Gaming's Biggest Blunders of 2006

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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Re:Is "Warcraft Expansion missing Xmas 2006" there

[rob1980]

Is "World of Warcraft Expansion missing Christmas 2006" one of the items listed there?

RTFA.

Re:Is "Warcraft Expansion missing Xmas 2006" there

[glowingsnowball]

You are a fool if you think BC is going to be fixed. There are going to be more bugs then you can imagen they're always are. The worst part about blizzard is they always underestimate their numbers. There was a patch during the summer that had extend maintenance all servers were down for the better part of 12 hours. Then they choose to bring up 5 servers. Those 5 servers were zerged harder then ever before.