In the past, we¹ decided that "How can I make an entire game like X?" was a bad question. There seems to be a new-ish variant of this, "What technology did entire game X use?"

• What technology does the iPhone game “Zombie Highway” use?
• What game engine does Mega Jump use?
• What language was used to make Jetpack Joyride?
• Game engine used for iPhone Zombie Cafe?

This seems no more useful to me than the first kind. Fundamentally, it's the same question - how do I make an entire game? / how was an entire game made?

Usually a better question can be formed by extracting the parts someone is actually interested in. This uses the game as a shared reference explaining the goal, rather than the whole game being the question per se.

• How does Half Life's covering work?
• How do they do the 3d effect in Animal Crossing?
• How to create the “drunk camera” effect in GTA 4?

How do other people feel about either categorically closing (or drastically editing into the second form) such questions?

¹ A very tiny subset of "we" that didn't actually include me.

In the past, we¹ decided that "How can I make an entire game like X?" was a bad question. There seems to be a new-ish variant of this, "What technology did entire game X use?"

• What technology does the iPhone game “Zombie Highway” use?
• What game engine does Mega Jump use?
• What language was used to make Jetpack Joyride?
• Game engine used for iPhone Zombie Cafe?

This seems no more useful to me than the first kind. Fundamentally, it's the same question - how do I make an entire game? / how was an entire game made?

Usually a better question can be formed by extracting the parts someone is actually interested in. This uses the game as a shared reference explaining the goal, rather than the whole game being the question per se.

• How does Half Life's covering work?
• How do they do the 3d effect in Animal Crossing?
• How to create the “drunk camera” effect in GTA 4?

How do other people feel about either categorically closing (or drastically editing into the second form) such questions?

¹ A very tiny subset of "we" that didn't actually include me.

In the past, we¹ decided that "How can I make an entire game like X?" was a bad question. There seems to be a new-ish variant of this, "What technology did entire game X use?"

• What technology does the iPhone game “Zombie Highway” use?
• What game engine does Mega Jump use?
• What language was used to make Jetpack Joyride?
• Game engine used for iPhone Zombie Cafe?

This seems no more useful to me than the first kind. Fundamentally, it's the same question - how do I make an entire game? / how was an entire game made?

Usually a better question can be formed by extracting the parts someone is actually interested in. This uses the game as a shared reference explaining the goal, rather than the whole game being the question per se.

• How does Half Life's covering work?
• How do they do the 3d effect in Animal Crossing?
• How to create the “drunk camera” effect in GTA 4?

How do other people feel about either categorically closing (or drastically editing into the second form) such questions?

¹ A very tiny subset of "we" that didn't actually include me.

In the past, we¹ decided that "How can I make an entire game like X?" was a bad question. There seems to be a new-ish variant of this, "What technology did entire game X use?"

• What technology does the iPhone game “Zombie Highway” use?
• What game engine does Mega Jump use?
• What language was used to make Jetpack Joyride?
• Game engine used for iPhone Zombie Cafe?

This seems no more useful to me than the first kind. Fundamentally, it's the same question - how do I make an entire game? / how was an entire game made?

Usually a better question can be formed by extracting the parts someone is actually interested in. This uses the game as a shared reference explaining the goal, rather than the whole game being the question per se.

• How does Half Life's covering work?
• How do they do the 3d effect in Animal Crossing?
• How to create the “drunk camera” effect in GTA 4?

How do other people feel about either categorically closing (or drastically editing into the second form) such questions?

¹ A very tiny subset of "we" that didn't actually include me.