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    jamBot: To be fair all "Art Forms" go through this. Video Games are in the same position as Classical Paintings were 500 - 600 years ago. Take Napoleon fo... more »
    TSFMfest: The biggest issue that the industry faces is obviously cost--the movie industry is similarly hamstrung by large production budgets which leaves little... more »
    bwwardiii: I find that games are still stuck in a phase of escapism. The reason there is little demand for creative games with deep and complex narrative is beca... more »
    Sarcasmancer: I really wish I could find something more enlightening and articulate to say other than, 'Awesome Article,' but Leigh pretty much voiced most of my fe... more »
    HanJeSu: Great article. Glad I'm not the only one who feels things are getting stale. I guess it really is easy to fall to what is known to work than to take... more »
    ryosen: Creativity isn't dead. It's just under-funded. more »
    Bricked: I want to say both are at fault for lack of creativity. OK, the devs are aware that the consumer is always buying up the games where you blast peopl... more »
    Dullshimmer: While the article is good and do realize the lack of originality in a lot of games there are a number of thoughts that come to mind on this subject. ... more »
    Shinryoma: Frank Zappa was right. [www.cartoonbrew.com] [www.youtube.com] This also applies to games. more »
    The Cap'n: I wonder if one thing that constrains creativity is the fact that conflict is fun. Gaming will strive towards creativity but because these are things... more »
    reynoldswrap: I don't blame the developer. I don't blame the publisher. I blame the consumer and the economy. The consumer continues to buy games like Call of Duty... more »
    kagebutsu: Creativity isn't dead, it's just not rewarded. For example, Okami was a very creative game, but sold horribly. This likely had to do with that fact th... more »
    arkage: Great article. This is the point I've been making about Nintendo, and their almost completely lack of significant mature IP. Don't blame the company... more »
    Rachel Fogg: I think it isn't a lack of creativity...it's money, always is and always was. Let's not kid ourselves that it wasn't about that, if the creative and ... more »
    THE_MOOGLEKING: To be honest, I think a real part of the lack of creativity in the gaming industry comes from its audience. A majority of the gaming populace are in t... more »
    Gortexfogg: There isn't any need to worry about creativity being dead in gaming. Trends come and go in all media. Staleness in a medium is nothing new - Cervantes... more »
    D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!: Games as a entertainment medium have reached something I'll just nickname maximum profit point. In all forms of art, which double as entertainment, ... more »
    kitsuneconundrum: Gaming has a huge berth of original ideas in its legacy titles through yesteryear. We've only mostly whittled ourselves down to shoot'em ups and thats... more »
    muu: I think what we need to see next is for more developers/regions to approach games successful in one region but not in another. I'm sure many people s... more »
    Amazing_Spiderham: As someone who is in my mid-thirties I'd like to see more original content in games that is also age appropriate. Shooters are getting stale, but th... more »
  • #feature

    Bang Bang, Is Creativity Dead?

    When future generations of gamers look back on this period of growth and advancement in our medium, will they be able to tell one military shooter, space adventure or dungeon crawler from another? Probably not. More »
  • #wiidownloadables

    The Last Weekly Wii Update: Super Punch-Out!!

    It's the end of an era, ladies and gentlemen, as Super Punch-Out!! and Bonsai Barber mark the death of the Weekly Wii Update and the beginning of the Weekly Nintendo Download. More »