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Games => General Gaming => Topic started by: idolminds on Friday, January 23, 2009, 02:05:09 PM

Title: The New Old Wave of PC Games
Post by: idolminds on Friday, January 23, 2009, 02:05:09 PM

Story (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21876#)

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With claims of the decline of the PC gaming, commentators seem to lose sight of the platform's historic strengths and its place in the world -- Gamasutra's Chris Remo looks at companies like Valve and Stardock to define 'the new old wave' of PC gaming.

An interesting read. Check it out.

Title: Re: The New Old Wave of PC Games
Post by: Xessive on Friday, January 23, 2009, 02:26:19 PM

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This is only a shock if you try to treat the PC as just another console, like so many modern-day publishers do -- loading it up with ports of multiplatform games whose franchises (and sometimes entire genres) have never had a strong base on the PC to begin with, then expressing disappointment when they underperform.

So poignantly true.

Title: Re: The New Old Wave of PC Games
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, January 25, 2009, 07:48:23 PM

Here is a slightly different take on PC stuff from Jonathan Blow (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3911/jonathan_blow_the_next_phase.php), maker of Braid.