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Dyack says 2009 is the end of the videogame 'golden age' photo

Everybody is currently feasting upon cloud computing's nuts at the moment, with services such as OnLive promising a streaming videogame experience that could change the world forever. Dyack is a firm believer in the power of such cloudy chicanery, predicting that it could signal the end of the "golden era of videogames" and usher in a new dawn.

"2009 may be the end of the golden era of video games as the first cloud models for games are announced," he states. The Too Human creator believes that cloud computing will end the tyrannical rule of second-hand games and piracy. So confident is Dyack in the power of this voodoo, he even discounts the issue of lag, claiming that all it would take for lag to disappear would be for hardware to be installed in every major city in the world. Is that all?!

Don't worry though, Dyack and his crack team of Too Human developers aren't ready to abandon consoles just yet: "Silicon Knights will continue to do console games as long as they're profitable."

Thank Christ for that!


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Bigmoose85's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 05:39
Bigmoose85
I thought the golden age of video gaming ended after 16-bit era
Gligarman's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 05:43
Gligarman
If this is the Golden Age we're doomed. I guess the creator of one of the biggest gaming let-downs of the decade would know.
Dr Milkdad's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 05:46
Dr Milkdad
LOL @ everything in that article.

Thank Christ for that!
CaptainBus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 05:51
CaptainBus
Dyack needs to STFUAJMED:SR2.
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 05:58
Havoc Fang
HERESY APOCALYPTIOSO!
lazyhoboguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:07
lazyhoboguy
Onlive sounds like total shit.
Freefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:10
Freefall
Cloud gaming will never be successful. People like mods, people like owning things in their own home, people like trading games back in. And most people aren't too fond of Too Human.
n1k0l4's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:18
n1k0l4
Just ignore the apocalypse nutcase.
KrazyKraut's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:19
KrazyKraut
@Freefall agree in all topics.
Cloud gaming would have a chance in 20 years maybe. with new technology and all other stuff they need for perfect streaming quality to enjoy the games. And games are always profitable. As long as it is worth to buy them. I heard some ppl saying (when first direct download services came out) that RETAIL BOXES/PHYSICAL MEDIUMs are dead too. But that still not happend.
(*_*) (*_*) (*_*) We love to get physical (*_*) (*_*) (*_*)
JJ Rage's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:21
JJ Rage
I wasn't aware people still listened to Dennis Dyack when he talked.
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:28
GoldenGamerXero
The Golden Age of Video Games will never end. There's always someone who says eveything will be a failure and video games will die whenever something new happens but there's always thousands more people who don't get on their high horse and just play some freaking games.

Home Consoles = GAMING IS DEAD!
Home Computers = GAMING IS DEAD!
Online Gaming = GAMING IS DEAD!
Handhelds = GAMING IS DEAD!
Video Game Crash = The ONLY reasonable one here!
8-Bit = GAMING IS DEAD!
Power Glove = GAMING IS DEAD!
Arcade Deline = GAMING IS DEAD!
16-Bit = GAMING IS DEAD!
Sega Activator = GAMING IS DEAD!
3D consoles = GAMING IS DEAD!
Sony joins in with the Playsation = GAMING IS DEAD!
Dance Dance Revolution = GAMING IS DEAD!
Console FPSs = GAMING IS DEAD!
The NGage = GAMING IS DEAD!
Mircosoft creates Xbox = GAMING IS DEAD!
Online Consoles = GAMING IS DEAD!
Casual Gaming increase = GAMING IS DEAD!
Guitar Hero = GAMING IS DEAD!
SEGA becomes third party = GAMING IS DEAD!
Nintendo DS has touch screen = GAMING IS DEAD!
Sony makes handheld PSP = GAMING IS DEAD!
Nintendo Wii uses motion control = GAMING IS DEAD!
OnLive = GAMING IS DEAD!

