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codecasting writes "There's an interesting, very satirical story over at David Wong's Pointless Waste of Time where he makes a good case for the upcoming death of the video game industry. His key points include gaming platforms largely reaching a technological plateau, the aging of the 'Original Gamers' audience, and the slew of games that are just copies of the same game from last year, but with a new title and different cars/guns/bikinis/etc. An interesting and humorous read."
good job, dipshit, you skimmed the article and missed the point. you also skimmed the credits of your precious vice city, because if you'd bother to notice, the reams and reams of names aren't indicative of more technology but more music credits, voice acting, sponsorship, and other hangers on.
the point, cockholster, is that you didn't get the "jest" of the article, in the true sense of the word you misused, as well as the one you meant (gist).
God I'm so tired of these whiners. "Everything has been done! There's no innovation!"
Then STOP BUYING THE SAME GAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN. There are plenty of great games with great story lines out there. I am still playing games on older systems, even though I have a gamecube and a PS2. Maybe you are buying games for the wrong reason.
If you're so hip to what's up in gaming and what's wrong with it, why aren't you making something new?
And my point of view is completely the opposite. Massively multiplayer is a pit. It takes too much damn effort to play, there are SO many bugs, you have to pay to play per month most of the time. It's just a money pit.
Right out of the gate, too much time is required to play them, thus sucking time away from other worthy games. Gaming shouldn't be a 2nd job, like Evercrack is to some people. And if you can't play a game and be competitive and have fun, then the game is flawed. Evercrack is flawed in this way, and evercrack is probably the most successful MMO game to date.
Online FPS's are great. You get some interaction with humans online, but you aren't sucked in for hours, and it isn't a daily commitment.
In fact, if you agree with him so much, why are you all about the MMO games? They are probably the most repetitive thing out there, playing the same game week after week.
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