The 1UP Show: Episode 04/18/08

Unfortunatelly no great news: seems to me like everybody is into either gameplay or social stuff… which from my warped point of view is bad news for artwork. I mean sure, I really like the fact that Team Fortress 2 has such a different aesthetic… but the game is not about artwork, but gameplay+multiplayer. Similarly I’m curious about the Persona story… but there’s level grinding, aka gameplay focus if you’re willing ot endure a lot of repetition (for small reward from my point of view in terms of artwork) and even though the game is singleplayer it’s about social life (if my dream was about going to highschool and meeting people I wouldn’t be nuts about world changing stories…). Not that I’m saying that there’s anything wrong with that, that’s just my personal taste and I can of course respect social people, but what I am against is a lot of repetition/grinding with little reward (dialogue should be spoken, themes should be deeper… for it to peak my interest). Wishing for more artwork & self expression games…. seeing bad times from that point of view in that everything seems to be about gameplay & multiplayer… but that don’t stops me from hoping. I guess I’ll put my gaming on kind of a pause for now, waiting for the artwork… the great music, the great stories, the great visuals…