At this point I wanted to slap the games out of their hands and yell: "THIS IS WHY THEY KEEP MAKING THESE GAMES! STOP IT!"
Dolphinz got 75% from IGN, so it's safe to say it's probably actually not bad. And the people buying them probably do get a lot of entertainment out of them. It's probably better than a lot of the shit that people on this board cream themselves over.
So I was at Target buying some XBL point cards (when they were on sale) and I was browsing around the Wii/DS section for a moment. I happened to eavesdrop on this family that was with one of the salesman. They were Christmas shopping.
WHAT? It's way too fucking early to be doing this.
So I was at Target buying some XBL point cards (when they were on sale) and I was browsing around the Wii/DS section for a moment. I happened to eavesdrop on this family that was with one of the salesman. They were Christmas shopping.
WHAT? It's way too fucking early to be doing this. .
You'd be surprised. My girlfriend starts really early in the year for some reason.
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We haven't had a photoshop thread in months, and that would be the best way to bring it back.
So I was at Target buying some XBL point cards (when they were on sale) and I was browsing around the Wii/DS section for a moment. I happened to eavesdrop on this family that was with one of the salesman. They were Christmas shopping.
WHAT? It's way too fucking early to be doing this. .
You'd be surprised. My girlfriend starts really early in the year for some reason.
The only time I buy Christmas gifts this early is if its something that I might not be able to find in a few weeks/months.
So I was at Target buying some XBL point cards (when they were on sale) and I was browsing around the Wii/DS section for a moment. I happened to eavesdrop on this family that was with one of the salesman. They were Christmas shopping.
WHAT? It's way too fucking early to be doing this. .
You'd be surprised. My girlfriend starts really early in the year for some reason.
The only time I buy Christmas gifts this early is if its something that I might not be able to find in a few weeks/months.
Oh I agree. I buy things December 23rd the earliest. Each year. :P
You're only fucked when Amazon can't ship it next day and have it arrive on Christmas morning.
Yeah, you're right. They give you the days that it should arrive before buying, so you can usually get lucky and get everything the day before, wrap them and give them out the next morning.
You're only really fucked when people decide to open gifts early.
So I was at Target buying some XBL point cards (when they were on sale) and I was browsing around the Wii/DS section for a moment. I happened to eavesdrop on this family that was with one of the salesman. They were Christmas shopping.
WHAT? It's way too fucking early to be doing this. .
You'd be surprised. My girlfriend starts really early in the year for some reason.
How? People buy a lot of shit during the year, what does she do about duplicate gifts?
I'm quite impressed by how authentic this photoshop is. The fact that they've fooled several major websites into reviewing it as well is equally surprising.
They once had a listing for Morrowind for the PS2.
Are we making jokes, or am I missing something?
Amazon has it, and lists it as "In Stock," and it's not real? That, honestly, seems a tiny bit far fetched. But hey, if it's really just a prank, job well done.
Shit like this is how little kids get into games. When they grow older they crave the hard stuff.
no, you know what, fuck you
okay, because we were playing good games like super mario, megaman, pokemon, GOOD GAMES. not animal petting minus the animal. not 'the sims' for ds.
REAL games. donkey kong country. mario kart. sonic. mortal kombat.
not horsez or pussyz
Anyway, I didn't like games when I was a kid because they were brutally punishing. Shit like Mario wasn't fun for me. There were like two kids I knew that could beat a whole game and those kids were the major nerds. It wasn't until I was in my mid-teens that I tried Baldur's Gate that I really really got into games. Anyway, now every kid can play and enjoy games. Which is good.
Anyone notice how some things (mattresses and the copy machines in Highrise) are totally impenetrable? A steel wall, yeah that makes sense, but bullets should obliterate copy machines.
I don't know about you, but I always buy a bullet proof printer. Its a lot more expensive, but I think the advantages are apparent.
but what they are playing is crap, mind-melting crap like the disney channel. all the same, nothing different. my little sister has every sims game for the ds. they are all the same. meanwhile the copy of geo wars i got her sits unplayed.
don't just be satisfied with 'kids playin games= good". make it good games, not horrendous drivel. have some standards.
If it entertains them and doesn't harm them in anyway, who cares? You're going to have a hard time convincing me that letting my child play "Imagine: Hair Salon" is bad for her mental health.
it's retarded, and making your kids brain dead. watch her next time she plays that or watches disney channel.
she'll look like a zombie, dead eyes, not moving, mouth agape.
yeah, i'm sure that's great for her.
