Posts tagged gimmick 
Microsoft's Gosen warns of 'thin line between gimmick and great gameplay'
Look, it's not that Microsoft's Xbox VP, David Gosen, dislikes the Wii and its parade of people-friendly peripherals. "What Nintendo have done with the Wii is truly fantastic – there is no question about it." No question at all -- but there is a but. "But I think sometimes there is a thin li...
Parish on the problem of "waggling the dog"
Personal hero Jeremy Parish has just written a (fairly restrained) rant on his blog about a problem he's identified with Wii development: what he calls "waggling the dog", where software developers throw wacky controller gimmicks into every game as "innovation", instead of designing more accessible ...
Wii Warm Up: Is the Wii remote gimmicky?
It's the question Nintendo fanboys often avoid: is the Wii controller just a gimmick? It comes up a lot, this idea that the Wii is an impulse buy (maybe once it's, y'know, around) and that we'll grow tired of random remote-flicking in favor of traditional gameplay. Some have even said the Wiimote la...
