  Tom Senior at    "Some of us think that games can be that in
the 21st century if we don't screw them up like comic books got
screwed up with too many superheroes. There are still great
comic books but they are kind of in a cultural ghetto."  It's an
interesting thought. Superheroes were successful enough for
comics to become profitable, but they became the sole point of
contact for casual observers. To the mainstream gaze the vast
potential and variety of the medium was hidden away behind the
capes and wild colours of an army of iconic superheroes. Are
games headed for the same fate? Glance into the window of a game
store and you'll find yourself bombarded by dozens of different
representations of the same adolescent male power fantasy.  Of
course, we all know that that's not all that games are. From
Minecraft to Civilization, to Portal and Braid. There are
countless marvellous examples of titles that could sit happily
in any home, entertaining and moving families, politicians,
plumbers, dentists, anyone. W