Major Nelson has linked to A Gamers' Manifesto at Pointlesswasteoftime.com; it's a nicely-done but adult-language rant asking for game companies to make better AI, stop exaggerating graphics and ruining immersion, among other things. It's also worth pointing out at this time Life after the Video Game Crash, a prediction that the video game industry will falter due to its many ills after this year, and Burn The House Down, a GDC panel featuring Warren Spector, Brenda Laurel, Jason Della Rocca and Chris Hecker about those many ills.