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I can't wait until cell phones and tablets hit the same sort of tech stagnation that PCs largely have
It'll be nice when I can buy a phone and it won't be outdated in a week
I largely agree. I'm glad Apple does a great job of updating software even on older devices. I mean, it's kind of great that a three year old iPhone or a 2 year old iPad can run the same new OS that the new hardware can. It'll just be even nicer when the hardware horsepower gap is more narrow so that those older devices don't chug on new software as badlyS
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
Having shit rapidly become outdated is what turned many people off PC gaming back in the day.
With regards to that, part of the reason that changed, even for dedicated PC titles, is simply because devs finally wised up and stopped trying to push specs purely for the sake of it. Crysis was the last really big and memorably incidence of that, and it had far ranging effects in some respects as a result.
Bonus Hoboscore if you get naked pics of Olivia Munn on your hobo cell-phone.
Hobos don't have cell phones!
As a completely serious aside, actual hobos (as in people who are homeless transient workers) actually do primarily use cheap prepaid cell phones to keep in contact and alert other hobos to work opportunities or dangerous places to look for handouts, transportation, work, or sleep. They've replaced the old hobo signs they used to carve into places back in the '20s and '30s.
Anyway, carry on.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
Well, we'll see if Quantic Dream can actually get through an entire game before horribly botching the story.
At any rate. The real reason people aren't getting sick of frequent cell phone upgrades is because the entire cell industry is built around training people to demand an upgrade every two years. When their contract is up, they can get another phone for cheap. Gonna be hard to break that cycle.
Why the crap did I ever make my original name "cloudeagle?"
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So, Angry Birds gummy snacks.
They have them at the Rite Aid by my house.
I was hoping we'd see Barry Steakfries beef jerky first.
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Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
You dummy!
Not really
Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
I was never invested in Heavy Rain or anything, but I thought the way she looked just came off as sort of creepy. Her stare made her look like she was haunted and the facial animations just looked . . . weird. I'm sure the final product was a lot better though.
every sonic and/or sega fan knows who jim sterling is and hates His guts. if you ever need a good laugh at his expense, look up the ways sega has trolled the shit out of jim sterling.
A link would provide a bit of enjoyable reading.
I'm a bit late in my reply, but here's the gist of it - Sega is a pretty internet savvy company, and they're full aware of Sterling's reputation as a troll amongst his readers. He'd been overtly critical of Sega and Sonic, and all his previews leading up to Sonic Colors had been overwhelmingly negative. So, when they sent him a review copy of Sonic Colors, they attached a drawing of what they saw Jim Sterling as to the front cover:
Sterling responded by giving Sonic Colors a 4.5/10. Sega then invited him to a press event at their SoA headquarters, where, at the conclusion of the event, they presented Sterling with 4.5 tenths of a cake, with their reasoning being that 4.5/10 is the only percentage of a wholely delicious cake that Sterling would be able to enjoy, which got a few laughs from the other press outlets that were there.
When Sterling failed to even mention the cake on his blog, Sega went one step further. Out of the blue, Sega delivered Sterling a promotional package to his home. Inside was a note that read "Who's the troll now?" and a 5-story tall Sonic Colors banner that Sega had hung from a building in New York to promote the game.
That image doesn't do justice to how big the thing was. Jim Sterling said he was 6'2" and he was still smaller than Sonic's mouth. He said he had no idea where he was going to store the banner, and that it completely covered up his back yard.
Since then, Sterling seems to have appreciated Sega's trolling, as he's been much more receptive to them lately, and gave Sonic Generations an 8/10 (despite being largely the same gameplay as Sonic Colors).
The moral of the story? Don't troll a troll, especially if they have money.
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
What I recall was people picking it apart, mainly because the lip-sync data they used was from a French voiceover, so it looked incredibly awkward with an English voiceover. Really, that's the only major difference I note between this tech demo and the last. It does seem like the start to a cool story though.
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
I'm probably overstating the 'time-to-hatred', but I do remember a lot of people pulling out the now-famous really awkward expression from it and calling it 'uncanny valley', rather than, well, an awkward, inhuman facial expression. As for the game itself, I can't speak entirely from personal opinion because we're still playing it for the first time, but I think some people get caught up on plot holes and can't suspend disbelief enough, while others (so far, I'm in this category) can put issues aside and enjoy a game that's attempting to do something really quite different.
I can't wait until cell phones and tablets hit the same sort of tech stagnation that PCs largely have
It'll be nice when I can buy a phone and it won't be outdated in a week
I largely agree. I'm glad Apple does a great job of updating software even on older devices. I mean, it's kind of great that a three year old iPhone or a 2 year old iPad can run the same new OS that the new hardware can. It'll just be even nicer when the hardware horsepower gap is more narrow so that those older devices don't chug on new software as badlyS
I actually think that's kinda an overplayed problem. My Android phone runs Gingerbread and not ICS, but there really isn't a ton about ICS that my phone needs either. It certainly isn't going to run faster on my shit phone. If there was a ton of awesome software coming out that didn't run on anything but Android4, I'd probably be upset, but that's not happening.
