tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38541167.post3303432217670755007..comments2023-07-07T02:02:58.094-07:00Comments on Anjin Unleashed: Random Shots: The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and passMarty Runyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456700794989273981noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38541167.post-6910836798927299672011-11-09T12:58:21.770-08:002011-11-09T12:58:21.770-08:00That's easy, GC, it's because they don'...That's easy, GC, it's because they don't want to see it.Blue Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837719824734379806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38541167.post-86642993605183396962011-11-08T10:36:27.475-08:002011-11-08T10:36:27.475-08:00Yeah, you've pretty much just described life. ...Yeah, you've pretty much just described life. To be honest, I don't understand how some gamers who've been around longer than I have aren't used to seeing this already. Even I look back on my life now and see a ton of things where I'm like, "aww, those were the days," or "I wish things could still be like that" and it's not just games, it's everything. But people age, new generations come and go, tastes change, and technology evolves. Like I said, life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38541167.post-59603156792900000062011-11-04T21:02:58.805-07:002011-11-04T21:02:58.805-07:00I don't think Free to Try MMOs have hit their ...I don't think Free to Try MMOs have hit their zenith yet. The zenith they reach may involve games so shallow that they will interest few of us oldtimers (see Club Penguin). In terms of games we geezers care about, I suspect we will see more niche designs explored by smallish studios in the next decade or so. In some cases, niche designs we like but no one else much seems to care about will flourish to a greater degree than they ever could now.<br /><br />That's sort of exactly what happened with board games. The diversity of products available from small publishers currently on the market is remarkable. Even the big boys like WoC are starting to stepin. <br /><br />One genre that I really have always dug is RPG-"board game" hybrids. Talisman is on the boardgame side of that, Warhammer Quest was closer to the PnP RPG sided of it...but still clearly a board game. Now we see Runebound, Cuthulu (a co-op RPG BG hybrid), revamped Talisman, and even "The Legend of Drizzt" which is mechanically very similar to Warhammer Quest in several key ways. <br /><br />This is one random example of a subgenre, but the selection of neat boardgames that I find fun is more diverse than at any time other I have been alive. The big boys losing interest in your hobby is more than likely a good thing.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.com