, traballaren de verdade.
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Now, Chris did ask me to bring some statistics with me,
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Chris pediume que trouxese algunhas estatísticas,
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so I've done that.
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así que velaquí están.
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The video game industry in 2005 became a 29 billion dollar business.
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A industria dos videoxogos converteuse nun negocio de 29 mil millóns de dólares no 2005.
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It grows every year.
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Cada ano vai en aumento.
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Last year was the biggest year.
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O ano pasado foi o mellor.
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By 2008, we're going to kick the butt of the music industry.
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No 2008, darémoslle unha malleira á industria da música.
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By 2010, we're going to hit 42 billion.
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No 2010, chegaremos aos 42 mil millóns.
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43 percent of gamers are female.
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O 43 por cento dos xogadores son mulleres.
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So there's a lot more female gamers than people are really aware.
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Hai máis xogadoras do que a xente pensa.
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The average age of gamers?
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A idade media dos xogadores?
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Well, obviously it's for children, right?
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A ver, obviamente, é para cativos, non?
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Well, no, actually it's 30 years old.
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Pois non, de feito é de 30 anos.
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And interestingly, the people who buy the most games are 37.
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E, curiosamente, os que mercan máis xogos son os de 37.
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So 37 is our target audience.
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Polo tanto, o noso público meta é o de 37.
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All video games are violent.
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Todos os videoxogos son violentos.
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Of course the newspapers love to beat on this.
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Por suposto, aos xornais encántalles incidir niso,
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But 83 percent of games don't have any mature content whatsoever,
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pero o 83 por cento dos xogos non teñen ningún contido adulto,
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so it's just not true.
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así que non é certo.
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Online gaming statistics.
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Estatísticas de xogos en liña.
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I brought some stuff on "World of Warcraft." It's 5.5 million players.
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Merquei algunhas cousas en "World of Warcraft". Conta con 5,5 millóns de xogadores.
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It makes about 80 million bucks a month in subscriptions.
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Factura uns 80 millóns de dólares ao mes só en subscricións.
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It costs 50 bucks just to install it on your computer,
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Custa 50 dólares instalalo no computador,
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making the publisher about another 275 million.
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gañando a editorial outros 275 millóns.
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The game costs about 80 million dollars to make,
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O xogo custa facelo uns 80 millóns de dólares,
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so basically it pays for itself in about a month.
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así que podemos dicir que se autopaga nun mes.
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A player in a game called "Project Entropia"
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Un xogador nun xogo chamado "Project Entropia"
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actually bought his own island for 26,500 dollars.
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mercou a súa propia illa por 26.500 dólares.
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You have to remember that this is not a real island.
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Tedes que lembrar que non é unha illa de verdade.
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He didn't actually buy anything, just some data.
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En realidade, non mercou nada, só algúns datos.
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But he got great terms on it.
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Pero obtivo unhas boas condicións.
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This purchase included mining and hunting rights,
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Esta compra incluía dereitos de minería e caza,
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ownership of all land on the island, and a castle
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a posesión de toda a terra da illa e un castelo
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with no furniture included.
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sen amoblar.
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(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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This market is now estimated at over 800 million dollars annually.
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Este mercado factura actualmente uns 800 millóns de dólares anuais.
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And what's interesting about it is the market was actually created
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E o interesante é que o mercado foi creado
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by the gamers themselves.
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polos propios xogadores.
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They found clever ways to trade items
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Atoparon formas enxeñosas de comerciar con artigos
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and to sell their accounts to each other
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e de vender a súas contas entre eles
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so that they could make money while they were playing their games.
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para poder gañar cartos mentres xogaban .
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I dove onto eBay a couple of days ago
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Hai un par de días, metinme en eBay
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just to see what was gong on, typed in World of Warcraft, got 6,000 items.
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só para ver o que se cocía. Busquei por World of Warcraft e apareceron 6.000 produtos.
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I liked this one the best:
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Este foi o que máis me gustou:
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a level 60 Warlock with lots of epics for 174,000 dollars.
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un Warlock de nivel 60 con moitos atributos épicos por 174.000 dólares.
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It's like that guy obviously had some pain while making it.
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Nótase que ao rapaz lle deu moito traballo crealo.
