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Gaming Gaffes of 2003 Pinpointed?
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?"
My God, Nintendo announced at e3 that the newest mario kart incarnation would have online playability, but when it was released, it merely had network playability, meaning you can play with someone, as long as their in your house.
The warp pipe project does try to remedy this, though it's still a far cry from what it should have been.
How Jaded Are You?
The Video Game Awards were a great idea, but turned out to be the biggest pile of marketing trash I've ever fast forwarded through.
I'll let SpikeTV off the hook, because I love MXC.
In fact, by E3, I beleive they had stated online was most likely not going to be there.
I'm glad other's felt the same as I did. The VGAs were a disgrace, but I don't know what I was really expecting from a network that markets to the lowest common denominator of men who can't have entertainment without strippers, sports or people injuring themselves/others.
Everyone who was saddened by the VGAs should relay their opinions to the network. The five of us who care can make a difference!
Ah, who am I kidding... I'll just play Viewtiful Joe instead, the game that I think should have won best animation, or at least been a freaking nominee!
--- "Yeah, I'm a bit stressed out. I have a research paper due tomorrow and it has to be +5, Insightful."
What the parent was referring too was the fact that the character to is randomly assigned which profession that will be come a Jedi. So it you might have to become a dancer profession to be a Jedi. You start as merchant, you work your way up to master, oops that is not it, you have to lose your skills as a merchant and try the next profession. Instead of any amount of time and skill you have you are stuck trying to "guess" which profession will let you become a Jedi and you basically have to start over if you pick the wrong profession. Very discouraging.