What Would Matt Do

(as seen on /.) 

I must say, I'm pretty surprised any console developer is going to allow indie development on their system. But, if it was going to be any of them, it had to be Microsoft since they have really working towards Vista becoming the next gaming setup. I think Microsoft is doing this one thing right… The PC and the console don't have to be competitors. There is more than enough game business in a bajillion dollar (and growing) industry to go around to all parties that want to be effort in. And to some that don't.

But all of that aside, this is incredibly cool. Why? Because it will foster games that may not be the same cookie cutter games we get these days. We won't get another sports games because they are already done better than any guy in his garage can. Well, maybe the graphics would be better at the big houses. But we're going to get all kinds of new games. Maybe we'll get text adventure hybrids (something along the lines of choose your own adventure), we'll most definitely get mimics of the classics (frogger, pac man, pong, tetris, etc)… but after is the key. We might get something new, something different, something that doesn't require the artists by the boatload to make. Something both fun and different. Maybe.

At the worst, we'll get to have fun playing with our XBox in a whole different way.

What Would Matt Do: Love it! So very much. Well, maybe not quite that much strange guy in the corner…ewww.