Death to the Game Industry

Today, I stumbled upon and incredible article called "Death to the Game Industry" by Greg Costikyan. This article outlines the inherent flaws of the publisher-developer relationship, as well as goes into Greg's opinions on where the industry should be going, in stark contrast to where it is going.

Read it here : http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_8/50-Death-to-the-Games-Industry-Part-I

Of course, this article was published in 2005, i think we've seen some excellent movement into the direction that Greg is pushing. I'm not saying "YAY! The industry is fixed!" by any means. But, with the introduction of low overhead game creation tools and websites, open source engines, and communities like the xbox live arcade, I think that gamers finally have a shot at expressing themselves again. Opening this up, and giving people a method of expression is the future of games. Not pretty graphics. I think we are moving in the right direction. It's important, at least to me, to remember that games are an art form, and need to be constantly pushed and explored. Not a device that exists solely to fill up the publishers' deep pockets.