Can I quantify how much I disapprove of the slogan appearing at the bottom of this post, “THE END IS THE BEGINNING?”  Think this will bias the polling results on this round much?  I call shenanigans.

And, here’s why I voted how I did for round 3:

Alter Ego: + Makes me think of superheroes, disguises, Jeckyl/Hyde, that sort of thing.  Good stuff.

Colorize: 0 Would be a cool game to have to change colors of things as a mechanic, but seems more like a mechanic than a theme.

Deception: + How do you deceive a computer?  Or how do you program a computer to deceive a person?  Most videogames are about direct conflict, so this would be a challenging theme to come up with a good idea for.

Invasion: 0 Like Outer Space, there are so many games with an invasion theme, that I don’t know how easy it would be to come up with something interesting, novel, or innovative.  I tend to prefer themes that encourage creativity, rather than familiar ideas that have been done a lot.

Mind Control: + I think it’d be cool to take over enemies’ minds and  use them against other enemies.

Night and Day: + The Day/Night cycles in Castlevania II and other games were pretty fun.

Old vs. New: – Meh.

Powerless: 0 This might be an interesting one, since most games are about being something very powerful.  But I don’t know what I’d do with this theme if it were chosen.

Reincarnation: – With Ghosts and Afterlife already out there, I didn’t feel like voting for yet another theme having to do with post-death.

Swarm: – I don’t want to make a game that has to deal with a ton of instances this time around.

The End is the Beginning: + I meant to click – but the subliminal message coming from the banner at the bottom of the post was too powerful.

Transformation: –