____/ John Bailo on Thursday 19 July 2007 15:35 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Don't forget that old discussion about "what makes games /fun/". There are
>> some games that boast many polygons, a lot of artwork and whatever, but the
>> gameplay simply does not work. Sometimes the old and tired games from the
>> 90s beat today's games in terms of fun.
>
> Absolutely right...and that does dovetail into the rising revenues for
> so called "casual games" -- those little applets on Yahoo and MSN like
> Bejeweled.
>
>
>>
>> I like the idea the the Wii changes decades of user interaction. It's a new
>> way of thinking. It's unique. Last year I played with my cousins who have a
>> GameCube and while the games were not 'FPS quality', they were special and
>> unique. I was beaten by teeangers. :-(
>
> My friend smashed me in Wii bowling, but he owns the Wii and has more
> time to practice (or he's just better).
Yes, it's the practice thing.
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~~ Best of wishes
"Fat operating systems spend most of their energy supporting their own fat."
--Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab, rediff.com, Apr 2006
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