Consumption Overload

A topic that has caught my eye lately is that of the oversaturation of the games industry with mediocre titles that seem to have all the hype in the world behind them, and the truly great games that seem to never catch a break.  I will admit that I’ve been one of the sorry suckers that have bought into the hype of games long before they are released.  What’s worse is that I realize what I’ve done.  I’ve spent $60 on games before and put in around 5 hours of actual gameplay. Read more

Fanboyism

At times, I wonder if my opinions lead me to look as if I constantly fall under the trap of being labeled as a fanboy. People naturally do not like being labeled, so I naturally have this inclination to curl up my fists and bite my tongue when that dreaded word is used to describe me. Can one have a close allegiance to a system and not really care much for the others? I had a discussion with Jim Howard last week about SSB Brawl, the wii, and Madden NFL Football. I know what you are thinking and calm down, that Madden tie-in sure is a curve ball, but I will show how it all fits together.

I have had this love-hate relationship with the Nintendo Wii. I was very excited for the Revolution when it was in its early days of conception. The motion controls were intriguing, it had a sleek and sexy console design and you really can not go wrong with Miyamoto helming the game development. It all looked early on that Nintendo was going to start an electronic Armageddon on conventional gaming wisdom and sweep the market. While they have dominated the world markets and have now become recession/depression/apocalypse proof, they have not done a whole lot to really spark my imagination. Read more