That actually seems to happen more on Apple's side, but maybe that's because they upgrade their users to new OS versions more quickly. The whole problem feels a bit chicken and egg then.
The moral of the story? Don't troll a troll, especially if they have money.
No. The moral of the story is that you can buy of even the biggest shithead journalist by making him feel more special than your last girlfriend.
While there is no date set, wedding bells can't be far off...
I don't think insulting a person in front of his peers is buying him off, but whatever.
They singled him out and made him the point of a campaign. How many others got the same treatment? It shouldn't be much of a surprise that some of these guys have pretty large egos and they like it when game companies treat them special.
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
I'm probably overstating the 'time-to-hatred', but I do remember a lot of people pulling out the now-famous really awkward expression from it and calling it 'uncanny valley', rather than, well, an awkward, inhuman facial expression. As for the game itself, I can't speak entirely from personal opinion because we're still playing it for the first time, but I think some people get caught up on plot holes and can't suspend disbelief enough, while others (so far, I'm in this category) can put issues aside and enjoy a game that's attempting to do something really quite different.
While I appreciated what Heavy Rain was trying to do, I think you may understand the criticism a bit more when you get to the end.
At any rate, the guy who created Gauntlet spoke at GDC, and said the game's design was, at least partially, based on making more money:
In the early '80s, arcades were struggling. Manufacturers created more elaborate games that operators could charge more money for ($.50!), but players were resistant to the increase. The question at Atari was: "How do we get extra earnings?" The idea with Gauntlet was that with four players you earn four times as much with every play. It was a drop-in/drop-out design so if someone died they could immediately rejoin or someone new could step in -- there was no down time, so the quarters just kept coming. Another choice made specifically to increase the coin drop: there was no end to the game. Gauntlet would recycle levels by flipping them horizontally and vertically once the players had run through all of them.
Gauntlet was a big success in 1985. But the marketing team at Atari was actually worried about the four-player cabinet. They weren't sure four strangers would want to play a game together and they also had concerns about the four separate coin shoots (which were known to break easily). Confident in his game, Logg convinced the marketing team to just go with it.
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
I'm probably overstating the 'time-to-hatred', but I do remember a lot of people pulling out the now-famous really awkward expression from it and calling it 'uncanny valley', rather than, well, an awkward, inhuman facial expression. As for the game itself, I can't speak entirely from personal opinion because we're still playing it for the first time, but I think some people get caught up on plot holes and can't suspend disbelief enough, while others (so far, I'm in this category) can put issues aside and enjoy a game that's attempting to do something really quite different.
Yeah, but the general theme of most game players is that they like to pick the carcass clean. Just think back on the last few days in this thread alone to see what people bother to express when they feel in the majority.
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
I'm probably overstating the 'time-to-hatred', but I do remember a lot of people pulling out the now-famous really awkward expression from it and calling it 'uncanny valley', rather than, well, an awkward, inhuman facial expression. As for the game itself, I can't speak entirely from personal opinion because we're still playing it for the first time, but I think some people get caught up on plot holes and can't suspend disbelief enough, while others (so far, I'm in this category) can put issues aside and enjoy a game that's attempting to do something really quite different.
Yeah, but the general theme of most game players is that they like to pick the carcass clean. Just think back on the last few days in this thread alone to see what people bother to express when they feel in the majority.
...how do you know they bothered to express it simply because they felt in the majority?
Why the crap did I ever make my original name "cloudeagle?"
The moral of the story? Don't troll a troll, especially if they have money.
No. The moral of the story is that you can buy of even the biggest shithead journalist by making him feel more special than your last girlfriend.
While there is no date set, wedding bells can't be far off...
I don't think insulting a person in front of his peers is buying him off, but whatever.
They singled him out and made him the point of a campaign. How many others got the same treatment? It shouldn't be much of a surprise that some of these guys have pretty large egos and they like it when game companies treat them special.
Well, no, companies like Sega send trinkets and little gifts to every journalist, especially companies like Sega which have long time relations with these types of journalists. Every journalist gets unique gifts and services. It's just that, for sterling, instead of cool stuff like custom jackets or full sized sonic statues (which they sent to 2 other journalists) they sent him insulting stuff, like an ugly drawing of him, or a gigantic banner. Every outlet, for example, got a customized cake at their press event, the event was litterally "come eat cake with Sega." But where IGN got a cake decorated with IGN logos, Jim Sterling got 4.5/10 of a cake.
