'Games 3.0' Is Nothing New 41
At Next Generation, author Matt Matthews points out that gamers have been 'making things' for a while now. Sony's Phil Harrison touted the 'Games 3.0' vision at his GDC keynote last month, saying that the new thing is gamers making their own entertainment and sharing it with others. "[Harrison's view] ignores an important fact: the tools of game creation have been given to players over and over again for almost a quarter of a century, since at least 1983. The lessons learned since then will be instructive as Sony again puts the players in control." He goes on to discuss titles like RPGMaker, Pinball Wizard, and some of the famous mods that have changed the industry.
Re:What's new? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:What's new? (Score:2, Interesting)
I think the author is missing the point (Score:2, Interesting)
I thought the concept was an elegant summary, really.
Neverwinter Nights/NWN2 (Score:3, Interesting)
MOST are just running simple hack and slash modules of course, infinitely respawning Diablo/WoW clones basically. But it shows what can be accomplished with some skilled and dedicated GMs.