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Gaming Gaffes of 2003 Pinpointed?

Posted by simoniker on from the unfortunate-series-of-events dept.

jvm writes "It seems that every gaming website has a Best of 2003 feature going now, and we felt that was just too cheery for our tastes. To counter that positive energy, we've assembled Gaming Gaffes of 2003 over at Curmudgeon Gamer, a list of the most embarrassing, disheartening, and bone-headed developments in the game industry over the past year. We've tried to give everyone a little frank criticism, from Sony's PlayStation 2 Online service through the lack of a Loki successor for Linux gaming, as well as specific products like EA's The Sims Online. Did we miss any?"

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  1. SimCity 4 by scumbucket · · Score: 3, Funny

    The bone-headed decision by EA to release SimCity4 before it was ready. Only with the newly released Rush Hour 'expansion' is the game remotely playable. And enough with the gimmicks like 'U-Drive-it'. It was fun for about 2 minutes.

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  2. where are they now? by kurosawdust · · Score: 4, Funny
    Also, make it notoriously embarrassing to use as a phone. (See image, left.)

    Holy crap! It's Ferguson from Clarissa Explains it All!

    Oh, and the fact that EA Sports Rugby 2003 is actually an order of magnitude worse of a game than their 2001 edition deserves mention I think.

  3. Re:the VGAs were trash by the+Man+in+Black · · Score: 2, Funny

    men who can't have entertainment without strippers, sports or people injuring themselves/others

    Hmmm...if only there were some sort of sport...where strippers....injured themselves....and others!

    Hmmm....

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