I agree that games have become far too mainstream, just like recycled hollywood movie plots. That's the way the world works now. Look at TV, hardly any good sitcoms, but a lot of reality shows where people are rewarded MILLIONS of dollars for anti-social behaviour. I sure don't know how to program a game, and more importantly, market it so the the mega corperations don't crush me, so I might as well enjoy the cultural decline. Weeeeee!