A Gamer’s Manifesto

While a bit heavy on the colorful language, there is an interesting article at Pointless Waste of Time on the state of console/computer gaming in the form of a 20 point manifesto. Its a funny read and gives you a few things to think about. For those that just want the bullet points:

1. Give us A.I. that will actually outsmart us now and then.
2. Give us a genre of game we’ve never seen before. Something that’s not an FPS or an RPG or Madden NFL or…
3. Don’t BS me about your graphics
4. Nipples?
5. And on the opposite side of the nipple coin…
6. All of the new consoles will have hard drives. Use them.
7. Loading… …
8. I understand that John Madden was raised by wild boars…
9. Immersion and the invisible hand of God
10. And while we’re at it…(more on arbitrary barriers)
11. And while we’re still at it… (breaks in immersion)
12. Don’t BS us on the difficulty
13. Don’t BS us on the game’s features
14. Seriously, get rid of the crates
15. Stop the Short-Sighted Business BS
16. Don’t use the online capability as an excuse to release broken games
17. Don’t let other features distract from gaming
18. Don’t use online play as an excuse to bleed us dry
19. NO MORE JUMPING PUZZLES IN FPS GAMES
20. Horizontal consoles have been a curse for as long as gaming has been around. I’m not playing another game until I get a machine I can stand on its side. My entertainment center only has three inches of free space and flat consoles are the backstabbing Judas in my life.