The people complain. ALOT! Although I'm not going to be an early adopter to this as I hate ALL subscription fees I may check this out eventually if there becomes a way to have a one off fee. I personally will not buy a console just to pay to use that console.
dipnlik's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:40
dipnlik
^^^ Pure gold above :D

Also, am I the only one who consistently reads EVIL in the controllers' face buttons?
Cr0ssbow's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:44
Cr0ssbow
Nice comments all around, 'specially you GoldenGamer, but I have to agree with Bigmoose85, the golden age already came and went, it was called the SNES. Oh and I guess Sega did something too around that time.
KrazyKraut's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:44
KrazyKraut
@dipnlik XD ...mysterious m8....mysterious...^^
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:46
Sharpless
And his opinion means anything why, exactly? The man spent ten years building the coffin for his own credibility. He's delusional about everything else... Why not this too?
5thDimensionYeti's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:51
5thDimensionYeti
@Freefall

Couldn't have said it better myself :D
reruns's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:51
reruns
Hahaha. Oh Dennis Dyack, you and your opinions.
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:52
GoldenGamerXero
@Dipnlik

Atually the On Live logo on the console is an anagram for "No Evil" so there's no bad omens there =]
Kvb's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 06:53
Kvb
Doesn't OnLive pretty much do the same thing The Phantom was supposed to do? I don't see why people expect this thing to succeed, let alone change the industry.

Also, what GGX said.
Nathaniel607's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 07:03
Nathaniel607
Power Glove = GAMING IS DEAD!
Arcade Deline = GAMING IS DEAD!
Console FPSs = GAMING IS DEAD!
The NGage = GAMING IS DEAD!
Mircosoft creates Xbox = GAMING IS DEAD!

I agree with these ones.

Yeah, the golden age ended after N64 for me... then came the first person shooters... (sigh)
Stahlbrand's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 07:10
Stahlbrand
Cloud computing = fart catching.
Blue Odeyssey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 07:15
Blue Odeyssey
And remind me why should we listen to you, Too Human is one of the worst games available for the console and puts the esteemed "Silicon Knights" to shame. You have no credibility in my eyes, only those who have been successful can express an opinion and expect people to listen.
Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 07:22
Sam Spectre
It's going to be fucking hilarious if On Live doesn't work. Possibly the funniest joke of the year.
SyphonBlue's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 07:26
SyphonBlue
If?
WhiteX's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 07:54
WhiteX
Even if it works,it would be like the fabled water powered carof the seventies, ppl will just NOT support it.
Nerdy Suit's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 08:39
Nerdy Suit
So explain to me again why the video game industry feels it's above "second-hand games" when almost every other product in the world, from CDs to movies to cars to iPods, are resaleable by the owner of the said product?

*sigh*
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 08:45
TheToiletDuck
What CaptainBus said.

The world doesnt work that way. Just because there is a new way to play/distribute games doesn't mean that the other methods are dead. Distribution will just get more complex. When netflix came along people didn't stop going to the cinema (that's the example Eskil Steenberg used on the latest GWJ podcast).
Kraid's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 09:17
Kraid
Dyack also said that Too Human was going to be a groundbreaking masterpiece. Somebody shut him up before he bites someone.
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 09:52
wanderingpixel
The golden age will end when consoles are no longer selling millions of copies.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 10:05
Xzyliac
And remember: we all die in 2012.
Robotube's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 10:22
Robotube
Why do the buttons on the controller spell out "VILE"?
Cadtalfryn's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 10:25
Cadtalfryn
Too Human. Pardon me while I lol.

More Eternal Darkness please.
drgonzo666's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 10:30
drgonzo666
why does everyone feel the need to shit on great ideas
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 10:40
garison
People aren't going to stop buying consoles.
harrmonica's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 10:41
harrmonica
the golden age died with the dreamcast.
davo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 10:42
davo
@ Freefall:

The last mod I used was for Doom, I don't want any more crap in my home, I rarely trade games in. I guess I'm not "people"

Having said that, I thought Too Human boring, so at least I am "most people".
Velt's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 11:02
Velt
I can allready see the gold...
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 11:12
The-Excel
I thought the golden age ended when the Odyssey entered the home.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 11:27
Holyetheline
LIVE, EVIL, VILE, call it what you want I ain't buying anything yet.
KIHP's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 11:50
KIHP
As long as good games come out and society accepts gaming more hand more and classics keep getting revamped I think it's just a matter of what people consider there best time for gaming.
Catmurderer's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 11:56
Catmurderer
Xbox/PS2/GC was silver age.

This is bronze age...
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 12:28
pascuz46
What about Age of Mythology, that's a sick RTS!
Rekkie's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 12:28
Rekkie
My God. I knew he was a loon, but he has certainly lost his mind. Oh well, another name to add to the list of crazies in the gaming/journalism/blog worlds. Then again it seems as though he's been there a while.
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 13:35
Projectexodus
Dyack has received the confidence to pop out of his fox-hole again?
Mr Kite's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 19:49
Mr Kite
When did the Golden age begin? Must of missed it.
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