Comments on: How technology matters http://www.sicher.org/2005/11/08/how-technology-matters/ Random thoughts from a Game Designer Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:44:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jirkstore http://www.sicher.org/2005/11/08/how-technology-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-7 jirkstore Sat, 13 May 2006 17:31:12 +0000 http://www.sicher.org/wordpress/?p=36#comment-7 <p>a most excellent post and a very valid point that up to now hasn't really been mentioned, but when you read it you'd be a fool not to agree. so many games that come out now seem to be just a medium to exhibit new technology. gameplay has unjustly taken a back seat to graphic prowess. they both can coexist (resident evil 4) but when a game designer get his hands on the newest technology he turns into a ten year old boy with a brand new pellet gun that's just gotta go shot out some windows and leaves his leggos to collect dust . . . and his creativity. the time has come to return to what made us lose sleep way back in 1985 the night after we first played Super Mario Bros. and we couldn't wait until morning light to fire it up again. somewhere along the way we lost that . . . and nintendo, just as it did 20 years ago, is the only one with the stones to reclaim what was lost. keep the faith.</p> <p>check out my blog if you have time :)</p> a most excellent post and a very valid point that up to now hasn’t really been mentioned, but when you read it you’d be a fool not to agree. so many games that come out now seem to be just a medium to exhibit new technology. gameplay has unjustly taken a back seat to graphic prowess. they both can coexist (resident evil 4) but when a game designer get his hands on the newest technology he turns into a ten year old boy with a brand new pellet gun that’s just gotta go shot out some windows and leaves his leggos to collect dust . . . and his creativity. the time has come to return to what made us lose sleep way back in 1985 the night after we first played Super Mario Bros. and we couldn’t wait until morning light to fire it up again. somewhere along the way we lost that . . . and nintendo, just as it did 20 years ago, is the only one with the stones to reclaim what was lost. keep the faith.

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