Video games Criticism and related media-The State of the Game.

With the introduction of any new technology we as an industry get a little overexcited about the possibilities it may bring. That it might be this generation of consoles which yield the games of our dreams. You know, those games you’ve had in your head since forever, which many have come close to touching but never really quite made it. As we stand at the begging of a new generation of home consoles it seems diligent that we should perhaps look back at an industry still in its infancy and to ask the age old question of ‘Where are we going?’ ‘How are we going to get there?’ ‘And will it be any good when we do?’
If we as industry take note of our other favourite older brother, the movies, and start to compare our arms size and strength, as any younger sibling would, we begin to realise that we are similar in many ways and it is not surprising that we have grown up trying to emanate such a successful industry. But as we have grown up we have begun to be taken seriously and as we begin to mature it is time to stand on our own two feet and shout loud and proudly ‘I’m a GAMER’ and I love it!! We are unlike any other entertainment industry for many reasons but the one which has the most far reaching effect is the simple fact that five or six years, give or take, I’ll be getting extremely excited about the PS4 or the WII 2 or whatever else those smart boggins in the industry have come up with to while away my precious hours. It is for this reason that essentially the games industry can remain fresh and relevant to its user base. The fact that we go through a mini revolution and


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