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January 26, 2007
locoroco
this game is twisted and i love it. nice sense of humor with simple 2d feel, chipper music and fun creative art. chalk another one up for the japanese designers. they've taken an old idea and really added some appeal. primary design is for the PSP handheld and i've been playing it alot here at work. i even have the music on mp3 format. the theme is chipper enough to sound like something you would here if you lost your mind and were trapped in willy wonka's world or a varied state of a japanese version of the smurfs.
lol....we're at that stage for one game that we are doing alot of testing of games in the market to gather ideas. this one strikes me as a nice original idea out from the ashes of an old era. people think i'm nuts cuz i'm a believer that people have a little child inside that can be let out through animations and music.
i say let them eat a fat slice of kiss my ass pie! sit them in front of a DDR machine, guitar hero, a puzzle game, a music game or better yet tetris. see if they can resist. find me a crusty geezer and i'll find a child inside. find me a boring stiff and i'll show you a sad converted adult who has lost their inner kiddie. (at least until they have a kid of their own, then all of the sudden they are fun to be with again cuz they are as wonderous as the little tike is)
i am a punk ass little kid inside who loves games. so be it.
i think they can let people have fun, smile, laugh and not take life so f'n serious. i think casual games have been a part of all our lives since the day we could play peek-a-boo or slap jacks, pac-man or modern day physical sports. even the most recent market space creation from the nintendo DS brain games market is a key sign. did you know nintendo created a game specifically to stimulate brain activity for older people? they spent many a 6 figures plus doing reseach with various scientific communities to dicsover how to make a fun brain game so that people could stimulate their minds. that target age for the market was 50+.
i say why not let the little kids inside come out and play?
Posted by Single Fin at January 26, 2007 04:53 PM