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So as far as popularity of games,
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En canto á popularidade dos xogos,
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what do you think these people are doing here?
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que pensades que está a facer esta xente aquí?
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It turns out they're actually in Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles
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Resulta que están no Hollywood Bowl en Los Ángeles
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listening to the L.A. Philharmonic playing video game music.
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escoitando á Filarmónica de Los Ángeles tocando música de videoxogos.
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That's what the show looks like.
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Velaquí a pinta que ten este espectáculo.
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You would expect it to be cheesy, but it's not.
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Poderiades esperar que fose noxento, pero diso nada.
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It's very, very epic and a very beautiful concert.
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É un concerto precioso e moi épico.
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And the people that went there absolutely loved it.
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Os asistentes quedaron totalmente marabillados.
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What do you think these people are doing?
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Que pensades que está a facer esta xente?
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They're actually bringing their computers so they can play games
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Pois están traendo os seus computadores para poder xogar
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against each other.
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os uns contra os outros.
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And this is happening in every city around the world.
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Isto ten lugar en cidades de todo o mundo.
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This is happening in your local cities too,
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Tamén ocorre nas vosas cidades,
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you're probably just not aware of it.
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pero probablemente non o sabedes.
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Now, Chris told me that you had a timeline video a few years ago
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Chris díxome que tiñades un vídeo cronolóxico hai uns anos
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here just to show how video game graphics have been improving.
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para amosar como foron mellorando os gráficos dos videoxogos.
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I wanted to update that video and give you a new look at it.
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Quixen actualizar ese vídeo e darvos unha nova visión.
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But what I want you to do is to try to understand it.
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Quero que intentedes entendelo.
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We're on this curve, and the graphics are getting
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Nós estamos nesta curva e os gráficos van mellorando
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so ridiculously better.
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dunha forma irrisoria.
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And I'm going to show you up to maybe 2007.
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Vouvos amosar ata o 2007 quizais.
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But I want you to try and think about what games could look like
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Quero que intentedes pensar en como poderían chegar a ser os xogos
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10 years from now.
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de aquí en 10 anos.
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So we're going to start that video.
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Imos co vídeo, logo.
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Video: Throughout human history people have played games.
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Vídeo: A xente leva xogando durante toda a historia do ser humano.
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As man's intellect and technology have evolved
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O intelecto do home e a tecnoloxía foron evolucionando
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so too have the games he plays.
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así como os seus xogos.
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(Music)
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(Música)
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(Applause)
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(Aplauso)
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David Perry: The thing again I want you to think about is,
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David Perry: O que non quero é que miredes
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don't look at these graphics and think of that's the way it is.
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estes gráficos e pensedes que isto é o que hai.
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Think about that's where we are right now,
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Pensade que é onde estamos agora
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and the curve that we're on means that this is going to continue
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e a curva na que estamos significa que isto
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to get better.
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irá a mellor.
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This is an example of the kind of graphics you need to be able to draw
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Este é un exemplo do tipo de gráficos que necesitades poder debuxar
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if you wanted to get a job in the video game industry today.
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se queredes traballar na industria dos videoxogos hoxe en día.
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You need to be really an incredible artist.
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Realmente, tedes que ser uns artistas excepcionais.
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And once we get enough of those guys, we're going to want
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E cando xa teñamos abondos, quereremos
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more fantasy artists that can create places
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máis artistas fantásticos que poidan crear lugares
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we've never been to before, or characters that
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onde non estivéramos antes ou personaxes
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we've just never seen before.
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que non víramos nunca.
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So the obvious thing for me to talk about today is graphics and audio.
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Para min, o normal hoxe é falar de gráficos e audio.
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But if you were to go to a game developers conference,
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Se fosedes a un congreso de programadores de xogos,
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what they're all talking about is emotion, purpose,
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do que todos falan é de emoción, intención,
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meaning, understanding and feeling.
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significado, interpretación e sentimento.
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You'll hear about talks like, can a video game make you cry?
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Escoitariades cousas como: pode un videoxogo facervos chorar?
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And these are the kind of topics we really actually care about.
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Son estes os temas que realmente nos importan.
