| Oh, so now it's the lack of funding that makes a game good or successful! Once upon a time there were these guys named Carmack and Romero who started in a tiny little room making this little game called "Doom" on a shoestring budget. It's really a ridiculous story because every knows that no one can do anything innovative without a multi-million dollar budget and an international publishing house behind them. Everyone knows the game failed miserably, too.
Someday though, an MMO will arise that does away with the concept of grinds and timesinks and repetitive actions. This truly revolutionary MMO will be developed in cutting-edge laboratories under the supervision of Nobel-prize winning scientists and completely shatter all pre-existing conceptions about the genre. Society as we know it will be brought to its knees in awe. Internet messageboards everywhere will overflow with praise for this incredible game and not a single complaint will be heard. But most of all, Rob Pardo will huddle near a trash fire with Bill Gates at his side, warming their frostbitten hands, softly whimpering "Why God, why? Why didn't you grant us the vision to do something truly revolutionary?" | 