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More 2005 Gaming Than You Really Want
It's Christmas Eve, and you need something to read while you're avoiding your relatives. We understand. Howabout several looks at the year in Gaming? The big sites have actual awards, with Gamespot and IGN both offering up decisions that are sure to spark dinner table discussion. Next Generation doesn't hand out awards, but it does have an exhaustive set of lists covering all aspects of the year. We've previously discussed their Top 30 Games of the Year, but today they have over half a dozen articles dedicated to the year in gaming. The Guardian Gamesblog has staff pics for best of the year. World of Warcraft certainly is on a lot of 2005 lists for a game released in 2004. Finally, 1up.com staffer Jared Rea probably has the most interesting take on the year. His traditional list headlines Guitar Hero, but he also has a special list, with ermm...special awards. That might make you angry. From that list: "The Sin and Punishment Award - Named after the hideous and boring N64 shooter from Treasure, the Sin and Punishment award is reserved for the the title which claimed the hearts of 'hardcore' fanboys around the world, despite the game in fact, being garbage or quite frankly, nothing special. Previous winners of this award include Ikaruga and Katamari Damacy." That award goes to Shadow of the Colossus. Which, sorry Jared, did actually rock.
Wait a minute...did anyone play anything other than world of warcraft?
Pics != picks. If I wanted pics of people on the internet, I will just look in my hidden stash but shh don't tell the boss
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I'm not avoiding my relatives, the relatives are avoiding me!
And I'm not even in Soviet Russia anymore.
How did they know? How do the editors know that I just finished eating dinner, my football team is losing, and my relatives are looking at cruise pictures. Get out of my mind!!! Get out of my mind!!!
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Oh please... your faux-blase act is so commonplace these days it's not even funny.
If you don't like best of the year reviews, then don't bloody read them. If you don't like awards, don't watch the ceremonies. I hate the whole Christmas and end-of-year bullshit as much as the next guy, but that doesn't mean I should feel compelled to go on Slashdot pretending to be assaulted by the entertainment industry against my will and complain about it.
Oh please...your complaining-about-unnecessary-comment act is so commonplace these days it's not even funny.
If you don't like unnecessary, whiny comments, then don't bloody read them. If you don't like inane commentary, don't respond to it. I hate the whole wasting-time-on-Slashdot bullshit as much as the next guy, but that doesn't mean I should feel compelled to read Slashdot comments pretending to be assaulted by their stupidity against my will and complain about it.
In Repressive Burma, it's not just your connection that dies. slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=314547&cid=20819199
You could think of the "Sin & Punishment" award as "I didn't get it so I'm at least going to inflame the fanboys to get something out of this game." Except for Sin & Punishment which was actual crap.
Ikaruga is a top down shooter which is awesome for us fanboys who love the genre. Just because you don't love the genre is no reason to call the game "garbage". Just put the game aside, realise the whole genre isn't your cup of tea and move on.
I bet he doesn't like Rez because it was on the rails totally missing the point.
wait this just makes me a nintendo fanboy doesnt it?
Probably. Welcome.
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You could think of the "Sin & Punishment" award as "I didn't get it so I'm at least going to inflame the fanboys to get something out of this game." Except for Sin & Punishment which was actual crap.
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Whatever. Sin & Punishment is the finest game in its underappreciated genre. Maybe you didn't get it?
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.
""Guitar Hero" doesn't even come close to truly playing guitar."
Neither do most rock stars.
"See how the real heroes don't look at a screen to know what notes to play next."
Yeah, real guitarists have all three chords memorized.
Yeah, where do the editors get off editorializing like that?
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