Who killed videogames? (a ghost story)

MarkOnTheIron

Here's an interesting read:

http://insertcredit.com/2011/09/22/who-killed-videogames-a-ghost-story/

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quantumsheep

Yeah, I saw that a while ago, but didn't post about it as I thought it might cause arguments!

I think overall 'social games' can be a good thing, but only when done fairly. Games designed *just* to get money out of you do come across as soulless, and I really have no interest in them!

Give me games with humour! Passion! Real love! Made by people (or sheep!) for others to enjoy, not endure!

QS

butterbean

Especially when targeted at kids, and naive parents who aren't aware their kid is purchasing smurf-berries by the bucketload...

I do miss the good ol' days of gaming, where instead of iAP, you were purchasing extension cords for your controllers, and the multi-tap for multi-player games :P

(Pictured below: Best System ever made)

quantumsheep

butterbean said:
Especially when targeted at kids, and naive parents who aren't aware their kid is purchasing smurf-berries by the bucketload...

I do miss the good ol' days of gaming, where instead of iAP, you were purchasing extension cords for your controllers, and the multi-tap for multi-player games :P

(Pictured below: Best System ever made)

I think you'll find THIS is the best system ever made!





QS

quantumsheep

butterbean said:
Especially when targeted at kids, and naive parents who aren't aware their kid is purchasing smurf-berries by the bucketload...

I do miss the good ol' days of gaming, where instead of iAP, you were purchasing extension cords for your controllers, and the multi-tap for multi-player games :P

(Pictured below: Best System ever made)

I think you'll find THIS is the best system ever made!





QS

butterbean

It is pu-rr-ty!

svn

Speaking of ghost stories, has anyone heard of Herobrine or the "BEN DROWNED" Majora's Mask cartridge?

EDIT: Or the Polybius arcade cabinets?

HoneyTribeStudios

quantumsheep said:
I think you'll find THIS is the best system ever made!





QS

Why did they ever change the Japanese/UK design to a... big purple brick? But beauty is only plastic-deep. A friend had the US model and the games ran a bit faster (better).

As for some of the social/freemium games being designed to milk money out of the players, to compel the them to keep clicking and spending by using a variety of psychological techniques... Well I may not have an interest in playing these games. But I don't think I'd say a different kind of gaming experience (one that engages the imagination or provokes more strategic thinking) is 'better'.

At the end of the day everything we do, we do to push our buttons. So if Joe Schmoe can sit there clicking cows and that ticks his boxes... fair enough.

Personally I make things because... I like making things. And at the moment that's games. So I have aspirations to be able to make the vague and exciting (to me) concepts that whirl around inside my mind into tangible experiences. But I'm not gonna say that what I (try) to do is somehow more 'worthy' than some company who hires load of smart people with the primary objective of raking in buckets of cash...

Ok I'll stop there before I start going on and on and on.