[casual_games] It's about time!

[Andy Makely]

On 8/17/06, Thomas H. Buscaglia <thb at gameattorney.com> wrote:
>
>  Way to go Bizzare for enforcing your IP rights against clones of their
> great game.  It's about time that indies who create original IP stand up to
> the blatant copycat BS that seems to be so acceptable in the casual market
> place. These is a big difference between being inspired and influenced by a
> game and simply stealing it.  And anyone who says there is not is just
> diluting themselves.  This epidemic can and should be stopped.
>
> I hope that their show of some real backbone catches on.  It is long over
> due!
>
> Tom B
>


I agree.  It should also be noted that one of the first games to be targeted
was "Grid Wars 2", which looks to be, by any measuring stick, a 100% clone
of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, right down to each sprite's artwork and
gravity-warped blue grid in the background.  Do a Google image search for
Grid Wars 2 and look at the screenshots.

Granted, you can't *buy* Geometry Wars for PC, but someone else offering a
free clone would surely keep some XBox owners who also own PCs from buying
the original XBox game.  Ironically, if you COULD buy Geometry Wars:Retro
Evolved for PC, I'd pony up the cash money in a heartbeat.


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andy makely
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