Nothing like a conference with like-minded people to give developers a chance to let off some steam. At a little rant session today at GDC, developer Chris Hecker took it upon himself to talk about Nintendo. Oh, sorry, did I say talk? I meant hate on. Some choice excerpts:

"The Wii is a piece of shit!"

"[They need to] make a console that doesn't suck ass."

"It's not clear to me that Nintendo gives a shit about games as an art form."

Tha'ts not all.

To illustrate his point, he searched for references to games as art on all three console manufacturers web sites. While he found numerous such references on both the official PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sites, Wii.com had none at all. He then shared quotes from executives at Sony and Microsoft talking about games as a serious artistic medium, and then a quote from a Nintendo executive saying the company only wanted to make "fun" games.

Real scientific there. Sit down, Hecker. You're embarrassing yourself. This "games as art" wankery is getting real old, real fast. Luke Plunkett

"The Wii is a Piece of Sh*t!" [IGN]

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