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Creativity, a Problem for the Gaming Industry?
Steeda95GT writes "A Reuters story reprinted at Forbes.com is an interesting read, saying that 'The gaming industry will shrink unless we start to see new games'. It talks about how the ratio of original titles to sequels is dropping dramatically, but it also goes on to say that upcoming sequels (Doom 3, Halo 2, Half-Life 2, GTA: San Andreas) will be successful only because their predecessors were."
Does that mean that gaming industry for Macs is doubly threatened? (death of Apple first, then death of games)
The movie industry seems to be doing just fine on sequels, I think the game industry will be fine though.
And just for the record, no I didn't read the article.
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
To reply, you must answer the following question:
What is the 11th word in the seventh paragraph on the first page of this article?
And exactly how is selling 3d Mahjong and 'Marble Blast Gold!' risky? Dogg
This just in: the CPU industry is going to die unless they make round chips instead of the square ones. More details after the news @ 11.
'The gaming industry will shrink unless we start to see new games'.
*drawing his sword*
I DUB THEE SIR FUCKING OF THE OBVIOUS!
Duke Nukem Forever is at least just as close to come out as some of these... :)
To do list for Windows
What, you never found the town portal scrolls in Grim Fandango? They really help in the final battle against the Infected Kerrigan.
Freedom: "I won't!"
It looks like 'The Passions of the Christ' will probably be the number one movie of 2004.
Isn't that just a remake of a 2000 year old story?
And you thought that videogames were re-hashing the same old ideas...
No reason to lie.
Also, what about the the massive multiplayer games? I think they are the future, and the sky is the limit there.
Totally. MMOL lumberjacking is where it's at.
Buckethead
Make games where you get to screw the best babes if you win. (Or perhaps win if you screw babes the best?) Porn saves every industry. Nevada mining was slumping so they went into gambling and prostitution. It was a wild success.
Table-ized A.I.
I think the problem is the current focus on stunning graphics rather than fun gameplay.
I keep hearing people say this (and the ever-popular "gameplay was better in the 80s"), but when a game *does* come out that has a more basic arcade-style feel (like P.N.03 on the Gamecube) it does terribly. P.N.03 even has good graphics in addition to the old-school gameplay mechanics, and it still sold pretty poorly.
The future of the current gaming industry is online gaming and LAN parties.
I certainly hope not. I hate multiplayer games. The only one I ever had fun with was Starcraft, and I wouldn't have been into that either if the single-player campaign hadn't been as well done.
"...always new atoms but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman
*Phew* I was afraid this was another russian joke...
In russian the game plays YOU!
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Finally, massively multiplayer comes to GTA. The bad guys are played by players in South Central LA and Medellin, Columbia. You can do actual drug deals in the GTA world. "Live in your world - deal in ours". Now with fully encrypted voice chat.
The first soap opera video game. Online, but requires only occasional dialup, because the pace is so slow. Includes in-game shopping. Astrology option included.
Try to do Karl Rove's job, manipulating the electorate to get Republicans elected. High-scorers win internships at the Heritage Foundation.
Get in touch with your inner sniper. Comes with a light gun that emulates a full-sized sniper rifle. Choice of M-40A1, Dragunov, or H&K G3. A press of a single key turns the game into Deer Hunter, in case right-wing parents come in the room. Includes NRA membership application and one-year subscription to Guns and Ammo.
Tropico for the Islamic world. You're the dictator. Get too oppressive, and there's a revolt. Lighten up too much, and the religious fanatics overthrow you. Can you develop nuclear weapons before the US catches on?
Why just gamble? Run your own online casino. Take bets, pay off bets, make or lose money. All transactions are fully anonymous and are routed through servers in the Bahamas. A Donald Trump popup gives you advice. Screw up, and he bellows "You're Fired", and your machine shuts down.
Now, buy Baby Think It Over, the doll that teaches you how to care for a baby, at a low, low affordable price. Screams when hungry. Screams when diaper needs to be changed. Screams at threshold of pain if treated roughly. Can't be turned off. Uses special disposable single-use diapers, available wherever toys are sold.
Thumpa, thumpa, thumpa, all night long. Set a few sliders, twist a few mix pads, and out comes original house music. Upload your songs to peer-to-peer networks. Subwoofer optional.
Hmmm... judging by some new titles, game developers too think that guts are the way to go. Lots of 'em, and as realistic as possible.
Don't tell me our kids aren't going to be semi-deranged from the combination of video-games, TV, internet and school environment as they stand at present.
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Consider that men have been going to bars, drinking too much and going home with ugly women for thousands of years.
Now that is patently false. I drink too much and go home with hot women... I just wake up with ugly ones.
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
I'm a fan of figure skating, and after watching the World's tonight, I've been thinking I wish I had a great figure skating video game, something like Tony Hawk's series, wherein you portray a famous skater like Michelle Kwan or Irina Slutskaya, or create your own, and then skate in different locations, performing stunts, and wining medals.
:(
I think this would be a great game, and it's probably very creative. Unfortunately, there are no box crates to blow up and no power-ups to help you survive against the mini-boss, and playing this game online would suck because the cheats would be limited to making the judges vote higher for you or lower for another player.
You failed to mention that it took you nine years to complete high school 'cause you were too busy playing DoomII.
Add a Tonya Harding and her "friends" and you may be onto something here....