Game night in Philly.

Last night was the IGDA Philly chapter’s game night, which would be the second one I attended. I had a good time at the last one and this time was no exception. The games ran the gambit from casual titles to a military simulator being developed for the DOD. Once again it was great putting the faces to the various posters; it also showed me one of the things I really love about this industry.



There is no such thing as a “perfect” video game. Compared to other media that have defining pieces of work that cannot be toppled, in the games industry we do not have games that can achieve that status. The reason is that each one of us has our own unique view of game design; from that an actual game. If there was ever a perfect game, then we wouldn’t need any other games. Imagine if after Super Mario Bros, there was no need to create any other plat formers and we would miss out on so many unique titles. Each game shown last night was great and something I never would have thought up which is a good thing. As long as we have creative members of this industry there will always be different variations and takes on game genres.



I’m really kicking myself for not having any information written up for my board game as it would have been the perfect time to reveal it. However it has focused my attention on the project and I will now be working on a PowerPoint to get my thoughts in order.



Josh