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Six New Stars on the Walk of Game
eToyChest has an article on last week's introduction of six new stars to the Walk of Game, at the Metreon in San Francisco. With Adam Sessler MCing, the following individuals and games were inducted into the group: Everquest, Lara Croft, John Carmack, Sid Meier, and StarCraft. From the piece: "The newest additions to the attraction are now open to the public, in time for the Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of the global game development community, and a Walk of Game partner for the second year. New to Metreon's attraction in 2006, gaming fans can come experience why these games are the voters' choice at the Walk of Game Station - unique stations featuring inducted games."
Because Starcraft is still absolutely huge in the Eastern markets. In terms of RTS power, nothing comes close to Starcraft, including the C&C series.
As for Everquest, I can't say I'm sure why this made the cut. Ultima Online was there first, WoW has done it best and opened it up to huge markets, EQ was just a stepping stone.
Final Fantasy was left out of the summary. :p
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But everyone still realizes that the Walk of Game is still just floor tiles on a disused hallway of a mall, right? If I hadn't been in the place a hundred times I wouldn't even know where it is.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame, of which you referred to, is run by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, so of course it's about advertising. It's about advertising Hollywood as a place to come visit. And the person (or entity) who sponsors the nomination for a Star is responsible for coming up with the $15,000 cost of installing a new star, too!
And as for who can get one, there are a five categories:
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And what do you know, half the entries are Sony games. (Lara Croft, EverQuest, and Final Fantasy.)
Tomb Raider is an Eidos game, and, while it started as a Playstation exclusive IIRC, it's since turned into a multiplatform flop, proving that boobs do not popularity make. Final Fantasy was originally a Squaresoft game (now Square-Enix). While I realize that Square and Sony start with the same letter, they are not the same company.
Also, just as D&D is the first thing people think of when they think of tabletop RPGs, despite the fact that White Wolf or Palladium may have a better rules system, I'd be willing to bet that Final Fantasy is the first name most people think of when asked to name a video game RPG. That's pretty damn iconic.