Gaming Today, Has It Lost It’s Originality?

TheKoalition.com writes: Let me start this article off by stating what should be the obvious, nothing in entertainment is original. That is a statement that has remained true for hundreds of years since it was first philosophized by Aristotle. Yes you can say that something is new and different, but it’s generally a play off of something else; take Shakespeare’s method for example: the Kanye West of theatre. Originality however is not specific to only certain forms of entertainment, it is also prominent in music and gaming as well. We as a people however tend to use originality as a basis for quite a few of our entertainment interest, but in the wrong light. We tend to look at originality in terms of how "new" something is as opposed to how "different" it is. We get excited for games that look cool, but the ones that are different tend to get shunned. We as gamers are the worse when it comes to judgment on those that are different as opposed to being harsher critics to the constant rehashing of video games that takes place in the gaming market today. And yes, I say gaming today due to the change in market interest presently when compared to the past; therefore I must address today’s issues.