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I came across a student who's absolutely excellent
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Atopeime cun estudante absolutamente brillante
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at expressing himself, and this student agreed
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á hora de expresarse e este estudante acordou
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that he would not show his video to anybody until
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que non amosaría o seu vídeo a ninguén ata
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you here at TED had seen it.
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que o visedes aquí en TED.
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So I'd like to play this video.
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Gustaríame poñer este vídeo.
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So this is a student's opinion on what his experience of games are.
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Esta é a opinión dun estudante sobre a súa experiencia cos xogos.
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Video: I, like many of you, live somewhere between
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Vídeo: Eu, coma moitos de vós, vivo nalgún sitio entre
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reality and video games.
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a realidade e os videoxogos.
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Some part of me -- a true living, breathing person --
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Unha parte de min, unha persoa de verdade, que respira,
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has become programmed, electronic and virtual.
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converteuse en programada, electrónica e virtual.
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The boundary of my brain that divides real from fantasy
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A fronteira do meu cerebro que separa a realidade da fantasía
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has finally begun to crumble.
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comezou a derrubarse, finalmente.
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I'm a video game addict and this is my story.
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Son adicto aos videoxogos e esta é a miña historia.
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(Music)
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In the year of my birth
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No ano do meu nacemento,
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the Nintendo Entertainment System also went into development.
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a Nintendo Entertainment System tamén entrou en desenvolvemento.
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I played in the backyard, learned to read,
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Xoguei no xardín de atrás, aprendín a ler
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and even ate some of my vegetables.
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e aínda comín algunhas verduras.
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Most of my childhood was spent playing with Legos.
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Pasei a maior parte da miña infancia xogando cos Legos.
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But as was the case for most of my generation,
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Pero, ao igual que a maioría da miña xeración,
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I spent a lot of time in front of the TV.
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pasei moito tempo diante da tele.
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Mr. Rogers, Walt Disney, Nick Junior,
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Mr. Rogers, Walt Disney, Nick Junior
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and roughly half a million commercials have undoubtedly
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e aproximadamente medio millón de anuncios
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left their mark on me.
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deixáronme marcado sen dúbida.
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When my parents bought my sister and I our first Nintendo,
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Cando meus pais nos mercaron a nosa primeira Nintendo á miña irmá e a min,
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whatever inherent addictive quality this early interactive
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fose cal fose a calidade aditiva inherente que tivese este entretemento
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electronic entertainment possessed quickly took hold of me.
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electrónico interactivo, axiña prendeu en min.
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At some point something clicked.
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Nalgún momento, vino todo claro.
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(Music)
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With the combination of simple, interactive stories
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Coa combinación de historias sinxelas e interactivas
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and the warmth of the TV set, my simple 16-bit Nintendo
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e a calor da tele, a miña simple Nintendo de 16 bits
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became more than just an escape.
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converteuse en máis que unha fuxida.
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It became an alternate existence, my virtual reality.
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Converteuse nunha existencia alternativa, a miña realidade virtual.
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(Music)
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I'm a video game addict, and it's not because of
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Son adicto aos videoxogos e non é polo
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a certain number of hours I have spent playing,
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número de horas que pasei xogando
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or nights I have gone without sleep to finish the next level.
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ou as noites que non durmía por rematar o seguinte nivel.
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It is because I have had life-altering experiences in virtual space,
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É porque tiven experiencias no espazo virtual que modificaron a miña vida
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and video games had begun to erode my own understanding
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e os videoxogos comezaron a erosionar a miña propia percepción
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of what is real and what is not.
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do que é real e o que non.
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I'm addicted, because even though I know I'm losing my grip on reality,
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Son adicto porque, aínda que sei que estou a perder o contacto coa realidade,
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I still crave more.
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aínda o devezo máis.
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(Music)
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From an early age I learned to invest myself emotionally
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Desde cativo, aprendín a involucrarme emocionalmente
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in what unfolded before me on screen.
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no que se revelaba ante min na pantalla.
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Today, after 20 years of watching TV geared to make me emotional,
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Hoxe, despois de 20 anos vendo como a tele me volve emocional,
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even a decent insurance commercial can bring tears to my eyes.
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incluso un anuncio de seguros decente pode arrancarme unhas bágoas.
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I am just one of a new generation that is growing up.
