Millennium on 27 October 2009
It's amazing just how much games can be improved by a little expressive control, as long as it's done properly. There's probably no game that can't be.
Unfortunately, many developers don't want to put in the effort. Even Nintendo's own folks are not immune to this, as Sakurai showed with Brawl's shameful situation (there was a token 'shake-to-smash', but no proper expressive control, which should frankly have been the only option: kinesophobes should take the plunge or not play).
Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.
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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.
