As is plainly stated in this blog's "Mission Statement", I have been endeavoring to show that gaming isn't kid stuff anymore - if it ever was. Gaming has matured as a hobby quite nicely, as a matter of fact. Today, we gamers have access to all sorts of mature games, from hardcore military simulators like the Arma franchise, to thoughtful political sims like Positech Games' Democracy 3 . But if that is so, why is the industry as a whole being treated in such a juvenile manner by its own video game journalists and other industry insiders? That is the question be asked by Positech's own Cliff Harris in a recent posting on his developer blog....
Because Edmund Burke would have been a gamer....