Nine Ways Video Games Need to Grow Up -- Article

[Nando]

and now Warren Spector is on ze Soap Box

http://kotaku.com/5982586/warren-spector-doesnt-think-lollipop-chainsaw-should-have-been-made?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow


"I have no interest in guys who wear armor and swing big swords. I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore. I want content that is relevant to my life, that is relevant to me, that is set in the real world….

"If we're going to reach a broader audience, we have to stop thinking about that audience strictly in terms of teenage boys or even teenage girls. We need to think about things that are relevant to normal humans and not just the geeks we used to be."

He went on to commend Heavy Rain and The Walking Dead as two of the best experiences he's had in gaming in a while. Both games made the quotidian interesting. Both games were about real emotions and could make even a simple meal a gripping interactive experience.

[Arkhan]

"Geeks that we used to be"

Get bent, Warren.

[Arkhan]

I replied.

[soop]

f*ck all those guys.  In a lot of ways video games haven't changed a bit since the Famicom era.

[Arkhan]

I just find it annoying when these washed up old gimps start dictating what needs to happen to games.

Yknow what games need?


Less a$$holes making them.

[geise]

Yknow what games need?


Less a$$holes making them.

God damn honest truth right there!  So quoted!

[KingDrool]

Within the nonsense, Spector's got a bit of a point, though. Enough with the alien marine shit. There are so many me-too, carbon-copy titles out there, and to wish for innovation and creativity isn't a bad thing.

[Arkhan]

That wasn't his point though.

His point was he's a big boy now and he wants to play Warren Spector's Life: The game.  Now with more real-life-applicable content.

AKA:  The dickhead is too stupid to go outside and enjoy life and would rather play video games emulating real life. 

Meanwhile, everyone else wants to escape real life and blow the f*ck out of some aliens.

[KingDrool]

Yeah, I guess I can see that.

[Nando]

That wasn't his point though.

His point was he's a big boy now and he wants to play Warren Spector's Life: The game.  Now with more real-life-applicable content.

AKA:  The dickhead is too stupid to go outside and enjoy life and would rather play video games emulating real life. 

Meanwhile, everyone else wants to escape real life and blow the f*ck out of some aliens.

HAHAHAHAH

[Necromancer]

Meanwhile, everyone else wants to escape real life and blow the f*ck out of some aliens.

Or f*ck and blow some aliens.  Giggitty.

[Arkhan]

Meanwhile, everyone else wants to escape real life and blow the f*ck out of some aliens.

Or f*ck and blow some aliens.  Giggitty.

Hey man, who doesn't want to get all up in 6 titties.

[Necromancer]

Hey man, who doesn't want to get all up in 6 titties.

Dave Lister, due to his limited options. 

[geise]

Warren is jealous and wishes he could put out a game as good as Lollipop Chainsaw.  Since when was it a game to take seriously.  Why does it have to be some engrossing life drama shit.  I hate new games but holy hell was Lollipop Chainsaw some over the top mindless fun.  It was also the first "next gen" game I played and beat in...well...years.

Also, so basically he wants the game industry to just make games to please him and screw everyone else.

I also guess he never played Stretch Panic, Katamari, Gitarooman....








JJ & Jeff!

[Raizen1984]

Warren is just bitter because Disney shut his studio down.

I'm pretty sure David Cage preached this before, around the time Indigo Prophecy was released. David Jaffe posted a long counter argument to this on Twitter, which I largely agree with.  He clearly wants to work in film, but feels stuck in the games industry for some reason, and is lashing out because no one bought Heavy Rain.  We need more people making games who genuinely love games, and less movie-industry rejects whining about them.