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Só son un dunha nova xeración que está medrando.
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A generation who may experience much more meaning
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Unha xeración que pode experimentar moito máis significado
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through video games than they will through the real world.
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mediante os videoxogos que mediante o mundo real.
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Video games are nearing an evolutionary leap,
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Os videoxogos están preto de dar un salto evolutivo,
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a point where game worlds will look and feel just as real
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un punto onde os mundos dos xogos parecerán e percibiranse coma reais,
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as the films we see in theatres, or the news we watch on TV.
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como as películas que vemos nos teatros ou as noticias que vemos na tele.
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And while my sense of free will in these virtual worlds
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E, mentres a miña sensación de libre albedrío nestes mundos virtuais
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may still be limited, what I do learn applies to my real life.
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aínda pode estar limitada, podo aplicar o que aprendo á miña vida real.
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Play enough video games and eventually you will
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Xogade abondo aos videoxogos e, ao final,
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really believe you can snowboard, fly a plane,
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creredes que podedes facer snowboard, pilotar un avión,
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drive a nine-second quarter mile, or kill a man.
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conducir case medio quilómetro en nove segundos ou matar a un home.
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I know I can.
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Sei que podo.
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Unlike any pop culture phenomenon before it,
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A diferenza de calquer fenómeno da cultura pop anterior,
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video games actually allow us to become part of the machine.
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os videoxogos permítennos converternos en parte da máquina.
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They allow us to sublimate into the culture of interactive,
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Permítennos sublimarnos na cultura do interactivo,
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downloaded, streaming, HD reality.
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o descargado, o tempo real e a realidade en alta definición.
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We are interacting with our entertainment.
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Estamos interactuando co noso entretemento.
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I have come to expect this level of interaction.
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Cheguei a esperar este nivel de interacción.
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Without it, the problems faced in the real world --
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Sen el, os problemas que afrontamos no mundo real
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poverty, war, disease and genocide -- lack the levity they should.
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(pobreza, guerras, enfermidades e xenocidio) carecen da frivolidade que deberían.
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Their importance blends into the sensationalized drama
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A súa importancia confúndese co drama sensacionalista
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of prime time TV.
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do horario de máxima audiencia da tele.
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But the beauty of video games today lies not in the lifelike graphics,
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A beleza dos videoxogos, hoxe, non reside nos gráficos realistas,
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the vibrating joysticks or virtual surround sound.
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os joysticks vibrantes ou o son envolvente virtual.
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It lies in that these games are beginning to make me emotional.
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Reside en que estes xogos comezan a emocionarme.
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I have fought in wars, feared for my own survival,
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Teño loitado en guerras, temendo pola miña propia supervivencia,
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watched my cohorts die on beaches and woods that look and feel
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teño visto morrer ós meus séquitos en praias e bosques que semellaban
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more real than any textbook or any news story.
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máis reais que calquera libro de texto ou historia das noticias.
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The people who create these games are smart.
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A xente que crea estes xogos é intelixente.
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They know what makes me scared, excited, panicked, proud or sad.
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Saben o que me dá medo, me excita, me aterra, me enche de orgullo ou me entristece.
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Then they use these emotions to dimensionalize the worlds they create.
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Logo usan estas emocións para dimensionar os mundo que crean.
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A well-designed video game will seamlessly
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Un videoxogo ben deseñado tecerá sen problemas
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weave the user into the fabric of the virtual experience.
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ao usuario na fábrica da experiencia virtual.
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As one becomes more experienced
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Segundo vas gañando experiencia,
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the awareness of physical control melts away.
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a conciencia do control físico esvaécese.
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I know what I want and I do it.
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Sei o que quero e fágoo.
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No buttons to push, no triggers to pull, just me and the game.
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Sen botóns que pulsar, sen gatillos dos que tirar, só o xogo e máis eu.
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My fate and the fate of the world around me lie inside my hands.
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O meu destino e o do mundo que me rodea está nas miñas mans.
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I know violent video games make my mother worry.
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Sei que os videoxogos violentos preocupan a miña nai.
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What troubles me is not that video game violence
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O que me preocupa a min non é que a violencia do videoxogo
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is becoming more and more like real life violence,
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se volva máis como a violencia da vida real,
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but that real life violence is starting to look more and more
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senón que a violencia da vida real estea empezando a semellarse máis
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like a video game.
