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Game Industry Has Lost Its 'Spark'?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-if-you're-crotchety dept.

Gamasutra is running a short interview with game designer Chris Crawford. The discussion in the article centers around Crawford's assertion that the games industry is no longer a creative place. "I haven't even seen any new ideas pop up. The industry is so completely inbred that the people working in it aren't even capable of coming up with new ideas anymore. I was appalled, for example, at the recent GDC. I looked over the games at the Independent Games Festival and they all looked completely derivative to me." I'm not sure I agree. What do you think? Is there anything creative left in the games industry, or are we going to be playing Halo 6 and Final Fantasy XVII ten years from now?

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  1. Enough Already by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 3, Funny

    Y'know, I hear that if you beat it hard enough, it'll actually come back to life!

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  2. Re:One word: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Spore.

    Completely unoriginal, its just a ripoff of darwin.

  3. Re:Who cares what this guy thinks? by flooey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Meanwhile, he wants to sell his books and push his "Storytronics"... geez, the 1970s called and want their cool innovative name back.

    Actually, even the '70s don't want that one. They were just calling up to wax nostalgic about Pong.

  4. If something new and good would come to market... by ryane67 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wouldnt be stuck playing Starcraft ;)

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  5. Re:One word: by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean the future of gaming is nice demos?

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