The 7 Commandments All Video Games Should Obey

Cracked.com

#1.
Better graphics do not equal innovation and/or creativity.

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And yet, guys like Epic games president Mike Capps are out there making stupid-ass statements about how they would never lower themselves to develop for the Wii because that would be "going backward."

This is epidemic in an industry that defines "innovation" purely by graphical horsepower and nothing else. Guys like him are utterly baffled that anyone could ever want a Wii, just because it, you know, offers a completely new playing experience.

Man these guys hit the nail on the head. Cracked is funny, they are right on with this observation. Case in point - as much as I loved NWN2, I'm having a hell of a lot more fun playing BG1, and it's about the 4th time I've played it.

Although I didn't agree with a couple of the commandments, overall I thought it was an excellent article. Required reading for developers, me thinks. I thought this line was hilarious:
"Either the AI is too stupid, or it's so sophisticated that it has become sentient and aware of the futility of living."

I loved the 'L-shaped condom' phrase. Priceless .
Besides, this article reinforced my desire to get a Wii for my birthday. Or a Nintendo DS. Or both.

And yet, guys like Epic games president Mike Capps are out there making stupid-ass statements about how they would never lower themselves to develop for the Wii because that would be "going backward."

This underlines my personal impression that this tendency to develop only a ccertain kind of games leads to the PC platform limited only to a certain kind of games.

Innovation takes place somewhere else.