Teenager kicks iOS charts in the Bubble Ball(s)

Bubble Ball : wow a game by a 14 year old ! what are you waiting for it is totally free. Now this is going to look good on his c.v. ! Kind of makes doing a degree in video games development look rather pointless now doesn't it?It is ironic that iOS and Apple who are oft berated as being closed off and stifling users freedoms , are in fact responsible for the rebirth of the bedroom coder , and many games types that were deemed unprofitable by larger softcos , both thrive on the iOS App platforms. Here's hoping the media promote this as a positive story for kids mixing with computers and games , out there somewhere there is the next Gates , Jobs , Miyamoto , and they won't emerge from the establishment , but outside it . So time for the press to positively reinforce the connection between video games and kids for a change ! 
In a week where another young coder geohot has been courted by Microsoft , there maybe signs of this already happening . Society needs to nurture and harness talent. Traditional game development cannot satiate the ever increasing video games audience or keep them interested  in sequels ad infinitum . 
The emergence  of iOS , Android and now Google Apps and Windows 7 mobile as open development platforms is absolutely vital to keep the video games industry going and evolving.  Or  games development will be locked into the cycle of sequelitis , with  ever increasing  budgets and team sizes which eventually are shut down as profits fall .  
Game development is in part talent and genius , you cannot buy that with a budget or large dev team , all the great softcos with millions in man hours and resources did not come up with Angry Birds , and they certainly did not come up with  a game that could knock the mighty Angry Birds off its perch , that game is Bubble Ball , all a 14 year old Robert Nay's genius . And that people is simply inspirational...

 

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