The Fight for Original Games

Posted by Zonk on Monday February 7, 2005 @05:22AM from the down-with-movie-tie-ins! dept.

PC.IGN is running a piece by Douglass Perry on the Fight for Original Games. In the article, the author examines the trends that have led to a slew of sequels, franchises, and movie industry tie-ins in the gaming industry of late. From the article: "...depending on who you speak with, the videogame industry is either reaching the most impressive convergence of its entire 30-plus year old existence, or it's falling into a never-ending death spiral of sequel-heavy, rehashed, franchise dominated blocks of stinking cheese."

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Plenty of originality online by Washizu · 2005-02-07 07:21 · Score: 2, Informative

If you're looking for originality, try some of the low (and no) budget games online. Here are a few I like.

The GameShow!: Daily complete-the-phrase puzzle. Each game lasts a month and has about 100-150 players.

Kingdom of Loathing: Hilarious web based RPG

X-Kings: Turn based strategy game with thousands of players

See my own web based game in the sig...

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OddManIn: A Game of guns and game theory.