Posted in Video Games on Jan 9th, 2008
I’m running out of game companies I can support without feeling like a whore.
I’ve had a tenuous relationship with Electronic Arts over the years, especially since they’ve taken and summarilly raped the Madden franchise, and I don’t have many nice things to say about Sony or Sega either, the former because they’ll always be tainted […]
Posted in Non-governmental politics, Lying liars, Video Games on Dec 1st, 2007
I really want to be happy right now.
I would love to do a little dance of joy around this wonderful world of ours.
I want to grab a little party hat, run around in the streets with a boombox blaring “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead”, occasionally doing that stupid little dance move from Singing […]
Posted in God must love idiots; he makes so many, The bleating of the masses, Video Games on Nov 10th, 2007
How about instead of giving me a 40 paragraph strategy guide so I can shop in your pawn shop without getting screwed you just sell me a game when I ask for it. - Gabe, from Penny Arcade, on Gamestop policies.
He’s pissing and moaning about this, for general refference.
Hey, mind if I make a suggestion?
How […]
Posted in God must love idiots; he makes so many, Video Games on Sep 15th, 2007
I tried to think up a larger, more impressive word for the title, but really, that just says it all.
Before we begin, I’d like to remind everyone that this is “Your Hot Cup of Rant”, and not “Rantmaster Mark reviews products you should or should not purchase”. So assume that I like the product that […]
Posted in Art, God must love idiots; he makes so many, Video Games on Aug 7th, 2007
So, Roger Ebert is back on his high and mighty horse about how games aren’t art.
Ahem:
Yes, I am aware of the hypocrisy.
That’s really all I should HAVE to say, but since I have a self-imposed word limit, let’s move onward a bit.
Now, “art” can simply be defined as “the products of human creativity”. That’s it. […]
Posted in God must love idiots; he makes so many, Video Games on Aug 1st, 2007
Consider this: historically speaking, if a video game/franchise has the capability to “matter” beyond its period of release, it will generally fall into one of five distinct categories:
1.) It will be hailed as a historically significant achievement purely based on how good/pervasive it was (Half-Life, Pokemon, Tetris),
2.) It will be recognized as something that was […]
Posted in Video Games on Jul 11th, 2007
I imagine that there are more than a few people who have already chosen to comment on this, but being a player of video games I feel obligated to toss my proverbial hat into the ring.
For those who are unaware, Sony has officially announced a price drop for the Playstation 3 console… sort of. […]