Comments on: Do you think videos games will catch on? http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/10/03/do-you-think-videos-games-will-catch-on/ It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:10:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jeffrey Fredrick http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/10/03/do-you-think-videos-games-will-catch-on/comment-page-1/#comment-2934 Jeffrey Fredrick Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:24:13 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=387#comment-2934 "Name a game that is mentioned in modern pop culture more than World of Warcraft." Pac-man* * Back in the day. “Name a game that is mentioned in modern pop culture more than World of Warcraft.”

Pac-man*

* Back in the day.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/10/03/do-you-think-videos-games-will-catch-on/comment-page-1/#comment-2931 Kevin Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:03:14 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=387#comment-2931 Read your history sonny! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Miner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game "Platformers were, at one point, the most popular genre of video game. At the peak of their popularity, it is estimated that between one fourth and one third of console games were platformers. No genre before or since has been able to achieve a similar market share." I had thought that Manic Miner preceded Donkey Kong. I was mistaken on that point but substitute Donkey Kong for Manic Miner in the OP and my point still stands. Read your history sonny!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Miner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game

“Platformers were, at one point, the most popular genre of video game. At the peak of their popularity, it is estimated that between one fourth and one third of console games were platformers. No genre before or since has been able to achieve a similar market share.”

I had thought that Manic Miner preceded Donkey Kong. I was mistaken on that point but substitute Donkey Kong for Manic Miner in the OP and my point still stands.

]]> By: Captain Groggy Swagger http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/10/03/do-you-think-videos-games-will-catch-on/comment-page-1/#comment-2929 Captain Groggy Swagger Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:51:42 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=387#comment-2929 I have also *never* heard of Maniac Miner. I think that we just have different perspectives on what makes a game "influential". I consider influential to be genre-defining titles or ones that had an impact on the world outside of video games. Take a look at how many bands and school talent show acts re-create the original Super Mario Brothers theme song. What game other than StarCraft has 24-hour TV channels dedicated to it and been practically declared a national sport. Name a game that is mentioned in modern pop culture more than World of Warcraft. Genre defining titles such as Street Fighter 2, Ultima Online, Zork, Tetris, Final Fantasy, Diablo, Castle Wolfenstien, Dance Dance Revolution... So, you may try to belittle me for my opinion of Space Invaders (a game that I played on my Atari 2600 for countless hours) but an opinion is an opinion. I have also *never* heard of Maniac Miner. I think that we just have different perspectives on what makes a game “influential”. I consider influential to be genre-defining titles or ones that had an impact on the world outside of video games.

Take a look at how many bands and school talent show acts re-create the original Super Mario Brothers theme song.

What game other than StarCraft has 24-hour TV channels dedicated to it and been practically declared a national sport.

Name a game that is mentioned in modern pop culture more than World of Warcraft.

Genre defining titles such as Street Fighter 2, Ultima Online, Zork, Tetris, Final Fantasy, Diablo, Castle Wolfenstien, Dance Dance Revolution…

So, you may try to belittle me for my opinion of Space Invaders (a game that I played on my Atari 2600 for countless hours) but an opinion is an opinion.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/10/03/do-you-think-videos-games-will-catch-on/comment-page-1/#comment-2925 Kevin Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:26:27 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=387#comment-2925 Post Script ======= Aaron thinks that Space Invaders was not influentual because there weren't too many games where you had a little laser base at the bottom of the screen from which you shot at never-ending waves of aliens. Post Script
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Aaron thinks that Space Invaders was not influentual because there weren’t too many games where you had a little laser base at the bottom of the screen from which you shot at never-ending waves of aliens.

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