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
I'm probably overstating the 'time-to-hatred', but I do remember a lot of people pulling out the now-famous really awkward expression from it and calling it 'uncanny valley', rather than, well, an awkward, inhuman facial expression. As for the game itself, I can't speak entirely from personal opinion because we're still playing it for the first time, but I think some people get caught up on plot holes and can't suspend disbelief enough, while others (so far, I'm in this category) can put issues aside and enjoy a game that's attempting to do something really quite different.
Yeah, but the general theme of most game players is that they like to pick the carcass clean. Just think back on the last few days in this thread alone to see what people bother to express when they feel in the majority.
...how do you know they bothered to express it simply because they felt in the majority?
Because you hit 'Post a Reply'.
There's safety in numbers when picking low-hanging fruit. Aim high, Willis!
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
I'm probably overstating the 'time-to-hatred', but I do remember a lot of people pulling out the now-famous really awkward expression from it and calling it 'uncanny valley', rather than, well, an awkward, inhuman facial expression. As for the game itself, I can't speak entirely from personal opinion because we're still playing it for the first time, but I think some people get caught up on plot holes and can't suspend disbelief enough, while others (so far, I'm in this category) can put issues aside and enjoy a game that's attempting to do something really quite different.
Yeah, but the general theme of most game players is that they like to pick the carcass clean. Just think back on the last few days in this thread alone to see what people bother to express when they feel in the majority.
Well aware, I've done my share of that too. By the way, do I assume that you're back here now because things have taken a turn for the better at all?
On any kind of consensus made there is going to be a majority and a minority, that is just how it works. I highly doubt people only express their opinions here when they can be part of the former.
...how do you know they bothered to express it simply because they felt in the majority?
Because you hit 'Post a Reply'.
There's safety in numbers when picking low-hanging fruit. Aim high, Willis!
...then how do you explain people hating me constantly talking about how they hate Angry Birds, when people were pretty much just tired of hearing about the whole phenomenon and not terribly interested in talking about it anymore?
So that Kara video... is the off-screen male character supposed to be exceedingly creepy? Because I was disgusted enough by the first several minutes of the video that I stopped it. I'm hoping there was a twist at the end or something.
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It'll be nice when I can buy a phone and it won't be outdated in a week
I largely agree. I'm glad Apple does a great job of updating software even on older devices. I mean, it's kind of great that a three year old iPhone or a 2 year old iPad can run the same new OS that the new hardware can. It'll just be even nicer when the hardware horsepower gap is more narrow so that those older devices don't chug on new software as badlyS
Holy shit! Tech demo aside, that's a compelling beginning to what could be a great story.
My wants it!
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With regards to that, part of the reason that changed, even for dedicated PC titles, is simply because devs finally wised up and stopped trying to push specs purely for the sake of it. Crysis was the last really big and memorably incidence of that, and it had far ranging effects in some respects as a result.
PSN: Beltaine-77 | Steam: beltane77 | Battle.net BadHaggis#1433
As a completely serious aside, actual hobos (as in people who are homeless transient workers) actually do primarily use cheap prepaid cell phones to keep in contact and alert other hobos to work opportunities or dangerous places to look for handouts, transportation, work, or sleep. They've replaced the old hobo signs they used to carve into places back in the '20s and '30s.
Anyway, carry on.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
Safelink anyone?
PSN: Beltaine-77 | Steam: beltane77 | Battle.net BadHaggis#1433
You're too early. Give it a year or two and people will be panning it like they do every Quantic Dream title.
Do not engage the Watermelons.
I don't know, I think it took about 5 minutes for people to incorrectly assert 'UNCANNY VALLEY' after the Heavy Rain reveal.
Yeah, but nobody gave enough of a damn to bitch about the tech video that they released a few years earlier.
Do not engage the Watermelons.
I thought Indigo Prophecy was kinda meh, but Heavy Rain is one of my favorite games ever.
Even bits of it make no sense, or they forgot that had some sort of plot angle going.
That's the one I meant, the first E3 reveal when Sony were showing off the PS3, with the woman in the kitchen? People bitched like loons about that.
Frankly I'm waiting to see the sales of a Rovio game without "Angry" or "Birds" in the title.
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Hell, I'd play Madden 2012 developed by Quantic Dream.
Well, we'll see if Quantic Dream can actually get through an entire game before horribly botching the story.
At any rate. The real reason people aren't getting sick of frequent cell phone upgrades is because the entire cell industry is built around training people to demand an upgrade every two years. When their contract is up, they can get another phone for cheap. Gonna be hard to break that cycle.
They have them at the Rite Aid by my house.
I was hoping we'd see Barry Steakfries beef jerky first.
