The Cold Hotspot

Written by Jon Kristinsson — January 22, 2005 at 07:18

Adventure Developers have published the first part of a feisty editorial about a perceived staleness of the adventure genre, blaming it on uptight adventure gamers who never want any changes.

In grasping at categorization, some gamers conveniently include such requirements as flat 2D painted backgrounds and a point-&-click interface, while others insist that it should run on five-year-old systems or be played only on the PC. Such misconstrued thinking can only serve to corner and suffocate otherwise viable new ideas and applications conceptually, creatively, technologically, and commercially.

You might recognize this soapbox speaker as none other than Beiddie Rafól, news updater and forum denizen at this site. A second installment called "Warmed over leftovers" is to be posted at a later date.