Yes, I Bought Modern Warfare 2 Because I Wanted It To Be Just Like A Michael Bay Movie

No, really, it says it's unique right there and everything.

David Allen responds to criticism that his latest game, World of Alganon, may be just a wee bit derivative.

Players aren’t upset there’s a game that resembles WoW. They’re upset that for the past few years they’ve been bombarded and desensitized by a combination of “weak” games and advertising that sells them on the idea that “similar is bad.” When people say a movie that reminds them of their favorite film, but with a different plot, characters and setting, that means they enjoyed the movie. When you have a meal that reminds you of the home cooking you loved as a kid, that is a great thing. However, for the past few years, every MMOG released has spent millions of dollars trying to convince gamers that “fun doesn’t matter; different is what you want,” and for many gamers, this marketing worked.

Well, that’s certainly an interesting way to defend cloning. “No, really… we totally meant to do that.”