I was actually expecting something a lot worse. Like, you know, people jumping around and grinning and shit. Like the Wii commercials.

This just feels incredibly generic and cynical. Sorta like the whole update.

Don't get me wrong, I think the update itself is a smart move; getting the casuals into gaming can only be good. God knows most hardcore gamers aren't demanding completely new experiences. It's like the manga markets in Japan and America; by and large, America gets SF/fantasy/horror manga and the incredibly girly shit. There's very little room for new material in the American manga market, and meanwhile the Japanese have manga about salarymen who play go with their grandmothers. Not that I'd necessarily wanna read that, but the market's there, you know? Choice is always better than no choice.

With more integration of casuals into the market, maybe I won't have to have asinine conversations like this anymore:

"Gah, where's the kill button?"

"It's a puzzle game."

"GAY!"

To paraphrase Shawn Elliott: "When they started showing Sesame Street on TV, did that mean they had to stop showing Hill Street Blues?"