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Nintendo Deaf to Continued Tittering
"In defense of those who continue to complain about the name: It is a dumb name. It's a name that does have unfortunate other meanings. Sure, you can ask people in some sort of survey "Nintendo just released a new game console called the 'Wii' — what do you think of that name?" and you probably won't get a lot of titters. But you have to construct your sentences very carefully - on the first day I get mine, am I going to tell a friend that "I got a Wii" or that "you should come over and play with my Wii" ?
Yes, gamers are immature. That's why the name is so bad. It's like naming a kid - you have to think about how that name is going to play when the kid is in fifth grade. You have to run through every variation of the name, rhyming it with every possible offensive term or bodily function. Because that's what fifth graders (and gamers) are going to do. If you want your kid to grow up well-socialized, you don't name him Gaylord. And if you want your console to be popular with fifth graders (and gamers of all ages) you don't name it Wii."
by weatherman
Street Figher Bjork Kicks Reporter Ass
"Pfft. Only button-mashing scrubs play as broken fighters like Bj rk. Now, playing as the likes of Sean Penn or Kate Moss — that takes true skill."
by Draconis
PlayStation Pornable Plucking Hussies "Out of Thin Air"
"What is this 'porn' you speak of? Is it a type of tasty potato chip?"
by boxmyth
Moore: Gamers Don't Care About Backward Compatibility
"PeteUR! I care about backwards compatibility a lot. All those xBox games we have want to be played, at least occasionally. There are games where I got stuck that I put away for a while I'd like to return to, for example. And 10-15 or so I haven't gotten to yet. I don't have a lot of time for gaming so it takes me a long while to play anything and the xBox (we've had two and #2 is starting to fail) won't last much longer. They seem to last around 2 years, hope the new expensive consoles do better in that regard. Choosing a new console with backwards compatability that actually works will be a big factor in replacing xBox#2.
Basing statements on the xBox Live data is misleading since I'd be willing to bet there are still a lot of players who don't/can't use it. Don't forget about us! We have $$$ in our pockets, too. Just because you can't suck it out via Live doesn't mean you shouldn't develop a strategy to please us also.
KenoftheDead hit the nail on the head. Just because you don't want to do something, don't pretend you ain't doing it because your audience doesn't want it. Shape up, Peter. And loose the fake tattoo."
by Chilly Hollow
Oh no! Olympic DDR!
by Schu
E3's Random Half-Naked Woman: The Video
"The E3 restrictions this year were pathetic. The only new rule that popped up was a rule with how long SKIRTS could be and no 'boy shorts' rule. There were quite a few violations made to these rules by companies like Sony Online, and Webzen. However, the security singled out people with the intent of harrasment. For example, the company Nyko was within the boundries this year and still got their booth reps kicked.
I suppose that I can understand wanting to keep an 18 AND OLDER ONLY event more 'wholesome.' I mean, seriously.. mini-skirts are such a terrible distraction from the nudity, gore, language, and violence prevalent in the hottest game titles this year.
But I digress, E3 is a 'serious' convention for RETAILERS. Yet, it becomes a bit of a circus because of the press hype surrounding it. If you want to say E3 is a serious convention, don't let MTV or G4 cover it. I would say that G4's commercials alone do more to destroy the credability of the convention than a person in shorts.
As for journalists just reporting news and not becoming the news? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Have you watched the TV news, heard radio news, or read print news in the last 60 years? There's a distinct difference between journalism and reporting, you know?"
by Philip Wesley
PS2 Pwns Your Puter, Says Sony
"Harrison is like a real-life forum troll."
by Robert Summa
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