Ongoing games:
noodles Final Fantasy 2 (iPhone)
noodles Deadly Creatures (WII)
belajjal Bayonetta (360)
ricochet Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
Latest additions:
VVVVVV (PC)
Need for Speed: Shift (PS3)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (PC)
Mass Effect (PC)
Recently completed:
ricochet VVVVVV (PC)
ricochet Super Bomberman (SNES)
ricochet God of War Collection (PS3)
ricochet Megaman X (SNES)
noodles Ghostbusters (PS3)
Latests comments:
noodles
Wow, it's really been this long since the site launched? And it's really been this long for the new design to go up?
I blame commercialism, since it's keeping me too busy.
Now, since this little mistake I made launched the redesign too early I guess I'll have to finish the programming as well. Oy vey.
Maybe it's not for you?
by noodles on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 at 18:50 - Comments: 0
At the time of writing there are adverts for the arcade racing-game blur that seem to twist the gamer-community's metaphorical panties in their tailpipes. You can see the commercials here:
Blur - Nitro VS Mine - PS3/Xbox360
Blur - Surcharge VS Eclair - PS3/Xbox360
What's been upsetting gamers all over the world is the purely sexist TnA-factor of the ads and complaints point to the non-scientific fact that gamers aren't pubescent boys that eat this shit up. Here's a quote for ya:
Oh for fucks sake... I am so tired of being spoken to as if I was a horny 12-year-old!Samson Wiklund
If I wasn't boycotting Activision already I would start now!
I can't really disagree with the quote, but is it actually valid? Follow me on this:
First off, the ads are in French, obviously created for the French audience. To understand that the French people aren't the same as the rest of the world you don't have to look any further than their cooking. Point being that maybe the croissants French gamers don't respond the same way as non-French gamers do to the ads.
Secondly, if you're a gamer that already wants this game or even knows of its existence, you're not the one the commercials are targeting. Yes, some ads are cool to watch and you always want to see how a company will publicize their products, but you didn't watch the ads to find out what they were or to decide if you're considering the game or not. It was just a bonus delivered by a certain wing of a companies demographic. And guess what, as soon as you know that the game exists and you've made your decision considering your purchase you're outside of that demographic.
But wait, that's not the entire truth of it either. There's always the swing-vote, they're also trying to win you over from a non-customer to a sucker customer. If the ad doesn't work on you then you're not part of the Madden-playing, beer-chugging, TnA-craving, fratboy community demographic and they missed you in their tit-fest marketing-campaing again.
If you are a gamer though, and you speak English, this may be more up your alley. Also, I'm guessing this is the ad they pointed to the actual gaming-community:
Blur TV Spot takes aim at Mario Kart
Also: Guess what?
Blur, Wipeout, Mario Kart... they're all the same game with different skins and tweaks. It's the correct tweaks that makes a good game great, the rest has already been done.