Huh. I don't remember that. I remember they released the video, then two or so years later people hated the game. (I also remember being called an idiot because I didn't know SONY picked up the publishing rights and wondered aloud if it would get a 360 release. That was fun.)
Do not engage the Watermelons.
You dummy!
I was never invested in Heavy Rain or anything, but I thought the way she looked just came off as sort of creepy. Her stare made her look like she was haunted and the facial animations just looked . . . weird. I'm sure the final product was a lot better though.
Did you throw them at people/houses?
I'm a bit late in my reply, but here's the gist of it - Sega is a pretty internet savvy company, and they're full aware of Sterling's reputation as a troll amongst his readers. He'd been overtly critical of Sega and Sonic, and all his previews leading up to Sonic Colors had been overwhelmingly negative. So, when they sent him a review copy of Sonic Colors, they attached a drawing of what they saw Jim Sterling as to the front cover:
Sterling responded by giving Sonic Colors a 4.5/10. Sega then invited him to a press event at their SoA headquarters, where, at the conclusion of the event, they presented Sterling with 4.5 tenths of a cake, with their reasoning being that 4.5/10 is the only percentage of a wholely delicious cake that Sterling would be able to enjoy, which got a few laughs from the other press outlets that were there.
When Sterling failed to even mention the cake on his blog, Sega went one step further. Out of the blue, Sega delivered Sterling a promotional package to his home. Inside was a note that read "Who's the troll now?" and a 5-story tall Sonic Colors banner that Sega had hung from a building in New York to promote the game.
That image doesn't do justice to how big the thing was. Jim Sterling said he was 6'2" and he was still smaller than Sonic's mouth. He said he had no idea where he was going to store the banner, and that it completely covered up his back yard.
Since then, Sterling seems to have appreciated Sega's trolling, as he's been much more receptive to them lately, and gave Sonic Generations an 8/10 (despite being largely the same gameplay as Sonic Colors).
The moral of the story? Don't troll a troll, especially if they have money.
http://uk.gamespot.com/shows/gamespot-live/?event=gdc12_fallout_session20120308
No. The moral of the story is that you can buy of even the biggest shithead journalist by making him feel more special than your last girlfriend.
While there is no date set, wedding bells can't be far off...
Do not engage the Watermelons.
I'm probably overstating the 'time-to-hatred', but I do remember a lot of people pulling out the now-famous really awkward expression from it and calling it 'uncanny valley', rather than, well, an awkward, inhuman facial expression. As for the game itself, I can't speak entirely from personal opinion because we're still playing it for the first time, but I think some people get caught up on plot holes and can't suspend disbelief enough, while others (so far, I'm in this category) can put issues aside and enjoy a game that's attempting to do something really quite different.
I don't think insulting a person in front of his peers is buying him off, but whatever.
That actually seems to happen more on Apple's side, but maybe that's because they upgrade their users to new OS versions more quickly. The whole problem feels a bit chicken and egg then.
They singled him out and made him the point of a campaign. How many others got the same treatment? It shouldn't be much of a surprise that some of these guys have pretty large egos and they like it when game companies treat them special.
Do not engage the Watermelons.
While I appreciated what Heavy Rain was trying to do, I think you may understand the criticism a bit more when you get to the end.
At any rate, the guy who created Gauntlet spoke at GDC, and said the game's design was, at least partially, based on making more money:
http://games.ign.com/articles/122/1220288p1.html
Also, did you know there was a commercial for Gauntlet? The arcade game, I mean? Check it:
Yeah, but the general theme of most game players is that they like to pick the carcass clean. Just think back on the last few days in this thread alone to see what people bother to express when they feel in the majority.
Do not engage the Watermelons.
...how do you know they bothered to express it simply because they felt in the majority?
Well, no, companies like Sega send trinkets and little gifts to every journalist, especially companies like Sega which have long time relations with these types of journalists. Every journalist gets unique gifts and services. It's just that, for sterling, instead of cool stuff like custom jackets or full sized sonic statues (which they sent to 2 other journalists) they sent him insulting stuff, like an ugly drawing of him, or a gigantic banner. Every outlet, for example, got a customized cake at their press event, the event was litterally "come eat cake with Sega." But where IGN got a cake decorated with IGN logos, Jim Sterling got 4.5/10 of a cake.
He got called on his shit and played it off as all in good fun. He's a pussy.
Because you hit 'Post a Reply'.
There's safety in numbers when picking low-hanging fruit. Aim high, Willis!
Do not engage the Watermelons.
...then how do you explain my constantly trying to get people to care about Angry Birds when much of this thread hates them?
Well aware, I've done my share of that too. By the way, do I assume that you're back here now because things have taken a turn for the better at all?
Fix'd for how I remember it.