The Evolution of Gaming

well, it's friday. i'm bored. fridays are the worst for me. i work an alternative shift. so everyone i email with leaves around 4-5pm. and i'm stuck here till 9pm. normally i might still get some responses. but when it's friday... no one's lookin at their email.

digging around online i found somethin interesting that was announced at this year's E3 last month.

here's what it is -- a Kinect Fable game.

now, i don't understand why ppl are so upset. if this was a series that i'm a big fan of... i can definitely understand wanting to preserve it's quality. but i don't see how this will change anything really.

i am a Fable fan. it's a good game. a good series so far.

but come on, having one game on kinect doesn't kill the series. it doesn't effect it at all. it might follow the story. it might continue the story. but if it's a crappy game they'll make Fable IV and bam, back to normal. what's the big effin deal.

this was bound to happen. and yes, it's gonna suck for a while. but what's the surprise?? it's new technology. only way to make it better is to ... use it. duh.

personally, i'm never going to really want to play competitive or hardcore games on kinect or move. casual party games are fine. but you never know right? it's not until something comes along that makes you say "omg, that actually works" then everyone has to have it.

apple revolutionized the touch screen. it's not like it didn't exist before.
avatar revolutionized realD (3d). we definitely had that before.
nintendo revolutionized motion gaming. the playstation eye has been out since ps2. but it wasn't a hit like the wii.

so come on. give it a chance, or at least leave it alone. seriously.

oh, and on a final note... xbox has announced that all first party (microsoft-made) games made after some cutoff date will offer kinect support. not sure when that date was, but it's passed. so some questions to ask are:

1)did gears 3 and the next halo make this cut off date? will they be included in this? they're definitely first party games
2)if so, then how in the hell will we play gears, or halo using kinect. i think that's too much of a stretch right now.


i think the best way to approach this is to make games that work for it first. cuz i don't think there are any "must play/experience" kinect/move games. then you work that technology into games that fit the description.

the wii came with wii sports for free. a loooooootta of ppl played it. it was pretty much a must play, whether you were "into" that or not, i mean if you didn't, you were a nobody (kind of like the music craze with guitar hero/rock band). they didn't have great success with the hardcore market, but some games were successful, no more heroes, mad world... point is, ppl got used to the technology, it was embraced. and... it worked. it was simple and fun.

motion gaming will continue to develop. i just hope they figure out a way to make it work, make it fun, and market it the right way. actually i don't care about that last part so much.