[casual_games] Slow death for the current generation ofcasualgames? (Bugs, Parental Controls & Game Explorer)

[Lennard Feddersen]

As an indie all of this stuff rankles me to no end.  I remember dealing 
with Tapwaves DRM stuff on Zodiac - the sales didn't support their costs 
and the turn around time simply got in the way of getting updates out to 
users.  Personally, Vista is not an opportunity to do anything but send 
Bill and cohorts more cash.

That said, a sincere happy holidays to all on the list,

Lennard Feddersen
CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
www.RustyAxe.com

Lennard at RustyAxe.com
P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
P. July & August 518-863-2317
5014 Walsh, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4H2



Brian Robbins wrote:

> So without knowing the inner details behind this, it looks like

> developers have a bit of a catch-22. We can install our games to the

> Games menu where users over time will learn to expect to see them

> appear, or we can ignore that and install them as "regular"

> applications.

>

> The tradeoff would seem to be that installing into the games menu will

> virtually require that the game has an ESRB rating, while installing

> as a "regular" application will cause our game to look out of place to

> the user.

>

>

> I haven't spoken to the ESRB in a while, but it would seem that it's

> in everyone's best interest to try to have a casual game rate or

> something like that. I think it's definitely something the IGDA should

> look into and I'll start that process. If anyone has a good contact

> there please let me know off-list.

>

> Thanks!

>

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