Defining Game

[TheSlyMoogle]

Well WoW sort of set the standard for MMOs but not sure it defined a generation of gaming. Plus it wasn't even the first of its kind, or the first of the generation really.

Guitar hero popularized the music games genre, but before that DDR, Beatmania, pop'n'music and para para dancing were defining that genre and GH just added the instrument to make that shit mainstream.

As for brain age. I dunno.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by TheSlyMoogle

Well WoW sort of set the standard for MMOs but not sure it defined a generation of gaming. Plus it wasn't even the first of its kind, or the first of the generation really.

Guitar hero popularized the music games genre, but before that DDR, Beatmania, pop'n'music and para para dancing were defining that genre and GH just added the instrument to make that shit mainstream.

As for brain age. I dunno.

Well, it doesn't have to be the first of its kind, GTA, Halo, WoW, Guitar Hero, all have their roots in other genres. Its what they did for the industry as a whole, either bringing the genre to a whole new audience, introducing new gameplay elements that continue to be copied or moving some form of the game forward.