View From the Bottom #2 - Independent developer Jeff Vogel comments on whether his sector represents our best hope for innovation in games.

This guy needs a serious confidence boost.

Though I think it's pretty accurate until the end... where he said, and I quote: "But truly innovative games? The sort you're only going to see a few more times in your lifetime? Those will come from Electronic Arts." Once he said that, he lost credibility with me. Big companies are most likey NOT going to be the ones who innovate. If you looked inside the collective minds of companies like Electronic Arts, you will see a big dollar sign. If it doesn't make the most money possible, they won't do it. Granted most independent developers (at least in my definition... you know, the garage programmers) probably just don't have the time and resources to do something like that, the larger mammoth companies will do so even less because they might... *gasp* ...lose money.

Yes... most independent developers... except these guys: Introversion Software The guys behind the amazing games Uplink and Darwinia. Remember Cyanworlds? They used to be an independent developer. Actually, I think I would still personally classify them as one, since they usually make games on their own funds, then take it to a publisher. (I'm not sure of how they go about things since Ubisoft killed Uru... I know on Riven and at least part of Uru, they had tons of their own money to work with.)

Nintendo is a super company who still innovates.
They'll risk it all on something that might not work.
Cyanworlds risked it all, too... People like that are awesome.
They try to give us something new and amazing at the cost of failing.

Does anyone else do this? Nah.

Virginia Schools Win Christian Poster Dispute

Oh, the humanity!
A picture of George Washington praying at Valley Forge?
BANZHAMMER LOLOL

Yes, let's go hiding the parts of history we don't like!
It's fun! It's a family project! It protects your kids.

You realize they essentially censored George Washington?

:bored:

Man, I wonder how many people still realize that their blog posts are being syndicated on Mystblogs.com... Good heavens, if my parents came across that page and thought they were my friends... o.O

People are going to visit Mystblogs, see the "Myst fans always have something on their minds. Below are excerpts from Myst fan blogs from all around the globe." and go "Woah. This is what Myst fans are like?"

Maybe that's what you all really do think about? To quote Jacob Carter from Stargate, "Holy Hannah". You guys need some responsibility when your blogs are being syndicated to a public place like that. I'm acutely aware of the fact that you can do whatever you want on a blog, but still... being syndicated to a high-traffic site should make you at least put "More Tags" in to hide some of that nasty stuff.

Sheesh. Do I need to start avoiding that Myst site now, too? I don't really want to, but I will, even though it's a good source for healthy news sometimes... as a saying goes in these parts: "There's only .1% deadly material in rat poison." It only takes a little bit to get something nasty stuck in your brain, and I would rather not chance it any more.

You realize I asked to be removed from Mystblogs because I didn't want my name to be associated with some of the other blogs there? The things Myst fans say these days are making me ashamed to call myself a fan, too... bah.

I ordered the stuff from EBGames at around 4pm.

I got an email with a tracking number at 8:30pm.

Now that's service.