@JaceK, post 23.  You're misinterpreting what I said.  I'm not saying you shouldn't voice your opinion on a freebee... I'm saying you shouldn't expect something spectacular from it.  In fact, You shouldn't expect anything.  You can walk up to a lemonade stand run by a bunch of kids who are giving it away for whatever reason and dislike it, but you can't expect it to be good if it's free.  You can even talk about it; tell them it needs more sugar, more lemon.  Do it constructively.  Do it in a civil manner.
The problem I see is that there's too much of this deserving mentality where audiogaming is concerned, and I think that personally comes from blind and VI people who feel they are entitled to, well, just about anything and everything.  That has nothing to do with audiogaming; that has to do with the peple whom audiogames are generally marketed to, many of whom have never dealt with the real world, with mainstream culture, with anything outside of their comfort zones and their own personal bubble.
Oh, and in case you think I'm entirely venting against the author?  NO, that's actually not true.  IN the event everyone has forgotten... I actually believe that the author has a pointin at least the title.  I just think his opinions are overwhelming his ability to factualize.  He uses the word medeocracy, as if we've established some sort of social hierarchy in which only the mediocre people are going to prevail.  I used the word mediocrity, which I did my best to describe with as many sources as I could site to showcase that we are stuck in a state between good and bad, and that it's not entirely our fault and how we could learn from it.  So, no, I don't think he's entirely wrong, but I do think his approach is uselessly "ungood," if I may borrow his phrase.

I think that in conjunction with This post, the meaning of the other post becomes more clear on his stance on the issue.

I wholeheartedly agree with the blog post. There's definitely a trend of people just taking someone elses concept and recreating it with minor changes when it'd be much better to expand upon those ideas instead. A lot of people are saying that he's bashing simple games and I don't think that's the case. Simple isn't the same as reusing an idea which is what he really had a problem with. Also, there is truth behind the comments about everyone receiving praise for the same overused concepts. I think the reasons for someone making a game matter. If you're simply doing it for the praise, don't do it because chances are that you won't feel the need to be original because like the author said, people will play anything. If, on the other hand, you're doing it because of the praise and you actually want to make something unique, go for it. I often here the excuse that there's no concepts left to use and it's just that, an excuse. Sure, maybe you can't really do too much expanding on mechanics because yes, audio games do have more limits than mainstream ones, but the idea behind the game can make a big difference. I've seen several topics made on this forum by devs looking for ideas and the community has always had plenty but rarely are those ideas turned into something new. I hear the argument that people making free games do not owe the players anything and I agree but at the same time it's sad to see the lack of creativity and laziness when it comes to audio games. With that said, constructive criticism is for sure better than just saying this game sucks and giving no reasons, people need to know what to improve on. Perhaps the author could've worded the post better but I agree with the general sentiment.

It seems like all this blog post is doing is bashing developers that make their games for other players. If people are just putting up simple games for compliments from other people, I agree with that part of this topic and the blog. The other part of the post, though, seems like it's just saying to the developers,
in my own words: "audio games should no longer exist because they're not as good as video games, boring and they're just the same game with different sounds. No change. For this reason, developers should just contact video game companies and ask them to put accessibility features in their games. Stop releasing games and working on code, just play video games." The topic about Manamon 2 being demonstrated in a program about sighted games says the same thing about audio games, they shouldn't exist. Did I miss some news about blind people and games or something? Hopefully the same thing won't happen with accessibility apps for phones and devices for the blind.

I mean, video game devs do the same thing though.
Freefire, PUBG, Mini Militia, Call of Duty, etc. Developers want to go after a market in which their sure people will enjoy/play. They wanna make sure they enter a field in which their dev costs, surver up keep and all the other costs are justified. So, its not limited to audiogames.
It seems like minorities always like to look at thee majority, and compare it to their own group or comunity, even though they don't know a shit about what's going on in the sited world.
While the post has some truth, it has some false.

