For Chris Crawford, gaming is now lifeless. Somewhat of a pundit, Crawford worked as a game designer at Atari until 1984 and also penned the classic The Art of Computer Game Design. Gamasutra has a provoking interview with the former designer as he talks pushing the form and reaching new players. Crawford says:

Has anybody noticed that we don't appeal to the general public? Has anybody thought that perhaps it might be a good thing? In fact, the industry has talked about reaching out to a broader audience for decades, but the industry is not willing to do anything about it. As long as you keep recycling the same product you're going to have the same markets.

Before every fanboy lurking in the peanut gallery starts posting comments defending sequels, new consoles, rebranding or whatever, do read the rest of the interview. While I certainly don't agree with everything he says, I admire Crawford's desire to turn everything on its ear. Now, whether or not that is a good thing... Brian Ashcraft

Full Interview Here

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