It’s funny, the industry seems so sanguine about the whole high-def DVD format war. This article here, for example, says,
But all sides agree: as high-definition TVs become more popular, consumers will want HD content that will make the investment worthwhile. As screen sizes increase, so does the need for better resolution.
The problem is, I don’t know anyone who wants the new DVD format. HD content, sure — on broadcast channels. But DVDs are already pretty nice.
I think all developers should read this article, despite the painful layout with ads overlapping the text. It’s a great insight into the gap between gamers and non-gamers: difficulty with controls the gamer considers “easy,” where the different aesthetic emphasis is placed in terms of what visuals appeal, and so on.
This Inverse Shoot Em Up (where you play the base and launch squads of ships and weapons against a single superpowered fighter) suggests other inversions:
I had occasion to fly yesterday, and got to experience the ban on liquids first-hand.
At the San Diego airport, the increased security meant a few more National Guard walking about. I got there way early fearing long security lines (the San Diego airport has on occasion obliged me with massive lines, particularly around any sort of holiday season). Instead, I found myself sitting around for an extra hour.
The scary thing is, a lot of the randomly generated games sound rather more creative than the stuff coming out today. An empire building game based on answering quiz questions, where you play a slowly growing arrow (presumably the cursor) that must build an empire big enough to rescue the princess? That kinda sounds interesting, actually.
GAME PITCH for Fool Cupid, a FPS game fused with a platformer mechanic. It features a rotoscoped Snake who fights and bounces through a impressionistic molecule and eventually wins by balancing domestic coefficients.
Someone should go make some of these just to see what comes out.