Shit like this is how little kids get into games. When they grow older they crave the hard stuff.
no, you know what, fuck you
okay, because we were playing good games like super mario, megaman, pokemon, GOOD GAMES. not animal petting minus the animal. not 'the sims' for ds.
REAL games. donkey kong country. mario kart. sonic. mortal kombat.
not horsez or pussyz
I played Dogz 2 actually. And you know what? I liked it. I still played the good stuff by the way.
it's retarded, and making your kids brain dead. watch her next time she plays that or watches disney channel.
she'll look like a zombie, dead eyes, not moving, mouth agape.
yeah, i'm sure that's great for her.
Kids look like that no matter what they're watching on tv. Dude, shut the fuck up. You're not a child psychologist.
christ i'm no genius
i just know when i see a movie with her she's laughing and reacting. this shit is just nothingness, feeding the mind pointless shows. entertain them, don't show them fantasy lives. they never laugh at the jokes, but they say they like it because it's funny?
look, this is my opinion.
a kid playing something 'made for kidz' does not make it a good thing for the kid. how about a puzzle game like tetris ds or something that would stimulate rather then dull your kids senses.
these shows and games are garbage. and yet we're okay with that. like the fucking shit on mtv.
Kids watch disney because they are interested in it, not because of some conspiracy that wants to make them dumb forcing them to. The same thing will apply with games.
Hmm, sounds to me this thread is going to be locked pretty soon ...
My take? Who cares what types of games publishers/developers work on?
This akin to movie studios pumping out kids movies and other stuff for genres I don't care about. As long as they're also producing the movies that I do enjoy, then why should I care? Sure, there's the slippery slope argument that perhaps the studio will only make the types of movies I don't care about, or that it somehow takes away resources from the ones I do ... but that's something to debate when/if it ever gets to that point. Not before.
christ i'm no genius
i just know when i see a movie with her she's laughing and reacting. this shit is just nothingness, feeding the mind pointless shows. entertain them, don't show them fantasy lives. they never laugh at the jokes, but they say they like it because it's funny?
look, this is my opinion.
a kid playing something 'made for kidz' does not make it a good thing for the kid. how about a puzzle game like tetris ds or something that would stimulate rather then dull your kids senses.
these shows and games are garbage. and yet we're okay with that. like the fucking shit on mtv.
Dude, you want to know some of the games in my collection from when I was a little kid?
Yeah, there're classics like Super Mario World. I also obsessively played motherfucking Clayfighter and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. My first Gameboy game was a Mickey Mouse title, and I have a Power Rangers sidescroller for my GBC. This is how that shit WORKS. Small kids will enjoy things older people don't. You played some serious classics, yes. I'd be willing to bet there's some utter shit you don't remember, too, because it was only a blip in retrospect, no matter how important it was at the time.
My 7 year old brother watches and plays some utter shit. Christ, he watches stuff marketed at 12 year old girls like Hannah Montana. He also plays Lego Star Wars, and I've been working on making him enjoy classics and good stuff. Kids have no taste.
look, this is just my opinion. i'm not saying this is how it is, it's just how i see it.
and this is an internet forum, not a grad paper. i'll save the effort for something other than vidja game chit chat.
Shit, no kidding.
Seriously, I was playing Megaman 2 and Super Mario Bros 1,2,3 as a kid, but I played games like, say, Balloon Fighter. It's a good game, but it's certainly not the Legend of Zelda. It's shallow, it's an arcadey title where the goal is to get a high-score. Pac-Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong, they're all classic, but look at them without the nostalgia goggles. They've got 1 (or 4) levels that only increase in speed.
Today's Petz are the old day's arcade titles that weren't as popular.
Some of these games actually get good scores from review sites. I guess they're done better than the ones with low scores that are just quick cash-in.
Just because it's a Barbie game doesn't even mean it's shovelware. Chances are good, but there is a market for this stuff, so maybe some devs decided to make some half-decent Barbie game to sell it to all the little girls. And the lower-budget ones? They fund our games.
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO SAY THAT?
Shovelware from big corps fund AAA titles.
If you hate these games, you hate AAA titles.
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Dolphinz got 75% from IGN, so it's safe to say it's probably actually not bad. And the people buying them probably do get a lot of entertainment out of them. It's probably better than a lot of the shit that people on this board cream themselves over.
