The nostalgia racket isn’t new to videogames—witness the Atari hits packages of the 1990s—but it’s starting to get out of control. Are there any new ideas anymore?

I mean, of course there are: Just witness the incredible indie games market on Xbox, in particular. But when it comes to big titles from big studios, the videogame industry—like Hollywood—is all about recycling ideas again, and again, and again.