Masaya Matsuura - creator of Parappa the Rapper, UmJammer Lammy, Vib Ribbon, and Major Minor's Majestic March - has a couple ideas on how the gaming industry can change for the better.

Asked for one problem videogames face that he could solve, Mastuura replied, "Reducing the volume of games that involve hurting people with knives and guns.

"The recent success of music games and also family games for the Wii springs to mind. Undoubtedly there are other possibilities out there that are as yet undiscovered."

Read on for his thoughts on music games and their peripherals.

But Matsuura sees a problem in the way music games are relying more and more on peripherals. "I've been thinking about peripheral-based games these days," he said. "It is great that they've gotten really popular but I'm concerned about people throwing them out after the boom subsides. On the other hand it is true that games need to have more tangible experiences."

According to Matsuura, a successful peripheral is one that is enjoyable even outside of the context of a videogame:

"I have a toy piano which is not special at all but it's precious to me. There is no doubt that it's just a toy and no matter how hard I practice it's impossible for me to deeply express myself musically with it but despite that I probably wouldn't let it go. I want all games and peripherals to be cherished this way."

Now, if Matsuura would just apologize to the gaming community for the atrocity that is Major Minor's Majestic March, I think we could make some real soul-healing progress here.