Jarvis On Robotron, Defender, Acolytes

Koworld writes "The videogaming webzine, Way of the Rodent, has a new interview with videogame legend Eugene Jarvis, whose forthcoming arcade comeback was recently covered on Slashdot Games. He talks at length about his gaming philosophy, arguing: 'All the best videogames are about survival - it's our strongest instinct, stronger than food, sex, lust for money... You have to create a survival story - to tap into the raw energy and adrenaline and get people naturally excited. Sounds obvious, but that's why you need a LOT of very nasty bad guys trying to kill you.' The site also features other Eugene Jarvis articles, including an in-depth tribute to Jarvis by cult programmer Jeff Minter, and Stuart Campbell discussing Cruis'n USA's impact."

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Re:I was really excited by Jarvis's new game

[oskillator]

I'm sure you're right. I also have to admit to bias here: I've never really liked light gun games, whereas I'll play the next just-another-platformer into the ground. But by "boring" I didn't mean that the game would be boring, just that making it would is boring thing to do. It wouldn't advance the state of the art.

... I hope I'm wrong about that, too.