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Gaming's Biggest Blunders of 2006

Posted by Zonk on from the there-were-many-to-choose-from dept.

Ground Glass writes "After all of the self-awarding that goes on in the games industry this year, it's nice to be reminded that there were actually some pretty big industry disasters in 2006. Who can forget that timeless Gizmondo car crash story, for example? Or the onset of microtransactions for cheat codes? One of the Curmudgeon Gamers, Matt Matthews, lays out the worst the industry had to offer this year, from game hype to journalistic screwups, and everything in between." From the article: "3. Bill of Rights -- Void Where Prohibited by Law. We should also sit back and enjoy a steaming hot cup of schadenfreude at the expense of those tireless defenders of morality and the souls of our children: the state governments of Michigan, Minnesota, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and of course Illinois. Each has passed a law restricting the sales of videogames, and each has been stopped by the courts. Apparently there are things called 'constitutions; which grant 'rights' like 'free speech' which 'activist judges' are using to strike down the very laws which will protect our children from rock and r...videogames." He also offers up some of the cut content that didn't make it into the final article.

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  1. Somewhere, Darwin is smiling. by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somewhere, Darwin is smiling.

  2. Re:Illinois by Andrew+Nagy · · Score: 3, Funny

    When some people from Southern Illinois told me about how Chicogans were all self-absorbed snobs I thought it was bias...

    I stand corrected.

    Of course, I shouldn't make hasty generalizations based on one slashdot comment... afer all, most generalizations are wrong.

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  3. Re:Looks like Nintendo's PR department missed one. by Chris+Burke · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like Mario and Luigi may have to pay this gentleman a friendly visit.

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  4. Re:Backyard Baseball 2007 GameCube by roskakori · · Score: 2, Funny
    What's the deal with this title? It was supposed to be out in April, then August, then November, and now Amazon has April 2007 as the release date.
    I heard they changed its name to "Backyard Baseball Forever" and moved the release date to early 2008.
  5. Re:Gizmondo Crashes, Exec Follows Suit... by servognome · · Score: 4, Funny
    My inner manly-man is crying just remembering those pictures.

    Your inner manly-man is a pansy; a real inner manly-man would be punching through walls.
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  6. Re:PS3 by valathax · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree, the PS3 is definately worth it if it is free.

  7. Re:Is "Warcraft Expansion missing Xmas 2006" there by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Christmas sales don't matter for WOW because most players don't know what day it is anyway.

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  8. Gaming mistakes? Try supporting real geeks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where is the support for the real hard core gamers. The ones that run linux?

  9. Re:Is "Warcraft Expansion missing Xmas 2006" there by teflaime · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you mean, don't know what day it is? It's Onyxia reset day!

  10. Re:I call BS on #7 by meringuoid · · Score: 3, Funny
    Seriously a big fumble would be the Wii controller?

    Well, quite a lot of people do seem to be fumbling it lately...

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