Dvorak Trashes Modern Gaming Industry

oskard writes "John C. Dvorak recently posted a PCMag.com rant trashing the gaming industry, predicting a complete market-meltdown in the near future. Titled 'Doom 4: End of the Game Industry?', it was interesting to see how the 3D Realms Forums reacted to the article. He claims that 'games have hardly changed since the invention of the first-person shooter.' His kids have obviously showed him too much Halo 2, and not enough Half-Life 2." From the article: "The business is going to attempt to sustain growth and creativity by making game players buy newer and newer machines. Computer gaming has always been sustained by never-ending improvements in resolution and realism. But once we get to photorealism, what is going to sustain growth?"

Its Dvorak....

[AAeyers]

Now that Dvorak said its dying, sales will sky rocket and Duke Nukem Forever will be released ahead of schedule.

Re:He's off the mark.

[Aumaden]

Wait a minute! Slashdotters? Sex?

Re:Its Dvorak....

[night_flyer]

ahead of schedule?

Re:Who's surprised?

[AndroidCat]

He's just out-of-sorts because he's currently playing a game and stuck on the Big Boss at the end of a level. Once he's past that, he'll be happy again.

Sounds like the same old Game Play vs Bells & Whistles debate again .. and again ..

Re:How can a keyboard attack something

[Robmonster]

On a Dvorak keyboard CTRL-K decapitates the user.

Re:...and not enough Half-Life 2.

[jaysones]

"It's hard to understand the nuisances of a subculture unless you particulate in it yourself."

While I'm sure this is true, I bet you meant "nuances." :)

Re:Its Dvorak....

[TheGavster]

It used to be Pigs Fly -> The Second Coming -> DNF, now the schedule has been altered to Pigs Fly -> DNF -> The Second Coming. It seems minor, but the change will reverberate throughout the industry!

Re:He's off the mark.

[Fred_A]

Exciting sex is finding a previously unvisited porn site.

Nostradamus, I think not

[failedlogic]

Can someone predict when John Dvorak will be out of his job? Hopefully it will be before Doom 4's release.

Re:He's off the mark.

[glenrm]

Speak for yourself I can't get enough Donkey Konga!

New floppy

[Himring]

This is the same guy who predicted the 2.5" floppy....

Translated from Bitter Old Man Speak

[superultra]

"Hey you stupid kids, get off my lawn!"

Fun With Typos!

[Anonymous Coward]

He then held up a physics boox ...and said, "Ph34r my l33t b00x0rz skillz!"

Re:He's off the mark.

[mmdog]

If you don't feel comfortable having sex, there's a good chance you might be doing it wrong.

Re:He's off the mark.

[teh Wang]

he's right... try loosening the cuffs a bit, and try not to bite too hard on the gag.

Re:He's off the mark.

[F452]

Interesting post, but are you saying books will always be around because they are more useful for transporting in to the past? :-)

gumpy old man

[mcguyver]

I'm oooooold! And I'm not happy! And I don't like things now compared to the way they used to be. All this progress -- phooey! In my day, we didn't have multiplayer video games or francy-shmancy graphics. There was only one arcade in each state with one game called pong -- it was open only one hour a year. And you'd get in line, seventeen miles long, and the line became an angry mob of people -- fornicators and thieves, mutant children and circus freaks -- and you waited for years and by the time you got to the teller, you were senile and arthritic and you couldn't remember your own name. You were born, got in line, and ya died! And that's the way it was and we liked it!

Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need console games. In my day, there was only one game in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!" ... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it. ... And that's the way it was and we liked it!

Progress?! Flobble-de-flee! In my day, when we were angry and frustrated, we just said, "Flobble-de-flee!" 'cause we were idiots and we didn't know what else to say! Just a bunch o' illiterate Cro-Magnons, waitin' in lines for our head to burst into flame and that's the way it was and we liked it! -- John C. Dvorak

Re:...and not enough Half-Life 2.

[Lord_Dweomer]

"While I'm sure this is true, I bet you meant "nuances." :)

Not when its Dvorak we're talking about...

Re:OT Ray Charles is God

[AussieVamp2]

Not Alanis Morrisette?