SHIFT: Why today's video games are so bad — and how they can get better |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 7:55 pm |
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Another Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual trade show for the video game industry, has come and gone. Unlike last year — when the focus was on the launch of two video game consoles — this year was more about individual games, not so much the hardware. As a result there were plenty of titles to see… if you like playing more of the same. Across all platforms — including the Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, the PC and handheld systems — there seemed to be no shortage of science-fiction first-person shooters where you have to stop some insidious alien threat, semi-open-ended crime dramas (all which now seem a lot like Grand Theft Auto), and of course the same old sports simulations. Everything old is new again, except in video games where it's just getting old. I have some ideas on how the industry could truly innovate — follow the link to explore with me. Nintendo Brings Back Inventiveness E3 used to mean seeing something that [ Full article ] |
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