Don't Be A Vidiot

So what does the term Vidiot mean too us? For a Start it is described as a person who's sole aspect of games comes from playing video games. The term was inspired by Tom Disch an author who talked about what he called science fictionoids writers that would only write up stories in the science fiction area genre.

What he talks about is the lack of creativity in the computer games industry, He describes that the games industry is more driven to create games to push the technological boundary of our modern day machines rather then developing games on a more creative level. This is because of safety, it is a much more of an easy bet and less of a risk if you re-hash a game that has been successful on the market place. Examples of expansions and re-releases, like command and conquer; Counterstrike, The Aftermath, Retaliation are games that are examples of developing companies that may be too afraid to look at new strange concepts that may or may not work too well.

However the point is not about how games company's make profit, but more of are they just not thinking out of the box any more, the article looks at how developers are re creating games that are already on the market because they are perhaps too nervous and the safe bet is to look at something that already works. It asks that developers should really be open minded on where they get there sources to be more creative and think outside the box look at board games and go back to basics.

Its hard for a company in the modern market to put a lot of money on a radical creative project that may or may not work too well on the market place, a good example of a create game that has sank recently was APB: All Points Bulletin a cops and robber styled MMO, and I don't think that this idea of games driven by eye candy will be ever dropped any time soon because it makes money and is a safe bet for the designers. However I do agree with the writer that you should open your sources outside the world of video games and look back at perhaps the older board games that we used to see because its the idea of expanding your horizon and the ability of creating something new that stands out what matters.

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