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á dun videoxogo.
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(Music)
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These are all troubles outside of myself.
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Todos estes son problemas alleos a min.
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I, however, have a problem very close to home.
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Eu, pola contra, teño un problema moi preto da casa.
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Something has happened to my brain.
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Algo lle pasou ao meu cerebro.
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(Music)
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Perhaps there is a single part of our brain that holds
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Quizáis haxa unha parte do noso cerebro que recolle
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all of our gut instincts, the things we know to do
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todos os nosos instintos viscerais, o que sabemos facer
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before we even think.
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incluso antes de pensalo.
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While some of these instincts may be innate, most are learned,
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Mentres algúns instintos poden ser innatos, a maioría son adquiridos
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and all of them are hardwired into our brains.
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e todos están conectados directamente aos nosos cerebros.
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These instincts are essential for survival in both real and virtual worlds.
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Estes instintos son esenciais para a supervivencia nos mundos real e virtual.
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Only in recent years has the technology behind video games
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Nos últimos anos, a tecnoloxía detrás dos videoxogos
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allowed for a true overlap in stimuli.
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permitiu unha verdadeira superposición dos estímulos.
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As gamers we are now living by the same laws of physics
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Como xogadores, vivimos segundo as mesmas leis da física
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in the same cities and doing many of the same things
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nas mesmas cidades e facendo moitas das mesmas cousas
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we once did in real life, only virtually.
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que fixemos algunha vez na vida real, só que virtualmente.
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Consider this --
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Considerade isto:
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my real life car has about 25,000 miles on it.
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o meu coche real ten uns 40.233 quilómetros.
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In all my driving games, I've driven a total of 31,459 miles.
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En todos os meus xogos de condución, fixen un total de 50.628 quilómetros.
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To some degree I've learned how to drive from the game.
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Ata certo punto, aprendín a conducir a través dos xogos.
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The sensory cues are very similar.
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As entradas sensoriais son moi similares.
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It's a funny feeling when you have spent more time
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É unha sensación divertida cando pasas máis tempo
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doing something on the TV than you have in real life.
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facendo algo na tele que na vida real.
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When I am driving down a road at sunset all I can think is,
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Cando conduzo rúa abaixo durante o solpor, o único que penso é
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this is almost as beautiful as my games are.
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que iso é case tan fermoso como os meus xogos.
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For my virtual worlds are perfect.
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Son perfectos para os meus mundos virtuais.
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More beautiful and rich than the real world around us.
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Máis fermoso e rico que o mundo real que nos rodea.
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I'm not sure what the implications of my experience are,
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Non estou seguro de cales son as implicacións da miña experiencia,
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but the potential for using realistic video game stimuli in repetition
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pero o potencial para usar estímulos de videoxogos realistas en repetición
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on a vast number of loyal participants is frightening to me.
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nun amplo número de participantes leais asústame.
17:10
Today I believe Big Brother would find much more success
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Hoxe, creo que "O grande irmán" tería moito máis éxito
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brainwashing the masses with video games
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lavándolles o cerebro ás masas con videoxogos
17:15
rather than just simply TVs.
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máis que só con televisións.
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Video games are fun, engaging, and leave your brain
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Os videoxogos son divertidos, atractivos e deixan o cerebro
17:21
completely vulnerable to re-programming.
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completamente vulnerable á reprogramación.
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But maybe brainwashing isn't always bad.
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Quizais o lavado de cerebro non sexa sempre malo.
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Imagine a game that teaches us to respect each other,
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Imaxinade un xogo que nos aprenda a respectarnos entre nós
17:30
or helps us to understand the problems we're all facing
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ou nos axude a entender os problemas ao que nos afrontamos todos
17:33
in the real world.
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no mundo real.
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There is a potential to do good as well.
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Tamén hai un potencial para facer o ben.
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It is critical, as these virtual worlds continue to mirror
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É complicado, xa que os mundos virtuais seguen a reflectir
17:40
the real world we live in, that game developers realize
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o mundo real en que vivimos, que os programadores dos xogos se decaten
17:43
that they have tremendous responsibilities before them.
