Prime Junta
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Wired had an interesting little piece on gore in games. What they're saying is, essentially, that the only difference it makes is for marketing -- gamers don't actually enjoy games any more, or less, if the gore is in, or out, except for a very small subset of hyper-aggressive gamers who do like to bathe in blood.
Their theory is that games are getting bloodier because of the Hollywood effect -- if a gory game succeeded, the execs say "make the next one just like it, only more so."
Linky: [ http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/05/gamesfrontiers0520 ]
Their theory is that games are getting bloodier because of the Hollywood effect -- if a gory game succeeded, the execs say "make the next one just like it, only more so."
Linky: [ http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/05/gamesfrontiers0520 ]
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