Dust To Dust - The Plight Of The Unplayed Game

Posted by simoniker on Thursday August 19, 2004 @04:08PM from the stacks-of-discs dept.

Thanks to Eurogamer for its editorial discussing the phenomenon of having too many videogames and too little time. The author starts by suggesting: "Take a look at your own shelves. Look closely. Spot any shrink-wrapped games you definitely will get around to playing some day?" He continues: "Let's have a look at this writer's personal 'to play' pile: MGS: The Twin Snakes, Super Mario Sunshine, Knights of the Old Republic, Full Spectrum Warrior, True Crime, Deus Ex 2", before concluding: "Games. We love them. We could fill about 47 lifetimes playing them. But we hate them too. Most are overblown, bloated, and chaotic in their design. If they were movies, most of the footage would be on the cutting room floor. Few games designers seem to know how to edit, and weigh down the production process in the belief that we need bigger games."

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Priorties by blacksong5 · 2004-08-19 16:59 · Score: 0, Troll

The writer here deserves the fate that she put forth...a good pelting with some rocks. that someone would give this person a job writing about games baffles the mind. The job should go to a true gamer..not someone distracted by a significant other(lesbian lover), SOCCER, family, friends, kids or chores. A true gamer of course has nor needs none of these things because they only distract from what is important. The game.