• Game Reviews,  My Life

    Videogame Demos, or, Why I don't buy games anymore

    Demo. That one word had the power to make us poor game developers tremble as it always brought with it crazy work hours and vague plans. And when we were finished we always wondered — ‘was it worth it?’ Well, now on the consumer side of the fence, I can heartily answer… no. But please, please, keep on making them! See I’ve realized that I’m perfectly happy playing a demo and only a demo for many kinds of games. I have a half dozen racing demos on my PlayStation 3, for example, and by cycling through them, I get enough ‘race car’ to keep me happy. I have a couple…