Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Last week I mentioned the Dragonball Z MMO trailer (along with my shock that the game interested me), and on our podcast, Bonnie speculated that other owners of anime properties may be watching to see how it does before deciding to try one on their own.
This got me thinking. Of course that's not unusual for me, but still.
This is part of a new category of posts designed to explore business ideas, properties, etc. that we here at Fan To Pro think MORE can be done with. The idea is to look at media properties, technology, games, entertainment, etc. that we wish the owners/authors/makers of did more with – and make suggestions.
The goal is to give you, the profan, more ideas, stimulate your imagination – and of course to get a few things off our chests.
My subject today? Physical games.
In a recent episode of X-Play, a gentleman from www.giantbomb.com was commenting on why games are tough to make – unlike movies, you often have to re-invent at least part of your technology from the start. If you've worked in games (or programming) you know that's not strictly true – there are many development tools – but game development certainly requires a lot of work and a lot of invention if not re-invention.
As I noted that's not strictly true that gaming requires re-invention of technology. It's less true over time, and I think that can signal a shift in gaming.