WHAT? It's way too fucking early to be doing this.
Nothing says "You've been a bad child this year" like a shitty piece of shovelware.
Capital idea, sir!
Either way.
You'd be surprised. My girlfriend starts really early in the year for some reason.
The only time I buy Christmas gifts this early is if its something that I might not be able to find in a few weeks/months.
Oh I agree. I buy things December 23rd the earliest. Each year. :P
Yeah, you're right. They give you the days that it should arrive before buying, so you can usually get lucky and get everything the day before, wrap them and give them out the next morning.
You're only really fucked when people decide to open gifts early.
Looks like a money grab, not unlike The Phantom.
Same here. And it's an FPS on the Wii, which I want more of.
Wow...I downloaded a PoP demo for my cell phone that looked (and probably played) better than this...
How? People buy a lot of shit during the year, what does she do about duplicate gifts?
Are we making jokes, or am I missing something?
Amazon has it, and lists it as "In Stock," and it's not real? That, honestly, seems a tiny bit far fetched. But hey, if it's really just a prank, job well done.
no, you know what, fuck you
okay, because we were playing good games like super mario, megaman, pokemon, GOOD GAMES. not animal petting minus the animal. not 'the sims' for ds.
REAL games. donkey kong country. mario kart. sonic. mortal kombat.
not horsez or pussyz
Wait, what? I still do this.
magmar is hardcore
I'm not sure why but I've been laughing at this for like 10 minutes,
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don't just be satisfied with 'kids playin games= good". make it good games, not horrendous drivel. have some standards.
she'll look like a zombie, dead eyes, not moving, mouth agape.
yeah, i'm sure that's great for her.
I played Dogz 2 actually. And you know what? I liked it. I still played the good stuff by the way.
i just know when i see a movie with her she's laughing and reacting. this shit is just nothingness, feeding the mind pointless shows. entertain them, don't show them fantasy lives. they never laugh at the jokes, but they say they like it because it's funny?
look, this is my opinion.
a kid playing something 'made for kidz' does not make it a good thing for the kid. how about a puzzle game like tetris ds or something that would stimulate rather then dull your kids senses.
these shows and games are garbage. and yet we're okay with that. like the fucking shit on mtv.
And fuck tetris.
My take? Who cares what types of games publishers/developers work on?
This akin to movie studios pumping out kids movies and other stuff for genres I don't care about. As long as they're also producing the movies that I do enjoy, then why should I care? Sure, there's the slippery slope argument that perhaps the studio will only make the types of movies I don't care about, or that it somehow takes away resources from the ones I do ... but that's something to debate when/if it ever gets to that point. Not before.
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Dude, you want to know some of the games in my collection from when I was a little kid?
Yeah, there're classics like Super Mario World. I also obsessively played motherfucking Clayfighter and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. My first Gameboy game was a Mickey Mouse title, and I have a Power Rangers sidescroller for my GBC. This is how that shit WORKS. Small kids will enjoy things older people don't. You played some serious classics, yes. I'd be willing to bet there's some utter shit you don't remember, too, because it was only a blip in retrospect, no matter how important it was at the time.
My 7 year old brother watches and plays some utter shit. Christ, he watches stuff marketed at 12 year old girls like Hannah Montana. He also plays Lego Star Wars, and I've been working on making him enjoy classics and good stuff. Kids have no taste.
You crossed the line.
and this is an internet forum, not a grad paper. i'll save the effort for something other than vidja game chit chat.
Shit, no kidding.
Seriously, I was playing Megaman 2 and Super Mario Bros 1,2,3 as a kid, but I played games like, say, Balloon Fighter. It's a good game, but it's certainly not the Legend of Zelda. It's shallow, it's an arcadey title where the goal is to get a high-score. Pac-Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong, they're all classic, but look at them without the nostalgia goggles. They've got 1 (or 4) levels that only increase in speed.
Today's Petz are the old day's arcade titles that weren't as popular.
Some of these games actually get good scores from review sites. I guess they're done better than the ones with low scores that are just quick cash-in.
Just because it's a Barbie game doesn't even mean it's shovelware. Chances are good, but there is a market for this stuff, so maybe some devs decided to make some half-decent Barbie game to sell it to all the little girls. And the lower-budget ones? They fund our games.
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO SAY THAT?
Shovelware from big corps fund AAA titles.
If you hate these games, you hate AAA titles.