@33, Isn't that interesting?  I mean, the article is bashing games and game devs on the basis that they know how to do exactly that.  I come along and prove that the only thing this article is is just an exceptionally strong worded opinion; nothing more, nothing less.  You take issue with my post because you claim I'm "butthurt."  I promise you I'm not.  I'm amused.  The fact of the matter is that you can't have it both ways.  If you're going to voice an opinion on something because you feel you have the right to voice an opinion on something, you'd better be able to take the heat when that opinion is toasted, roasted, blasted or anything in between.  Besides, the idea here is that someone believes they can write whatever they want and everyone should just listen or look the other way.  Funnily enough, when it comes to audiogaming, this person isn't doing that.  They have the choice to look the other way, but instead they decided to write a snide commentary without any real support.  I'll give you that the basis is therre, but the whole thing is challenged by the emotional bagage that's tied to it and which, I personally believe inffluenced the article.
for the record, I reiterate yet again that I agree with the idea;; the community and its devs need a lift, but this controversial pile of nonsense is not going to do that.
Edited to include the following: Smoke, if you're reading this, or if anyone passes this along to you, and you really are trying to help the community rather than just stirring the pot for the sake of making ripples and trying to cash in on fame and glory or some other such useless short-term fickle feeling or self gratification, if you're honestly doing your best to put forth a foot in the right direction, let me know.  I'll willingly help.  I don't care how or what it takes; I'll willingly colaborate with you on an article, research for you, talk to you, share my experiences with you... Whatever.  No, I'm not saying I'm better than you... I don't believe that to be true.  What I am saying is that going at it rogue the way you're doing it isn't the way and I think you know it.  I'm not attempting to be offensive to push your buttons, make you mad, tell you to buzz off and stop writing or anything of the sort.  I want you to see your writing for what it is, the way @the dwarfer did when he first began posting out here; you would do well to look at how he's changed between his posting in the ultrapower topic and now.
I want to help you, to help the community at large.  I want to advocate alongside you.  I want the market to change for the better, not for the worse.  I want to see greater releases and more titles at the same time.  I want the community to have its cake and eat it too.  No, I'm not looking for credit; I'm not looking for honor and glory.  I'm looking to make a change, even if it's just one word at a time, as I always have, as I always will.  Don't PM me if you're interested; I can't even read them anymore as the link doesn't appear for me.  Reply to me on this topic or contact me by adding nightvitality on skype.  If you prefer some other method of communication I'm open to that as well.  I seriously believe that your opinions are worth listening to even if they are badly tempered at present, but you need to be willing to refine them and you need to be willing to listen to what the other side has to say rather than just writing them off and calling them trash.  I'm putting this out there as an offer so that you realize I'm not your enemy and I don't want to be.  If you accept you'll make me happy, and perhaps we can get something done.

@38

Sorry, I wasn't directing the butthurt thing at you, bad formatting on my end. The point still stands though. I just feel that people, on both sides, are being extremely dramatic about the topic. I get it both sides are passionate, but there's so much salt on both sides lol. For the record, I don't really have an opinion: audio games rarely interest me anymore. I suppose that's why I'm able to watch all of this ensue from an outside perspective.

I am in complete agreement with Nocturnis on this.
There are some good points here, but the way they're worded obfuscates them, very badly. There's obviously a lot of personal bias invested in the article, which is fine on the surface of things, but it's also very clearly written by someone who couldn't be bothered to get distance.
Frankly, with this poster's history of doing things like this, I'm not surprised. That said, I accept, as I did even years back, that there are some good things being pointed out here, so if I can help in some way, I'm game.

It is a lot harder to plan a good game than some people realized. Do you folks remember when I was talking about building an RPG? Well, that never got off the ground. I'd love it if id did, but it requires a crapton of effort that I wasn't as prepared for as I thought I was.

BTW, completely OT but just a curious question if I may, when did Xvordan get a name change?  I don't see any record of that in the topic concerning this matter and honestly thought there were 2 Kai's running around.  Confusing me isn't funny, you know. :d

Also, sorry about the double post, but I'd like to claricy to the *vast* majority of people what the word "obfuscate" means. From a cursory search on Google:
verb. render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
There's my good deed for the day. Have fun!

Very true. That's why I didn't jump in to voice my criticisms for a certain game that will not be mentioned here. i really couldn't understand why people liked it, and I wanted the developer to know that it was not very good from what I thought about it. However, I didn't post my critcisms here, as I felt like I couldn't be construcjive in any way.