Why are they releasing a Resevoir Dogs game? Why? Why would you take a perfectly good movie, make a bastardized video game version of it, and then release it, thus diminishing the film's integrity while creating trade-in fodder for EB Games? I think we've gotta tone down the film-franchise-to-game-franchise trend just a tad. Are you reading, EA CEOs? I wish you were. Of course, you'd likely retort to my humble blog post with snide comments, and then return to lazing about on your huge piles of money...in your mansions...with your pet tigers lounging by your (gigantic) in-door pools.

This industry used to be fueled by creativity. What happened to that? Innovation? Anyone? Have you seen it anywhere? Checked the seat cushions? Family sedan's glove compartment? Underneath your huge piles of money? No? Haven't seen it? Me neither.

I'm choking on MMOs, film knockoffs, and sequels, sequels, sequels. Sequels are considered a given now for any game that's even mildly successful (in terms of sales). Games that were once innovative (did you check the back of the closet? Well...keep looking) have now been churned out over and over again so many times that what was once new is now stale. Splinter Cell, for example. I loved the original. Stealth-action games give me a funny feeling down in my nethers. This game was huge at the time. Optic cables? In a game?! Get outta town! As I said, I just wrapped Chaos Theory, and now, according to Kasavin, Double Agent is more of the same in a tropical wrap. Nothing's new. Except for multiplayer  features, which is cool, but not all of us eat and sleep on xbox live. I don't.

You guys all know that classic episode of The Simpsons where Lisa develops a new doll to compete against Malibu Stacey? It doesn't sell because they develop a Malibu Stacey doll with a new hat? Ring a bell? Well, we're buying the new hat. Over and over and over again.

We're next-gen all over again. Please impress me, Army of One. Assassin's Creed. Jade Raymond, if you're out there....