Week in Gaming: We need Nintendo – so don’t let the magic die

By Kate Gray

This week, I really need you all to trust me. Some of you will look at the words I have written and dismiss me as some overly optimistic, head-in-the-clouds fairy princess. Others will think I’m just an idiot. And there will undoubtedly be a small, vociferous selection of people that insist on telling me that their black box is better than all the other black boxes because it has a better disk drive or something. But please, just for 15 minutes, turn off all the negative voices in your head and sink into the soft, marshmallowy beanbag of niceness with me, because I am going to tell you why Nintendo should make you happier than a puppy riding a Roomba.

We love to tear apart games companies. We’ll tell them that their games are buggy, their characters are boring, their dialogue uninspired. I’ve read 9/10 reviews that focus more on tackling the reason they took off 10% than the reasons they think it’s cracking. Games writing can sometimes be a very negative, stressful and cynical place. And that’s okay – cynicism can be fun, and it’s a way to stay cautious.

Being kind makes you vulnerable, right? Much easier to swaddle …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming