You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why
some of
them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to escape
reality,
and game companies exploit this to make money. Game companies use all
kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as possible.
That
is why to me there is no honor in game development. Also, I never said
it's
worthless; they make tons of money, and that's almost always at the
expense
of people like you.
You are right saying games suck, since the new generation "games" are not
games, they are just garbage "simulators".
But you should understand, for this kind of things there is always good
and a bad practice.
Popularity favors bad practices better than good.
Can you say movies suck? or music in general? This is exactly same.
You guys gave an example to a very bad practice, a corporation, by
definition(?) nothing but profit.
Now i am going to tell you about a good practice.
Outcast - Probably most of you never heard of it.
For me, it had everything that define a game.
