Slashdot Mirror
MAD's 10 Worst Things about Gaming
Deuce Magnum writes "GamePro's got up a story that was apparently designed by the guys at MAD magazine. It details the lows of video gaming, from big boobs to MMO patches. From the article: "8. Mind-numbingly dull 'cinema sequences' -- as if we really needed to interrupt the game with ten minutes of bad acting and cliche'd dialogue to explain the deep motives and back story of why Ratchet and Clank are running and jumping. 9. Choppy, second-rate video games designed for cell phones. Was text messaging not a useless enough way to drain battery power? "
What's worse by far is the over-hyped reviews. Black & White was the worst offender, drawing many outstanding reviews before the game magazines realized it was crap. Half-Life 2 was nearly as bad. It's gotten shockingly high ratings (I think Maximum PC gave it an 11 out of 10) despite the fact that it's just a shiny new FPS with a neat physics engine. It's a good game, but it doesn't merit the "best game ever!!!" gushing.
LOAD "SIG",8,1
Wow, that's one of the best top-10 lists for games I've ever read. Every point was pretty much spot on, but leave the boobies please.
The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky