🚀 go-pugleaf

Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net> wrote in
news:9ubci8l6548dm6...@4ax.com: 

> "Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam@never.spam> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
> say:
> 
>>The games industry seems to be increasingly stretching less & less
>>'new' out as far as possible.
>>Sequels, Games into Films ...Dues Ex ...Assassins Creed...Splinter
>>Cell 
> 
> Nothing really new here, they've been doing that since the turn of the
> millennia if not before. The suits took over and only "guaranteed
> profitable" projects get green lit these days.

If not stuck in Japan.

*makes a note to import Jump Ultimate Stars one day*

> Add in the ['feed da sheep' attitude] and is it any wonder that damn near
> all we get now is dumbed down, consolized sequels on PC?

Thank goodness for the indie circuit (although, even here, your mileage may 
vary). ^_^U

> Hollywood seems to be doing the same - remakes and rehashes and action
> films best summarized by that Robot Chicken spoof  "Michael Bay
> presents EXPLOSIONS"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ssUivM-eM

This is why I like to revisit classic flicks and series like Aliens, 
Terminator 1&2, Daria, Downtown and even Megas XLR once in a while.

The 80s and 90s were when TV/film was good (or, at least, somewhat 
watchable). ^_^

Signed,
Warewolf
who would find it ironic to see Earthworm Jim in a Robot Chicken sketch.