Thomas Mahler, the creator of No Rest For The Wicked, lampooned the current state of the AAA games industry and its lack of originality especially when it comes to art styles.
The beauty of art and creativity is the enemy of those in power. You cannot have things that inspire hope in the masses. That's why everything is bland and sad now, even McDonald's - the food may have been crap, but the restaurants used to scream fun to little kids. Now they all look like insurance agencies.
The beauty of art and creativity is the enemy of those in power. You cannot have things that inspire hope in the masses. That's why everything is bland and sad now, even McDonald's - the food may have been crap, but the restaurants used to scream fun to little kids. Now they all look like insurance agencies.
Precisely. Your comparison to the McDonald's restaurants of our youths is spot on. Everything has been made generic.