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Warewolf <warewol...@shaw.ca> looked up from reading the entrails
of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>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.

Another issue entirely but yeah the Japanese seem to make a lot of stuff
that never leaves their country - greedy bastards.

>*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

At least the indies are willing to try stuff outside the mainstream.
And I guess there's always the hope that another indie game will sell
big and attract a major studio into making a big budget version of it.
Now as to whether the big budget version will be worth playing, since
they'll probably misunderstand what made it popular in the first place,
we'll just have to see.

>> 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.

I actually liked all the Alien movies (even Prometheus), although Aliens
is the best of the bunch.
Ditto for Terminator - liked all 3 movies and the TV series.  Who
couldn't like the Rivernator.

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

I'm actually watching Roswell on DVD at the moment.

>who would find it ironic to see Earthworm Jim in a Robot Chicken sketch.

Maybe someday if they keep making them.

Xocyll
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