1UP writes about how games are infiltrating the office and powering up the way people work.
"Where teachers and parents fail, videogames succeed. They turn Ritalin-popping channel surfers into Zen masters of concentration, C-students into mindful accountants, and 20-something slackers into models of Protestant work ethic -- albeit in the trades of gathering virtual wealth, fighting virtual wars, and solving virtual problems. How many human hours have been spent perfecting expertlevel Guitar Hero solos? How many were invested in creating the ultimate Oblivion character? What if gamers spent as much energy and effort in their day jobs, taking on the challenges of the working world as they would Halo 2 capture-the-flag?
The irony is that work and play are strangely similar. In games, we endure endlessly repetitive tasks, manage complex resources, overcome seemingly impossible challenges, and team up with incredibly annoying people -- and we do all this with smiles on our faces. In fact, we even pay for the privilege. The makers of business software have begun to take notice. If games feel a lot like work, these companies reason, then work might be made to feel more like a game. If they succeed, you may someday get to play games for a living".
Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.
Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.
