That Butler Finally Did It!! *Fist Shake*

On the AGS forum, a relatively new member (only 4 posts) made a post about adventure games being dead. He claims that the 'Butler' did it. We all know if anyone was responsible it would be the maid, not the butler. But I digress... It is a thought provoking thread with lots of thought put into it, and has induced a bit of discussion on both sides of the line. Since I enjoy these kinds of posts, ones which bring forth discussion while not causing flame wars or arguments, I decided to post here so you can check it out and maybe put in your two cents if you feel so inclined.


EDIT : Looks like the thread got out of hand and the moderators on the forum deleted it. :(

Mortality

Well, its been a sad week. Arthur C Clarke, Captain Birdseye and Ivan Dixon all died. Now, I was particularly shocked when I saw the news about Ivan Dixon, as I thought "He only released Sydney Treads the Catwalk in a wee while ago, surely he's not going to be another gonetoosoon?" But, as it turns out, it was the actor from Hogan's Heroes, not the aussie AGS game creator. Still sad, of course, but a few degrees of separation further away and at a ripe old age.

Arthur C Clarke, of course, was an inspiration for many Sci-Fi fans and there's at least one game in the Games in Production forum based on his works. He was tainted in later years by unpleasant allegations and he looked like a bit of an old colonial, but there's no disputing that he had a huge influence upon modern Science Fiction.