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God of War Creator Calls For Games With Soul

Posted by Zonk on from the tired-of-robot-love dept.

David Jaffe, creator of last year's very popular God of War, made a plea during a talk at the DICE event for developers to create games with soul. From Next Generation's coverage: "He then made clear that the game industry had to adequately compensate those with talent in order to attract them, saying the industry must provide 'financial incentive for more creative people to come join us instead of working with TV and cinema.' Jaffe appeared to debate the issue of the industry's future within himself. 'Maybe it's all bullshit. Some days, I think games can be something else, the next great entertainment media. And then other days, I feel it's just like porn or motion rides, where there's no capacity to reach high emotional levels.'" Update: 02/10 05:44 GMT by Z : More views on Jaffe's talk are available at 1up and Gamespot.

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  1. Soul? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had no idea that 'soul' was a synonym for 'tits.'

  2. This is difficult by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am working on including sole in our next FPS However, finding sensible ways to incorporate nocturnal flatfish into the plot is causing delays.

  3. Heavenly Games? by Kelson · · Score: 2, Funny

    OK, here's a terrible thought: A video game tie-in to The Passion of the Christ. And since it would be insensitive for the player to play Jesus, the player takes on the roles of Pilate, Roman guards, etc. It'll be violent enough for the usual FPS crowd, but since it's in service of religion, it must be okay, right?

    1. Re:Heavenly Games? by blue_adept · · Score: 2, Funny

      A video game tie-in to The Passion of the Christ....It'll be violent enough for the usual FPS crowd, but since it's in service of religion, it must be okay, right?

      hmmm... so a game where you play around with abusing a self proclaimed messianic figure. You must mean this:

      http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/georgerag.swf

      --

      "Is this just useless, or is it expensive as well?"
  4. Required VGCats linkage by PaganRitual · · Score: 3, Funny

    KRATOS AWAY!!!

  5. To get a soul... by Ekarderif · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... you need an Orb of Thesulah (not to be mistaken with a paper weight) and a powerful gypsy or wicca.

  6. Re:Pot calling kettle... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    2. I happen to like gore and titties in my games. So sue me.

    Dont worry son, we will. - Jack Thompson