Further to the recent blog about video game industry stars, a little bit of cynicism has floated blog-way about the decline of the video game mascots. Mario, Sonic, Lara Croft, are they all passé?
Access Gamer (via Joystiq) has a great, in-depth article on the history of the mascot and posits a few reasons for their cataclysmic decline. I'd like to add another: games aren't just for kids any more, and while I'm not averse to a bit of fun and hilarity at a mouse-centred theme park, many grown ups would rather gag themselves with spoons.
Are we just so over cute gaming characters?
