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The 25 Smartest Moments in Gaming
gorgon_123 writes "GameSpy has been running a feature on the 25 Smartest Moments in Gaming. The feature has been in progress all week, and comes exactly one month after another special series, the 25 Dumbest Moments in Gaming." This set of accomplishments are shrewdly divided into 'Smart Move!' ("This is your standard issue smart business decision."), 'Good Prediction' ("Someone had a vision."), and 'Blind Luck!' ("Somebody was in the right place at the right time and did something that just clicked.") Quake's multiplayer innovations, the Playstation, and, of course, Nolan Bushnell and Pong make the Top 5, but what's missing from this list, and why?
1) Joseph Syzlaki invents the joystick in 1974. Never files patent, commits suicide after visiting a video game arcade in early 1980s.
2) An engineer at Xerox PARC realizes that a 3D graph on his monitor looks like a pair of pyramidal breasts, leave position to form Core and make Tomb Raider.
3) Microsoft puts Freecell and Solitaire into Windows 98 instead of XBill.
Curmudgeon Gamer: Not happy
...gaming best/worst moments?
IMO, they wouldn't know the difference between a good or a bad game from a pile of Dog Poop.
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Was I the only one who found both lists kind of boring?
All the events discussed were pretty much no brainers for inclusion.
I would have preferred some more controversial selections, eg. N64 as a dumbest moment, downloadable patches for PC games as a smartest momemt, etc.
You know, something to stir up some conversation.
I also found the editorial remarks pretty inane.
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Hey, Tomb Raider of Resident Evil sounds like a great crossover game idea! :)
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