Alphonso Brake: It depends on how you used the internet. Online gaming is definitely one of the best things to happen to video games, and I say this though I am not an online gamer. Multiplayer is just great, since you get to play a game with other, real people, even though it's not for everyone. Other than that, I think the internet is a great place to research about a game or tweak your game, but only AFTER you finished it. I have had far too many great video games ruined for me, just by making one tiny error like clicking a link that I shouldn't have and... TADAA! SPOILER! I know that's my own fault, but it's very easy to make an error like that. As for walkthroughs, I think they should be watched only by people who are definitely not going to get the game for whatever reason, but still have an interest. I don't think it should be watched for getting past a tricky level, that just ruins everything. Other than online gaming, news and trailers for the latest games, and p! eople recommending you games, I personally am not a big fan of my video game experience being connected to or changed by the internet. I had Fallout: New Vegas, and I could have had great fun, but instead I decided to enter God Mode and install a Nuke Minigun mod. Of course, that's my own fault, but I'm just saying that I think the internet can't improve a single-player video game experience....Show more
Sunshine Holets: Darnit Al Gore
Brittanie Zakutney: Now that's a new one, and one that I personally don't think it's true. It is true technology has changed things a great deal, but depending on how a company handles that change it can be a boon or bane to an industry.While it is true a lot of gamers watch playthroughs they often do so either because they cannot play the game themselves at the moment (either because of time or money), or because video playthroughs provide more information than traditional guides would. They're also used to determine whether or n! ot we would want a game, since demos are not common in the tra! ditional video game industry.This can be a bane to video game makers, as any faults in their game can be out for the world to see in a matter of hours, on the other hand it can be a boon giving them a larger player base. For example, Nintendo allowed players for Animal Crossing New Leaf to take pictures in game and post them on the Internet. This created a huge boom of tumblr blogs just about the game, and people watched Japanese players on Youtube. It created a huge hype which was partly the cause of the large increase of players buying the game and a 3DS.Finally, I'd like to argue that in order of the Internet to kill the Video Game Industry, the industry actually has to be dead. While the industry is not the same, that is, the console video game industry has been in slow decline according to mass media and marketers, the video game industry itself is thriving. More people than ever are buying video games, they just might not be the traditional video games we consider to ! be "true games". This is especially true for the casual game market, just because they are for a more casual audience doesn't take away from the fact it's the same medium, it is a video game. Just one often in the form of a PC game, or app, and very often in the genre most traditional gamers don't recognize a video game.The real question is, will the traditional genres we've grown up with in video games still exist many years from now, and if so, what platform will they be hosted on? Will it still be the video game console, or will it be another electronic?...Show more
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