Comments on: The recent trend in gaming http://www.richard-kim.com/2007/03/09/the-recent-trend-in-gaming/ The random ramblings of Richard S. Kim Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Slow Doze http://www.richard-kim.com/2007/03/09/the-recent-trend-in-gaming/#comment-90 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.richard-kim.com/2007/03/09/the-recent-trend-in-gaming/#comment-90 I miss 2D platformers. I think there could be some truly epic, hi-res 2D games made for the current generation of consoles (can you imagine a game like Symphony of the Night in <i>true</i> 720p rather than the aliasing job done on it for Xbox Live Arcade?) and I would buy them. <i>With money</i>. Speaking of MMOs, Matt and I are back into WoW. He's bringing up a Retribution-spec Paladin and I blew the dust off my old Holy/Prot Paladin and now were a duoing, double-aura-having machine. Speaking of the inexplicable love Koreans have for Starcraft, in 2001 I had the good fortune to see the set where the Coex Mall in Seoul televises Starcraft matches live. And then people, in turn, would watch guys play computer games on TV. I miss 2D platformers. I think there could be some truly epic, hi-res 2D games made for the current generation of consoles (can you imagine a game like Symphony of the Night in true 720p rather than the aliasing job done on it for Xbox Live Arcade?) and I would buy them. With money.

Speaking of MMOs, Matt and I are back into WoW. He’s bringing up a Retribution-spec Paladin and I blew the dust off my old Holy/Prot Paladin and now were a duoing, double-aura-having machine.

Speaking of the inexplicable love Koreans have for Starcraft, in 2001 I had the good fortune to see the set where the Coex Mall in Seoul televises Starcraft matches live. And then people, in turn, would watch guys play computer games on TV.

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