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Six words about innovation or plagiarism (or both) in games
by Lewis Pulsipher on 03/05/12 09:31:00 am Expert Blogs

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According to tweetdeck, one of the trending:worldwide topics on twitter not so long ago was 6 word stories. In the past few months I've asked people to say 6 words about game design, programming, wargames, stories in games, and casual games.

This time the challenge is this: say six words about innovation or plagiarism (or both) in games.

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Michael Joseph	5 Mar 2012 at 8:10 am PST

	"Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism." - Voltaire
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Alex Leighton	5 Mar 2012 at 8:25 am PST

	Think for yourself you lazy ass.
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Adam Bishop	5 Mar 2012 at 8:31 am PST

	Add something new to something old, dude (I innovated a 7th word into the response)
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Lars Doucet	5 Mar 2012 at 8:32 am PST

	The future of the past - today!
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Luis Guimaraes	5 Mar 2012 at 8:42 am PST

	"A man chooses, a slave obeys." -Andrew Ryan
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Rasmus Gunnarsson	5 Mar 2012 at 9:17 am PST

	Focus the originality where it matters.
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Gary LaRochelle	5 Mar 2012 at 10:00 am PST

	Damn. I created it first, dude. insert your own description.
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Harold Myles	5 Mar 2012 at 10:23 am PST

	You do not own an idea
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Glen Cooney	5 Mar 2012 at 11:04 am PST

	Learn from the world of fashion. *In reference to this TEDTalk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoyJmxh97Bk
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Luis Guimaraes	5 Mar 2012 at 12:29 pm PST

	The talk is interesting, but that graphics is not accounting that clothes and food are actual needs and have infinite recursive demand. Still, all we can do anyway is going the hard-to-replicate, hard-to-understand-why-it-works way.
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Joshua Oreskovich	5 Mar 2012 at 6:02 pm PST

	I just take Jamitol, it's delicious.
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James Hofmann	5 Mar 2012 at 12:42 pm PST

	Change your language. Change your perspective.
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Will Ooi	5 Mar 2012 at 7:23 pm PST

	You made it, we'll raid it
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E Zachary Knight	6 Mar 2012 at 10:17 am PST

	"Good Artists borrow. Great artists steal." Picasso (maybe)
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Jesse Tucker	6 Mar 2012 at 10:25 am PST

	Blazing a trail is too hard.
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Chris Hendricks	6 Mar 2012 at 2:48 pm PST

	Learn from what is already successful.
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Lewis Pulsipher	7 Mar 2012 at 1:41 pm PST

	How about: There's nothing new under the sun Originality comes from combinations of ideas Originality is in execution not idea Copying entire design is morally reprehensible
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Joshua Darlington	8 Mar 2012 at 11:03 am PST

	second mover advantage. copy mutate repeat.
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Joshua Oreskovich	8 Mar 2012 at 1:17 pm PST

	World of Warcraft is dog puke.
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Megan Swaine	8 Mar 2012 at 4:48 pm PST

	Examine. Appreciate. Understand. Emulate. IMPROVE.
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Christer Kaitila	8 Mar 2012 at 7:26 pm PST

	I wish I'd thought of that!
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Joshua Oreskovich	8 Mar 2012 at 10:29 pm PST

	Keep up with technology or die. -or- Innovation is not making a difference. -or- You only live once, stop innovating? -or-
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