This is all well and good, on paper. But if sales are reflecting a decline in interest, as Cloud3514 pointed out, those "new somethings" clearly aren't enough.
"I think we're just appealing to an adolescent mindset and calling it mature." That is 100% true. "Mature" games are so in name only; there's nothing mature about them these days. Spector himself is vague in his prediction, but it would be unwise to ignore him. I already have my moments in some games, where the abruptness or sheer intensity of violence in a scene makes me shudder, but what makes it worse is the fact that I'm the only one shuddering. People are becoming desensitized to this stuff. At the same time, they clamor for more of it, which gives developers an incentive to keep making games all about the violence. Another worry I have is that it will snuff out other forms of artistic expression in video games, if they keep feeding the addiction.
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I think he keeps trying to post at night, but he shows up too late and we're all on our way to bed.
Hey, I've never had a warning (AND HOW ON GWYN'S GREEN EARTH I HAVEN'T IS A MYSTERY ONLY SHERLOCK COULD SOLVE) and they still shot me down.
>Warning for inappropriate language Wow, you must've pulled out Carlin's list to have achieved that. Color me impressed.
*raises both hands*
Nope. I do that nonstop. NONSTOP. It's a wonder my teeth are still so straight. YAY MY OWN RULE KEEPS FORCING ME TO SAY MORE WEIRD STUFF. Uhhhh. I twirl my ponytail around my finger. The whole thing. It's weird because it's an idle motion that takes both hands. Way more effort than the average idle motion.
THAT GODDAMN SONGSDKJGHSLGIRHSUGORIRPJORGHJRGH. Dude I love Celldweller. ANGEL OF iO SOSTRNG.
He did?! Hell. I kept asking but he never responded to me. Thank you FKB, you're very helpful. tl;dr FUCKIN SPIRALS HOW DO THEY WORK?
Holy hell WHERE DO I GET ONE. Also is it childish that my first thought was "Now all the Ask blogs can actually BE the characters?"
I think the reason that happened is partly because Nintendo has always had a slightly different design focus from Microsoft and Sony, since their brand image is just not the same; they were always appealing to a different crowd, and game design for all three consoles reflected this. Another contributor is that Nintendo was first out the gate, so they kind of made their own rules. They didn't know what was going to be popular, and they were either going to set the trend or deliver a wholly unique experience. It ended up being a mixture of both, but more the latter. As far as the Wii U goes... I'm hoping they bridge the gap somewhat, because the Wii was just too different. Different in the wrong ways. Online multi-player was an absolute bust, and third party support was at an all-time low. It did produce a lot of unique content, but if you didn't like any of it, you were one of the people making "Wii has no gaems" jokes. My hope for the Wii U is that it will combine the previously divided player/developer bases. The announcements coming out so far have yet to disappoint, what with the updated classic controller and the third-party ports already in the planning stages.
Yeah, cut the lady some slack. There was probably no one around for miles the other direction, so the only way to get her co-reporters help would be to head into town. She just got there, she doesn't know it's a deathtrap, she hasn't solidified the trust-no-one mentality yet, she sees lots of dead people and some kids tied to stakes. For all she knew, whatever killed the others might've been saving the poor dears for a snack. Not that this excuses her setting them free after seeing those cold dead eyes
Said it before you. Hey man, people are into some weird shit these days.
... >KORRA-NOT-TARRLOK: Attempt to seek spiritual guidance from AANG-NOT-OZAI.
My grandmother used to call me Shoogie. Now that I think about it, I have no idea why. She doesn't do it much anymore, though. Probably because she's the only one who bothers to read my mood and she knows I'm having enough trouble thinking of myself as an adult. Other than that, nothin'. My name doesn't really convert into a nickname. Only two syllables, not much of a name at all.
Stratego. No contest. And I'm the guy who would put his flag on the second row surrounded by bombs, or in the dead center with bombs surrounding a 2 in the back-left. You know that guy. I bet you hate him. I was that guy. I can't stand Monopoly. I always felt cheated after playing it, which is amusing in retrospect. My stepfamily rocks at it, though. Holy crap I REMEMBER THIS GAME. I wonder if we still have it.
>LIN: Say this to THE AVATAR.
YOU FOUND ANOTHER PERSON WHO DOES THIS?! He's the luckiest guy in the world. I imagine anyone where I live who found out that I do that would shoot me a weird look. I also practice voice acting at random, usually when plotting out scenes in stories I'm writing. Other times I'll find myself re-doing a line I just heard, trying to come up with a better version. There might actually be a big road trip in a few years' time.
