LittleBigPlanet: Not Casual Enough?
LittleBigPlanet has been lavished with titles such as “system seller,” “innovative,” “cute,” “amazing,” “OMGWTFBBQ!!!” etc. As most people know, it is an interesting and ambitious game. But is it too ambitious? Is it, like Icarus, striving for something it cannot obtain? In order for it to be as successful as it’s been prophesied, it will need to cast its spell on the non-gamer. So I did an experiment. I found some non-gamers and made them play this game. The results are…well, see for yourself.
As of this writing, there have been four reported drownings at Nintendo HQ. Not from the usual suspect (water), but from people trying to swim through the massive pools of money they have in storage. It isn’t their fault that people keep buying their console, but you would think Nintendo would slow down, even for just a minute or so, and take time to count the money and find those missing bodies. Slowing down and taking time to think of brand new ideas and new intellectual properties isn’t on Nintendo’s agenda, either, and their recently announced line of 