Where are the 'Construction Set' Games? 567
"I know that most PC games today have editors where a player can create their own levels and share them but users still need the original software. Even worse, consoles, which have the larger market, don't have enough storage (except maybe for the XBox) and aren't open enough to encourage players to create their own games and share them."
C :I think I see mbishop's point. Legos are still alive and well, but I don't see as much evidence on these types of toys in today's TV commercials. It seems those commercials are more interested in pushing the latest licensed crap instead of pushing toys designed to stimulate your child's own imagination. Of course, a simple Google search may yield a result or two, but that still doesn't answer the real question. Computer-based sets, would be a nice alternative, but nothing beats the real thing where children can use their own hands to create something they can show their paernts. Where have all of the Heathkit's, the chemical experiment toys and the other types of "builder" sets gone, and are they due for a revival, soon?
Chemical Experiment Toys (Score:4, Funny)
Dirt? (Score:2, Funny)
Everything Becomes Quake (Score:3, Funny)
Of course, I maintain that given time... really cool stuff will start to surface. If the EULA hasn't stifled people's creativity and willingness to develop in that environment.
Re:Chemical Experiment Toys (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Neverwinter Nights (Score:5, Funny)
They promised that it would be so close to actually playing D&D, you could smell the BO.
But I was expecting being able to endlessly argue rules-interpretations with the computer. This, it did not allow. I was disappointed.
lol (Score:2, Funny)
I guess that illustrates the point of this article.
Re:Mods? (Score:1, Funny)
(look out UO and Everquest - and yes MUD Purists, I know how much more advanced so many text MUDs are to UO and Everquest)
Oh, you agree with that... damn now don't I feel like an idiot...