Gaming trends

skidmark · Post by **skidmark** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:45 pm

http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/gam ... festo.html

Pretty good article on gaming trends and annoyances from marketing to gameplay. Nothing that hasn't been exposed, but a decent and entertaining conglomarate look.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:54 pm

Yep good read, I checked it out yesterday as it was posted at GAF.
Never have truer words been spoken

14. Seriously, get rid of the crates

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?

Fshguy · Post by **Fshguy** » Wed May 25, 2005 5:24 pm

Excellent,

19. NO MORE JUMPING PUZZLES IN FPS GAMES

We'll try to be calm and avoid the violent hyperbole that spoils so many gaming websites, but are you telling me that Congress can hold hearings about steroids in baseball, but they can't do anything about jumping puzzles in first-person games? YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR MOTHERFUCKING FEET. IT DOESN'T WORK!@

skidmark · Post by **skidmark** » Wed May 25, 2005 5:40 pm

Yea, I liked the camera angle comment... "If any part of the gameplay involves the character running towards the camera, send it back to dev, because its not done yet."

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:12 pm

That was a very entertaining read. I really liked the "Cletus F@#!hat" part. If I wasn't so attached to my username that's what I'd want to use.