Video Gaming

Games And Tradition in The Video Game Age

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There are games out there that are traditional.  Dungeons and Dragons in all its incarnations.  Settlers of Cataan.  Cosmic Encounter.  Risk.  Axis and Allies.  There are pen and paper games, board games that are older than many people, games people have played from childhood to adulthood.  There are games that, for many, are traditions.

By traditions I mean games that people play for a considerable time, may identify with, and that act as cultural touchstones.  How many of us (older geeks at least) remember Monopoly or D&D from Days Gone By, and played them for years and decades?  How many times did we use certain games as references or ways to sync up with others?

So I began to wonder about computer games.

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So Just What Is Nintendo Up To?

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So, remember when everyone figured Nintendo was on their last legs?  Constantly recycling things by releasing a new DS every five minutes?  Showing no new ideas and obviously doomed?

If you don't remember, then you've probably blanked it from your mind.  I certainly admit that until not to long ago, I figured Nintendo was lost and aimless.  I know I had company – OK I hope I had company because I feel rather stupid at this point.

All of us who thought Nintendo was lost in a haze remember E3 2011.  We remember the Wii U demo, with the tablet-like controller, and the interesting controls.  We remember the doubt vanishing almost instantly as people were enchanted with this new machine and it's oddball control options.

It was like watching the Wii come out all over again.

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Survey Sunday Roundup: The Wii U

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So last Sunday we asked "What Is Nintendo planning with the Wii U Controller?"  And you responded:

14.3% said Nothing else – it's just an unusual controller.

57.1% thought that Nintendo has no idea what to do, this is just an experiment.

No one thought that It's going to eventually replace the DS.

28.6% said they think it's going to evolve into a Tablet-like device.

And once again no one admitted to not being sure!

 

This was intriguing as I figured this indicated a direction for Nintendo – but apparently you out there disagree!  I look forward to hearing from you all again!

– Steven Savage