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    Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?

    The Death of (Video Game) Criticism

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    I generally do not recommend reading the Times-Picayune, but since you're citing it...


    [blog.nola.com]

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    Image of ToastyUterus ToastyUterus
    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    ust because people buy doesnt mean its good
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    Image of nipsen nipsen
    07/04/09

    @ToastyUterus:

    Uh, oh - flame suit on :p
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    Image of -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties! -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    Did the comments just dissapear or is it just me seeing things again?
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    07/03/09

    @Skyline7284: That happened. There back no though that was weird!
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    Image of NightBlood09 NightBlood09
    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    What are you guys talking about Haze was a amazing game I'm surprised it is not number 1
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    07/03/09

    @NightBlood09: No, dear god there is NO way a person can actually call Haze amazing. Its not possible.
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    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    9. Haze for PS3.


    Man still remember the hyping of it.


    But good god.

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    Image of Monster Chalk Monster Chalk
    07/03/09

    @excel_excel: Agreed. Even on this here, very, forum.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    07/03/09

    @Monster Chalk: Thats exactly where I'm talking about!
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    Image of Gezbox Gezbox
    07/03/09

    @excel_excel:


    I still remember the 10 year hyping of Too Flop Human.

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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    07/03/09

    @Gezbox says: Exclusives Make a Console, not Multiplats.: Oh god man.....I still remember the screens from like before the Gamecube was released. Good god.
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    Image of ( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake! ( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!
    07/03/09

    @excel_excel: Wait..BEFORE the Gamecube? When did Gamecube come into this!? And BEFORE IT!? Holy crap.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    07/03/09

    @( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!: Oh yes. Oh yes.
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    Image of Char Aznable Char Aznable
    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    And here I was about to make a joke about New Orleans. Man, that was a close one.


    But yeah, that's ridiculous. Haze, lol.

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    07/03/09

    @Char Aznable says, Hail to the King of Pop: What? A "when in Rome" joke about not reading in the South? :p
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    Image of Siegeman Siegeman
    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    Looks like it's the #2 game for PS3... I'm not going to extrapolate this to mirror the overall state/quality/quantity of PS3 games so as to avoid the flaming maelstrom that would ensue.
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    Image of SHOWTIME! SHOWTIME!
    07/03/09

    @Siegeman: Because Ghostbusters and Guitar Hero for the 360 are just leaps and bounds ahead of any PS3 game right?
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    07/03/09

    @SHOWTIME!: Yeah but there better than bloody Haze. God!
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    Image of GreatNocturn357 GreatNocturn357
    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    coulda been an error, or bargain bin fire sale.
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    Image of D-K, Anarchist D-K, Anarchist
    07/03/09

    @GreatNocturn357: apparently, hooligans are smashing in car-windows and placing copies of Haze on the passenger's seat..
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    Image of BxB402 BxB402
    07/03/09

    In reply to Blockbuster's Top Ten Selling New Video Games Includes... Haze?
    Guess i'm not the only one that thinks Blockbuster sucks for games. The types of idiots that play Haze are the kinds that go there. lol
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    Image of MooglesInMyFace MooglesInMyFace
    07/03/09

    @BxB402:


    Dude blockbuster has amazing clearance sales on their preplayed games. Got Samba De Amigo for Wii for $10 with the case, manual and disc. all in great condition.

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    Image of UncleMark UncleMark
    07/03/09

    @MooglesInMyFace: They have really good prices on fairly uncommon games when they clear out older games. My brother got Blast Corps with the original box for really cheap. I'm not sure if it's rare, but that game is awesome.
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    Image of rapkadrummer rapkadrummer
    07/03/09

    @UncleMark:

    It's no less Rare than Perfect Dark or Banjo Kazooie.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    07/03/09

    @rapkadrummer: *applauds*
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    Image of duckmouth duckmouth
    07/04/09

    @BxB402: I got ICO for PS2 for £3.99, sold it on eBay the next day for £24.
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    Image of AtomicPlayboy AtomicPlayboy
    12/04/08

    In reply to The Death of (Video Game) Criticism
    Ironically, today is one of the handful of times I've visited Kotaku since I bid the site "adios" ([kotaku.com]) after a post by Brian Crecente mentioning that he had just spotted Kirsten Dunst in some bar in NYC. At that point, I made my own judgment that Kotaku had succumbed to something resembling a "fascination in the trivial and trite when it comes to pop culture and celebrity", this post just being the capstone on a building of industry name-dropping and such. Oh, well.
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    Image of Brian Crecente Brian Crecente
    12/04/08

    @AtomicPlayboy: In my day note? Wow.
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    Image of TheHeartless TheHeartless
    12/04/08

    In reply to The Death of (Video Game) Criticism
    Bravo, Crecente.
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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    12/04/08

    In reply to The Death of (Video Game) Criticism
    America's appetite, and supply of soft news, celebrity obession, etc is a problem, and just one of the reasons for the current state of newspapers. It's sad to see, but I feel like even after doing a high school senior project on this topic, I still don't know exactly what can be done to remedy this.


    Maybe what papers need to do is cut out the crap that E!, Entertainment Tonight, etc. cover, and try focusing on just being the best source for truth, accurate information, intelligent writing, and accountability. Find some way to convince people that they can only get the best source of pure news from you, buying your paper, paying for a subscription to your site. Though just writing that, I can imagine how that strategy may not be financially sound at all. Maybe things have to hit rock bottom before the situation can get better. Or maybe, even if newspapers in any form do 'recover' they'll never be able to support as large a staff as before.

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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    12/04/08

    In reply to The Death of (Video Game) Criticism
    Ebert is a smart man and a good writer, but he's also kind of an elitist douche, and when he shoots his mouth (or typewriter) off like that it tends to make me feel like his opinion shouldn't really be worth much, no matter how elegantly worded it is.
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    Image of Sloopydrew Sloopydrew
    12/04/08

    In reply to The Death of (Video Game) Criticism
    Great article, Brian (and thanks for the link to Roger's article, which was also a good read). When I was a professional (IE - paid with credentials) film critic, a whole shitstorm of badness came down upon me when I posted my War of the Worlds review (mixed, but not negative) 4 hours before the film's midnight screening (was uninvited from ALL advance screenings for films from that studio and stopped getting screening passes from the PR firm that represented that studio for all movies, no matter the studio). Posting prior to 12:01 AM was only allowed if you were giving the movie a glowing review. This "hoop-jumping," "swag-giving" crap from the PR firms representing the studios and the studios themselves is why I stopped being a paid critic entirely and went back to writing critiques as a hobby. Like you said in your article, this has been going on for a long time -- but it is nice that people like Ebert are taking notice. Unfortunately, it may be too late.
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    Image of Handles25 Handles25
    12/04/08

    In reply to The Death of (Video Game) Criticism
    Brian did you see this?


    [www.rockymountainnews.com]


    Looks like you got out just in time.

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    Image of Brian Crecente Brian Crecente
    12/04/08

    @Handles25: Yeah, jeeze I was just talking to someone over there this morning.

    :(
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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    12/04/08

    @Handles25: Scary.


    Trouble on the Rocky Horror News Mountain. : /

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