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de que teñen unhas responsabilidades tremendas ante eles.
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I'm not sure what the future of video games holds
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Non estou seguro do que nos depara o futuro dos videoxogos
17:49
for our civilization.
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para a nosa civilización.
17:50
But as virtual and real world experiences increasingly overlap
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Mais como o mundo virtual e real experimentan unha crecente superposición,
17:54
there is a greater and greater potential for other people
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hai un potencial máis e máis grande para que outra xente
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to feel the same way I do.
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se sinta coma min.
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What I have only recently come to realize
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Do que me decatei recentemente
18:02
is that beyond the graphics, sound, game play and emotion
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é de que, máis alá dos gráficos, o son, o xogo e a emoción,
18:06
it is the power to break down reality that is so fascinating
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é o poder de acabar coa realidade o que me resulta
18:09
and addictive to me.
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tan fascinante e aditivo.
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I know that I am losing my grip.
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Sei que estou a perder a miña conexión coa realidade.
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Part of me is just waiting to let go.
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Unha parte de min está esperando para deixala ir.
18:20
I know though, that no matter how amazing video games may become,
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sei, porén, que non importa o fascinantes que poden chegar a ser os videoxogos,
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or how flat the real world may seem to us,
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ou o monótono que nos poida parecer o mundo real,
18:26
that we must stay aware of what our games are teaching us
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Acho que debemos ser conscientes do que os nosos xogos nos aprenden
18:29
and how they leave us feeling when we finally do unplug.
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e como nos fan sentir cando finalmente desconectamos.
18:37
(Applause)
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(Aplauso)
18:38
DP: Wow.
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DP: Guau.
18:39
(Applause)
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(Aplauso)
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I found that video very, very thought provoking,
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Creo que ese vídeo da moito no que pensar,
18:49
and that's why I wanted to bring it here for you guys to see.
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por iso quixen traelo aquí para que o vísedes.
18:51
And what was interesting about it is the obvious choice
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O máis interesante del é que o normal
18:53
for me to talk about was graphics and audio.
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para min era falar de gráficos e audio.
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But as you heard, Michael talked about all these other elements as well.
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Como escoitastes, Michael tamén falou de todos estes elementos.
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Video games give an awful lot of other things too,
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Os videoxogos tamén nos dan outras cousas tremendas,
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and that's why people get so addicted.
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por iso a xente se volve tan adicta.
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The most important one being fun.
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O máis importante é que sexa divertido.
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The name of this track is "The Magic To Come."
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O nome desta pista é "The Magic To Come".
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Who is that going to come from?
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Quen van ser os autores de todo isto?
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Is it going to come from the best directors in the world
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Os mellores directores do mundo
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as we thought it probably would?
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e así como todos pensamos, non si?
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I don't think so.
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Non o creo.
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I think it's going to come from the children who are growing up now
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Creo que vai vir dos rapaces que están medrando agora
19:15
that aren't stuck with all of the stuff that we remember from the past.
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e que non están atascados con todo aquilo que lembramos nós do pasado.
19:20
They're going to do it their way, using the tools that we've created.
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Farano á súa maneira, usando as ferramentas que nós creamos.
19:22
The same with students or highly creative people,
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O mesmo pasará cos estudantes e coa xente máis creativa,
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writers and people like that.
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escritores e xente así.
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As far as colleges go, there's about 350 colleges around the world
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En canto ás universidades, hai unhas 250 en todo o mundo
19:30
teaching video game courses.
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que imparten cursos sobre videoxogos.
19:33
That means there's literally thousands of new ideas.
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Eso significa que hai, literalmente, miles de novas ideas.
19:36
Some of the ideas are really dreadful and some of them are great.
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Algunhas ideas son realmente espantosas e outras son fantásticas.
19:39
There's nothing worse than having to listen to someone
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Non hai nada peor que ter que escoitar a alguén
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try and pitch you a really bad video game idea.
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intentando lanzarche unha funesta idea sobre videoxogos.
19:43
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
19:49
Chris Anderson: You're off, you're off. That's it.
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Chris Anderson: Estás fóra, estás fóra. Xa está.
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He's out of time.
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Xa non ten tempo.
