Tag: Monday Morning Quarterback

There's been a lot of talk in the game development community recently about plagiarism. That is, creating and selling a game that's essentially a rehash of another. Cloning. Some argue that it's simply standard practice. Others believe it's immoral and detrimental to games as a whole. But I, like most of us, don't have to deal with these conflicts. I don't make games, I simply enjoy them. But do I have a responsibility in this as well? If I support a so-called plagiarized game, am I doing the medium I love harm?

Most mornings I have a routine. While I wait for my coffee to brew I pop into Trade Nations on my phone and collect some rent and maybe build some new businesses. When I sit down to drink my coffee, preferably with some sort of unhealthy baked good to go with it, I check in on my sim in The Sims Social and do a bit of exploring in Ravenskye City. If it's not a particularly busy day I might even squeeze in a game of Triple Town before tackling my daily mountain of email. But it wasn't always that way. I used to play CityVille every morning. I used to check on my DragonVale dragons while letting the coffee brew. But as new games come out I'm forced to make a decision. There's only so much time in a day and in order to play a new social game I need to drop something else.