Editorial: Games Being Made More for Advertising Than Playing

[richardhutnik]

RolStoppable said:

richardhutnik said:

RolStoppable said:
Nice writeup and like I like to say:

The industry needs to die for gaming to survive.

Look in the Indie arena for innovation and don't get sucked into the hype for this game or that.

Indie arena? You mean those guys who make downloadable games?

I get the feeling that most of them want to be like the industry.

I mean the guys do unique downloadable stuff.  Guys who make original games that aren't based on popular designs, but their own thing.  Of course they want the money the big guys have, but still make games that entertain them.  On this end, I was also think smaller studios also who also go off a bit different.  I am thinking stuff like Puzzle Quest.  Yes the Bejewelled part was borrowed, but the mixing of genres was new.  I would comment the original tower defense folks also, eventhough they were ripped off in excess now.