Re: Stargate Worlds - Mesa firm out to make impact

In article <qYWdnUTmLPby9STanZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Ken from
Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Anybody" <anybody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article
> > <ANIM8Rfsk-2D2025.11465915022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <9vqdndY7s8WWMijanZ2dnUVZ_quhnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >>  "Victor Velazquez" <k-canute@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Anim8rFSK wrote:
> >> > > Although the game is at least two years away, Whiting says he 
> >> > > believes
> >> > > the possibilities for success are limitless.
> >> > >
> >> > > Whiting points Blizzard Entertainment, with more than 6 million
> >> > > subscribers paying more than $12 a month to play the game World
of
> >> > > Warcraft, when asked about the sustainability of Cheyenne's
business.
> >> >
> >> > That's like saying you're going to start a cola company and
pointing to
> >> > Coca-Cola as an example of why you will succeed.
> >>
> >> Yep.  "People buy a ton of this ****, so they'll buy ours, too"
> >
> > That's how Hollyweird works. One company does something mildly new or
> > successful, and then all the others jump on the bandwagon making
clones
> > of it ... hence the fads.
> >
> > It's even worse if you live outside America. Here we get American
Idol,
> > Australian Idol, New Zealand Idol, UK Idol ... and now all the dancing
> > shows and game shows ... plus the usual clones from other netwroks of
> > those countries too.   :-(
> >
> > Computer game companies used to work the same way, but these days
> > almost everything is just a prettied-up Doom clone anyway.
> 
> I'm so tired of shooters, hack-n-slashers, beat-downers, and the same
ole 
> s****ts / racing / sim games. Then again the top companies repeat the
same 
> ole same ole--into the dirt.

I don't play many games these days, but the few times I've tried to
play any of these "Doom clones" I've become motion-sick after only a
few minutes. The car racing ones seem to be fine though.

I can't see why EVERY game has to be done in 3D, even the good old'
platform-jumping games (although those are few and far between unless
you have a Gameboy).