Carmack Considers Cell Phone MMOG

fistfullast33l writes "John Carmack's new cell phone game Orcs and Elves, which debuted at E3 to some fanfare, has led the famous developer to think about expanding his mobile gaming presence. Carmack said in an interview with CNN that he is interested in a massively multiplayer sequel. 'I have absolutely no interest in going and competing with Blizzard in the high end of that market, but a cell phone version might be interesting,' Carmack is quoted as saying. Even more interesting is his comment in the interview that game engines really overlook security. The article indirectly quotes him as saying 'while id Software is especially careful to lock down its game engines, companies that license and make changes to those engines often aren't as focused, which could open the door to disaster.'"

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Game design trends gone bad.

[Short Circuit]

You know game design trends have gone bad when you have to develop for a limited platform in order to have an accepted excuse to create a low end game these days.

With the exceptions of SubSpace and Solar Wolf, all the "Small but Fun" games I've seen lately have been written in Flash, and run inside a web browser.