Who am I kidding, no one will read this or lest care, but frankly I have no conduit to speak my mind on gaming except for the few friends and strangers I'll strike a conversation with on the said topic. Yet, in case there is someone who falls on this post or is secretly stalking my gaming habits on Gamespot, here's a comment response I made to a person addressing the importance of certain RPG games in that genre. Here's the blog link (sorry, no permalink was available, just have to Alt-F and search 'renison'):http://www.gamelemon.com/article_30010.jsp#comments

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Here's the comment in full, which pretty much sums up(in a VERY brief and indirect synopsis)all my thoughts on the importance and essence of gaming (without any mention of 'game art' or other philosophical and existential stoner-talk):

"Thank you 'Old Timer'; well thought out and mature comment that is nearly perfectly parallel to my thinking even at a fairly young age in comparison to video game history (I was born in late-80s).

As for other issues brought up by the trolling 'L337' speakers, I believe they have been addressed, even if they were further ignored. Your comment on the other hand takes the harsh criticism and specificity of conjuring a list as such as this article.

Social and success factors should absolutely be taken into consideration; not ONLY emotional attachment. Game developers WILL just continue to make old, time-tested genres of gaming prettier and flashier; though of course the production distributor will always have the last say on what sells, of course.

Few people seem to face the age-old reality where genres of media will continue to evolve (sometimes to a definitive evolution) and change with the very human need for novel and fresh entertainment.

Hardcore gamers are typically turning their heads to the casual gamer-friendly Wii, for the same recycled games on PS3/360, only with better graphics and newer features. While the reality is Shigeru Miyamoto has always had his finger on the evolutionary pulse of gaming, and many times, his fingerprints. He saw gaming changing, a demographic of new-adopters, wanting a small learning curve and casual immersion into a game (eg. Wiimote being like the Pong paddles back in the day).

Where it goes from here, hell if I know, but I do understand a general consensus with veteran gamers is expectations of true 'virtual reality' and the coupling of that virtual world to possibly all five senses and possibly beyond. This of course is way into the future.

My point being, the golden age of RPG's is over (prefaced certainly with Ultima which took homage from D&D), and all us who lived through it can continue to argue opinions till the end of time, but frankly we should be grateful to experience such a great and emotionally-bearing genre of gaming that can only (hopefully) evolve into something much more strange, innovative and unimaginable.

At last, keep promoting the creative minds! (now the lucky risk takers with a lot of money in the industry and independent dev's), NOT the greedy corporate censors! (f**k EA, but yes they will distribute good games from now and then)"