They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but the opposite can be just as true. Lately it seems like a lot of popular gaming trends are now soured by the fact that they're, well, so popular. Familiarity breeds contempt. And popularity breeds imitation...
A custom made Pac-Man cake - baked with a love for all things retro - it's been done. And our cold jaded hearts let out a mighty "meh" whenever we hear about a politician pandering to the Web 2.0 generation in a lame Second Life rally. Maybe it's time to stop polluting the internet with half-baked projects and do what we all do best: playing games.
Should gamers stop expressing their love for their hobby in the form of their own creativity? Should people stop discussing the games they love? Of course not. We'd be out of jobs, otherwise! But with everyone shouting as loudly as possible into the echo chamber of the internet at the same time, we start to wonder... are there any gamers out there?
