When it comes to video games , the genres go and come, go up and diminish in popularity , disappear for a while then resurface. Lately, the genre mashup has blurred the discrete lines between the types of game, and although a mechanisms salad is sometimes a revealing treat, it most often creates an unpleasant and confusing disorder. So, listen to the developers, here are three kinds that you neglected, and three that should be set aside in the foreseeable future. Oh, and if you're about to get out of this genre super mashup? Only. No. I just played an upcoming adventure game, and the combat mechanism was a mini-game at the Simon to match the musical heights in sequence. It was a refreshing and underutilized idea, and it reminded me that we had just not had a great public music games for a long time. Is it time for Guitar Hero to go back? (I understand, it could be difficult to organize a rock band evening for quarantine). I say mainstream because in the space VR, there are many ex...