Very confused article. (Gaming)

by SonofMacPhisto , Sunday, November 03, 2013, 16:01 (4041 days ago) @ Cody Miller

He's saying playtesting is bad because it judges the game from the perspective of the player ("player-centric"), and games should not be judged by how they allow the player to impose his will on the game -- they should be one-way expressions of the game designer's "voice."

He is gravely misinterpreting what video games are and why people play them then.

When I think of a game like Vanquish, which I loved and want others to play, I step back and realize that you'd have to at least have a working knowledge of say, the XBOX 360 controller to play it.

I mean, it's not something that, say, my father could ever begin to conceive. That kind bothers me, cause like I said before I want to share.

But then I realize that if it wasn't a game, it wouldn't be Vanquish, the thing I want to share.