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DP: I've just got a little tiny bit more if you'll indulge me.
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DP: Só teño un pouquiño máis, se mo permites.
19:56
CA: Go ahead. I'm going to stay right here though.
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CA: Adiante, estarei xusto aquí.
19:58
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
19:59
DP: This is just a cool shot, because this is students coming to school after class.
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DP: Esta é boa porque son estudantes indo á escola despois de clase.
20:02
The school is closed; they're coming back at midnight
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A escola está pechada. Volven pola noite
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because they want to pitch their video game ideas.
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porque queren lanzar as súas ideas sobre videoxogos.
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I'm sitting at the front of the class,
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Estou sentado diante da clase
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and they're actually pitching their ideas.
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e están lanzando a súas ideas de verdade.
20:10
So it's hard to get students to come back to class,
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Polo tanto, é difícil facer que os estudantes volvan a clase,
20:12
but it is possible.
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pero é posible.
20:13
This is my daughter, her name's Emma, she's 17 months old.
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Esta é a miña filla, chámase Emma e ten 17 meses.
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And I've been asking myself, what is Emma going to experience
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Estívenme preguntando como será a experiencia de Emma
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in the video game world?
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no mundo dos videoxogos.
20:21
And as I've shown here, we have the audience.
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Como amosei aquí, o público témolo.
20:24
She's never going to know a world where you can't press a button
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Ela nunca vai coñecer un mundo no que non poidas pulsar un botón
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and have millions of people ready to play.
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e ter a millóns de persoas listas para xogar.
20:29
You know, we have the technology.
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Xa sabedes, nós temos a tecnoloxía.
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She's never going to know a world where the graphics just aren't
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Ela nunca vai coñecer un mundo onde os gráficos
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stunning and really immersive.
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non sexan impresionantes e verdadeiramente aditivos.
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And as the student video showed, we can impact and move.
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Como amosou o vídeo do estudante, podemos chocar e mover.
20:38
She's never going to know a world where video games
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Ela nunca vai coñecer un mundo onde os videoxogos
20:40
aren't incredibly emotional and will probably make her cry.
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non sexan incriblemente emocionais e probablemente a fagan chorar.
20:43
I just hope she likes video games.
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Só desexo que lle gusten os videoxogos.
20:45
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
20:46
So, my closing thought.
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Aí vai a miña derradeira reflexión.
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Games on the surface seem simple entertainment,
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Na superficie, os xogos parecen un entretemento sinxelo,
20:49
but for those that like to look a little deeper,
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pero para aqueles aos que lles guste mirar un pouco máis alá,
20:51
the new paradigm of video games could open entirely new frontiers
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o novo paradigma dos videoxogos podería abrir completamente novas fronteiras
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to creative minds that like to think big.
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para as mentes creativas ás que lles gusta pensar en grande.
20:57
Where better to challenge those minds than here at TED?
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Onde mellor que aquí en TED para retar a esas mentes?
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Thank you.
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Grazas.
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Chris Anderson: David Perry. That was awesome.
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Chris Anderson: David Perry, iso foi xenial.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Perry - Game designerDave Perry is the visionary game designer behind some of the most beloved titles of the past two decades -- Earthworm Jim, MDK, Messiah, and game adaptations of films such as Terminator and The Matrix.
Why you should listen
David Perry is the mind behind such famed video games as Earthworm Jim (in which a bionic suit-clad worm saves the galaxy), Messiah (in which a rogue cherub hijacks creatures' bodies to defeat sin), and best-selling game adaptations of movies like Disney's Aladdin, Terminator and The Matrix. He has designed tie-ins for international brands such as 7-Up and McDonald's, and now works on a group of massively multiplayer online titles for Acclaim.
A programmer since childhood and a lifelong gamer, Perry has a special understanding of the mechanics that make games fresh, fun, emotionally involving -- and addictive. A sense of humor and a visionary outlook make him a sought-after adviser in the industry, and he also heads several websites on the art and business of game development, including GameConsultants.com, GameInvestors.com and the Game Industry Map.
David Perry founded the game software developer Gaikai in 2008 and now works for Sony, which acquired Gaikai and is leading the development of the Sony PlayStation 4.
David Perry | Speaker | TED.com