a gamer's manifesto

[Bacardi151]

pretty good read

http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/manifesto.html

[Stu]

Re: a gamer's manifesto

Where's the game where we play a salty Southern lawyer who has to piece together evidence to exonerate a black man falsely accused of murder, breaking down witnesses and spotting inconsistencies in testimony?

Now that would be a game.

[Graphik]

Re: a gamer's manifesto

Man, that was the funniest stuff I ever read. I'm sure he summed up us gamers feelings nicely.

I got to many favorite parts but this one stood out to me.



"The crate has long been held up as a symbol of lazy game art design, a crutch that game level decorators have been falling back on for fifteen damned years. Come to think of it, have you ever actually seen one of those wooden crates in real life? And did you smash it to see if there were bullets and medicine inside? "






Anyways, real good read fellas.

[mgoblue]

Re: a gamer's manifesto

great read, and the crate thing does get annoying after a while, when you really think about it

[jfsolo]

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That was outstanding. That should be emailed to every publisher and developer in the world. Maybe it would shame some of them into getting their ish together.

[Graphik]

Re: a gamer's manifesto

great read, and the crate thing does get annoying after a while, when you really think about it

The crate thing is one of those things you never think about until someone brings it up. He's right though, I never have seen one of those crates before.

[Flawless]

Re: a gamer's manifesto

Good read, and funny too.

I'm not so sure in-order processing cripples AI.

"Now, that was a great game and the actual game looked fine for its time. But stop treating us like morons. Wait a second... news coming in now, yes, we have an EXCLUSIVE SCREENSHOT OF PERFECT DARK FOR THE XBOX 360."

That's not a screenshot, it's a piece of artwork.

"Where's the game where we're a castaway on a deserted island and the object of the game is to find food and clean water and build a shelter, a game where we can play for one month or six months, because whether or not we get rescued is randomized? Where every time we restart we get a different island with different wildlife and vegetation and water sources? "

Something like Animal Crossing?



Wow, if this continues...