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Game Originality: Any Left?
Kamalot writes "In a world where 85% of games are solved with a gun, where are the original and innovative ideas? Adrenaline Vault has a telling editorial about the state of creativity in the game industry, the constant re-hashing of sequels, and a look into the future when technical achievements are no longer the driving force. What happens when every game follows a tried and true formula? Where do the new ideas go if we can't have games like Viewtiful Joe, Shenmue, and Jet Grind Radio? Did innovative, rather than mainstream, games send the Dreamcast to an early grave rather than the PS2's more bland, yet conforming, lineup of titles?"
Vote this down, stupid karma whore
The New York Times reports on a street demonstration in Paris:
The scope of the protests [Sunday] surpassed the pension issue, bringing people into the streets with a long list of disparate gripes, not all of which were well articulated. Florence Teyssier, a university student from Rouen, grew flustered when asked what she was protesting, eventually pulling a flier from her knapsack to read several paragraphs about education reform.
"I'm not sure myself, but it's all here," she said, showing a reporter the piece of paper, which decried government plans that would allow universities greater freedom in setting curriculums and let them be more selective in admitting students.
Zee French, zey are so intellectual!
And didn't Kevin Smith's films start sucking?
I can't believe he went on to make Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Those were freakin AWFUL.