Miyamoto Says Today's Games Too Long

Posted by Zonk on Saturday June 4, 2005 @09:51AM from the get-off-my-lawn dept.

CNN Money's Game On column has an interview with legendary designer Miyamoto in which the respected Mario-maker says that today's games are just too long to capture his interest. From the article: "There's not a lot I want to play now...A lot of the games out there are just too long. Of course, there are games, such as 'Halo' or 'Grand Theft Auto,' that are big and expansive. But if you're not interested in spending that time with them, you're not going to play." Commentary on the column at Press the Buttons.

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Real games don't ever end by ArmorFiend · 2005-06-04 10:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Real video games don't have ends. They just keep on getting harder, and faster, and more brutal, until either you call it quits, or your score overflows 2^16 and wraps around.

Power-ups are for sissies. Health bars are for sissies. Just give me 3 lives and an extra at 10,000. A true test of skill is a game like Asteroids or Centipede or Ms Pac Man or Joust.

If a game has an end, then it is a rip-off.