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Ain't It Cool Announces Game Site
Remik writes "Harry and the folks over at Ain't It Cool News are looking to do for video games what they've already done for cinema. The announcement is not exactly well received by Gabe and Tycho at Penny Arcade. Great, another place to go complain about Duke Nukem not being out yet." AIC has been a neat site for movies, it'll be interesting to see how well their expertise extends to games.
I just love the fact that they don't plan on killing half their bandwidth in a cost-cutting move, like some websites I visit *cough*
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
A site to "do for games" what AICN did for movies? so its going to be a terribly designed site with horrid fonts and colors, filled with wild speculation and fanboy style worshipping ? Thats exactly what the entire gaming community needs, more crap. I can't wait.
That's exactly what's been lacking in the industry, a video game site with 84 pt fonts.
I wonder how his 102 point fonts will look in KDE, which is running on my hacked X-Box?
Penny Arcade is the worst comic I ever read. Tycho and Gabe are stupid characters. A couple of stoners who spout dumb-ass catch-phrases like a third rate 'Cheech and Chong' or 'Bill and Ted'. Fuck Tycho and Gabe. Fuck them up their stupid asses.
P.S. Please, please let there be some Kevin Smith fans amoung the moderators.
Exactly.
Their reviews are now almost as bad as their site layout.
Hello AICN? 1994 called and they want their site design back.
Maybe now all the crappy games might get fans!
"GUESS WHAT? DAIKATANA 2 IS IN THE MAKING. I CHECKED IT OUT AND IT'S BAD-ASS!"
*shudder*
AICN nerds make Slashdot nerds look like Puff Daddy.
...do for video games what they've already done for cinema
Does this mean I can expect reviews that are 90% about the reviewer's long melodramatic anticipation of a game, how he feels about his chair and how the controller he is using brings back memories of his childhood?
This comic made me start my own Harry Knowles is a stupid fucker jar. I think I have to put $1 in for this move!
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Oh great... Now bad journalism... ellipses... and OTHER wierd Capitalizations, and speeeling mistakes will be further intagrated into the Internet Culture.
Oh, and not to mention selling out to promote a product.
Someone should do a parody site of AICN and call it Isn't it Cool. And run the same news Harry runs, but with corrected grammar, spelling, and a good design.
I'm sure it would be a hit.
Fantasy remains a human right; we make in our measure and in our derivative mode... -- JRR Tolkien
Someone's obviously upset that it wasn't a porn link..
Hokey statistics and ancient misconceptions are no match for a good thought in your head, kid!
Hired? I hope to god that their webdesigner isn't paid..
At least on AICN, you can tell how important a posting is by how many exclamation points follow it!! We should totally do the same thing on Slashdot!!!
You be the judge.
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I thought Gamespy.com had already cornered the market in crappy masturbatory game reviews. Hell, they're even going in the opposite direction by getting into crappy ill-informed boring articles on movies! AICN will have to sink to new lows if it plans to top a group who admit to not seeing movies they review.
Fight!
What is music when you despise all sound?
Hey there Tru Believers! Just got this missive from Underground_Troool about the latest going ons at EA. Seems they can't keep their grubby little hands off the sports games. Personally, I think it will suck, but read for yourself!
- Harry
Hey there Harry-poo! I just got back from my latest underground venture into the Mordor that is EA Games. Cleverly dressing as a pizza delivery guy, I made my way into the bowels of their Manhattan offices. Man, you should SEE the computers they got in this place! I was only able to get a glimps, but some of the code on this one guys screen made it look like Madden 2004 will be AWSOME! And lots of the programmers were wearing red shirts - real fans of EA will know what THAT means! Well, off to dress up as a phone repair man for next week. Over and out!
My eyes! My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
Dear goddess, please don't do the same thing for games, please?
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Plus their hard-hitting coverage can't be beat.
We're talking lower in the chain than 14-year-old AOL girls here.
They may be 14-year-old AOL girls, but they're GIRLS. That gives you bonus points in the "chain", if I recall correctly.
Freedom: "I won't!"
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--- Ban humanity.