Rockstar wants to f**k casual gaming right in its ear

Rockstar Games’ Vice President of creativity and Grand Theft Auto writer Dan Houser has very vocally attacked the "casual gaming" craze currently gripping the games industry. He didn’t feel the need to be particularly eloquent about it, either.
"F*** all this stuff about casual gaming," ranted the man who co-wrote GTA IV. "I think people still want games that are groundbreaking. The Wii is doing something totally different, which is fantastic. We’re hopefully going to prove that there’s also a very big audience for people who want entertainment in another form, who think of games as being a narrative device that can challenge movies."
Houser also attacked videogames with fantasy themes such as "orcs and elves, or monsters, or space." Houser believes Rockstar’s themes are superior, as his company’s games are "about something we could actually relate to. Or aspire to." Now, I love Grand Theft Auto, don’t get me wrong — […]

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