GrE writes, "With Black Friday coming this week, the holiday release season is just about over. All of the big games are out and ready for happy little gamers everywhere to get their game on. By now, there are plenty of terrorist, zombies, and Templars to kill. Lets not forget songs to strum, drum, sing, and scratch. Plus, lets not forget the countless treasures, trophies, and achievements to earn..."
WC: Have you ever owned a video game that was considered taboo? I mean a game that was either so awkward or so terrible that you had to play it behind closed doors and/or stash it the moment you heard a knock on your door? Those are the kind of video games every gamer is embarrassed to own. Here is a list of ten such titles for you to better understand.
The Mario Party Series does not deserve to be on the list. Drunk friends playing Mario Party it pure gold.
"DNF manage to sell pretty well, and there are those who even dared to post gameplay videos of it on YouTube. Have these people no shame? Don’t they at least feel embarrassed?"
nope duke nukem wasn't the only one to get a crap sequel: turok, wolfenstein ,quake and some other game series got really bad sequels some may be intentionally like postal 3 but generally all were bad games for each respective series. DNF doesnt stand out being a the worst because there´s clearly alot of bad games out there.
The only game i was embarrassed to own was Turning Point..such a cool idea ruined by rushed development.
The author seems to have a hang up on sexual themes being embarrassing. I'll admit some of the things mentioned are cringe worthy in this regard, but if people are embarrassed because of innuendo in their games then they probably have other issues to deal with. By his reasoning, we should be embarrassed by 99% of all sitcoms that we may enjoy.
The first generation to grow up with video games is all grown up. Gamers are now facing a more significant challenge: blending marriages, mortgages, and parenting together with their gamer lifestyle. Interviews with Tycho of Penny Arcade, sci-fi author John Scalzi, and futurists and sociologists tell where they see the "video game generation" taking family relationships and gaming itself in the future.
TSA: If you like karaoke games, Karaoke Revolution is a no-brainer even if you already own SingStar. It doesn't have the polish or refinement of SingStar, but it does have heaps of potential, and the career mode will keep you busy for a while, especially when you consider a SingStar disk usually ships with 30 songs and a Lips disk with 40.
Ugh. Things are plateauing so quickly...
This seems like a pretty crappy release of the week if you ask me.
I might have actually gone with Tekken 6 on the PSP as my pick.
Why not just get RB or GH and have more options to play?
Yay!! I can haz karaoke?!