By Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist

Much has been written here and elsewhere chronicling the surge of interest in the urban core, as venture capital firms, biotech companies, and big software-as-a-service businesses have abandoned the suburbs, mainly heading for Boston's Innovation District and Cambridge's Kendall Square.

So it was nice to hear an argument on behalf of the 'burbs from Peter Blacklow, who runs one of the biggest game-development studios in Massachusetts: the Waltham office of GSN Digital, which produces web and mobile games like Plants vs. Zombies, Wheel of Fortune Slots, Hangmania, and Deal or No Deal. Blacklow is also a partner at Boston Seed Capital, an early-stage investment firm in Westwood.

He makes a point that often gets overlooked in writing about all the companies chasing recent college grads by relocating to Cambridge and Boston: that there's still a pretty deep talent pool in the suburbs, and many of the people in it would prefer not to commute into the city.

Blacklow writes:

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