Blue Sky Thinking

Uk Resistance have started a campaign to protest about the current fashion for violent gangsta style games and are calling for a return of more blue sky in games.

Personally, I can see a place for both - as you probably can gather I am a big fan of the Grand Theft Auto series, but my other all time favourite is Animal Crossing, the forthcoming DS version of which has me stupidly excited. From jacking cars and whacking punks in Los Santos, to harvesting fruit and designing t-shirts in a sleepy little town full of animals is not that big a step, surely? The release of Nintendogs, one of the fastest selling games ever, has shown that there is a huge market for non-violent, blue sky games, but the last time I went in Game it was tucked away on a shelf labeled 'Children's Games' ... as eny fule no, your typical 10 year old is much more likely to be playing a gangsta game than walking a virtual puppy or writing letters to imaginary animal friends.