{"id":751,"date":"2006-03-10T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T04:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2006-03-13T14:57:13","modified_gmt":"2006-03-13T19:57:13","slug":"productinteractivegame-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=751","title":{"rendered":"Product\/Interactive\/Game Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across something online not too long ago – a blog entry perhaps – that I recall wanting to revisit. Unfortunately I can’t find it since I didn’t bookmark it. But the point of what I’d read was that intimidatingly complex game controllers were keeping a large number of potential consumers from even trying<\/em> videogames. The example provided in the entry was the author’s own father who was sufficiently intrigued by a game the son was playing to want to try playing it himself … at least until he took a look at the controller.<\/p>\n

There’s now a similar discussion regarding how controller designs are actually influencing game design. And much of it is focusing on Tom Armitage<\/a>, one of the speaker’s at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech).<\/p>\n

His presentation, which stands out like a sore thumb on the ETech schedule, is\/was titled “From Paddles to Pads: Is Controller Design Killing Creativity in Videogames?”. From the summary for his session (Link<\/a>): <\/p>\n

The videogames market is stagnating. The primary cause is not the domination of the industry by larger companies, the rising costs of next-gen games, or even lack of imagination.<\/p>\n

The primary cause is the interfaces we play the games with. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We Make Money Not Art has now posted a nice entry (Link<\/a>) about Armitage’s talk. Give it a read to supplement the summary. And if you’re a product\/interface designer be on the lookout for more articles and blog entries about this issue. There will doubtlessly be some interesting chatter. Just be sure to bookmark what you find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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