Comments on: Innovation is Overrated

By: Innovation? Pah! I Laugh at Thee

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:01:51 +0000

[...] made my stance clear: innovation is overrated. None of my favorite games create a new genre, or do something that doesn’t at least have its [...]

By: LAS

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:44:32 +0000

Yeah – I completely understand that some companies can’t afford to have a game ‘complete’ and continue development for a year -that’s the luxury of having a huge cash hoard if you’re Blizzard. That being said, there is a tradeoff, and there are definitely some games, such as Fat Princess for example, that had so many problems at launch that they permanently hurt their game and would probably have more than recouped the extra cash it took to spend a month or two balancing and fixing netcode.

By: Tesh

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:48:18 +0000

Nice article. I’m trying to find things to disagree with, and about all I can come up with is the following: Iteration and polish are *expensive* and in unwieldy hands, absolutely kill morale on the dev team, which introduces a host of inefficiencies, especially if you want to make a sequel and your battle hardened devs leave for a better job.

By: LAS

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:36:34 +0000

Of course – feel free to take anything you want as long as you cite me Glad you find it useful!

By: Polprav

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:31:48 +0000

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

By: LAS

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:37:43 +0000

Great – glad you like it – subscribe if it’s easier or just check back in once in a while

By: Tom Stanley

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:30:49 +0000

I was on Yahoo and found your blog. Read a few of your other posts. Good work. I am looking forward to reading more from you in the future.

Tom Stanley