The 20 things wrong with games

Over at Pointlesswasteoftime, David Wong makes an impassioned, intelligent assessment of what's wrong with videogames today. He's put together a Gamer's Manifesto of 20 things that could be improved or innovations that could drive the medium forward.

Why hasn't AI become dramatically smarter at a time when graphics are sprinting ahead of what they were 10 years ago? Why strive for realism in gameplay only to introduce arbitrary, invisible physical barriers? Why are there no new genres? And 17 more like that...

To his credit, Wong attempts to answer his own questions and rates the chances of anything coming of his manifesto.

Go there now, it's a top read.