Ron Jeremy

Woah. Big well-known sites should really check their sources to avoid posting false news intentionally. Then again, there are also sites that knowingly post fake stuff for the purpose of attention, so... yeah. Shouldn't it be rule of thumb for a site that deals with news to look into things a little before posting them? <_<

Alrighty then. Open-world explorer or Open-Worlder for brevity. That better?

It pisses me off. Sure, I've used it in the past, but that's only because if I called games with the playstyle something else, nobody would know what I'm talking about. I mean, it just sounds dumb, calling an entire subgenre the name of two games that fall into it mashed together. Should we start calling RPGs DragonFinals? Should we start calling FPSes WolfenDooms? Platformers MariOnics? It sounds silly. We should be able to identify a trait without calling it something that has that trait. That's like calling any piece of food a sandwich even if it isn't a sandwich just because some food happens to be a sandwich. It sounds like something a small child with little grasp on the English language would say. "Daddy can me pway da Metwoidvania?" Exploration-Platformer Was that so hard?

Pfft, 10 bucks is nothing. If you want a real example of the batshit insane values people tie to TF2's items, there are certain unusual hats worth thousands. Not thousands of refined. Thousands of dollars. And the players don't technically own the items in the first place. Valve could choose to up and delete said "valuable" hats on a whim if they so desired. If I ever got hold of such an item, I'd use it to separate some schmuck from their money and pay the bills while laughing at their idiocy. Also, thinking on an idea for a little TF2 contest thing. Not gonna say anything else until I'm certain I feel like hassling with it.

⇚ When people do that. That being, enter their name as something stupid/an obscenity/AAAAAAAAA. Sure, I know high scores in the traditional sense are pretty much a thing of the past now, but I can still complain about it, right? I mean, with lots of console games, you can't even erase the scores, so that copy of Ms. Pac Man for the SNES will always have FUK on it until it eventually gets bumped off or the save battery inevitably dies. My brother would always get a kick out of putting up an obscene name so my parents would get mad when they saw it and take the game away. <_< Not as bad but still annoying is when games have room for more than just initials: The allcaps people, or people who will capitalize out of place, like SaMMy. It makes the score board on a classic game look like a stereotypical username on the internet and the internet didn't even exist back then. Silly rant, I know, but it annoys me.

Something that crossed my mind earlier is that a site that posts fake video game news and passes it off as real would be hilarious. I'm envisioning a site that would for the most part reliably post real news, but occasionally trolls people who don't bother checking facts for themselves, with articles like "Sega to re-enter console market, revive Sonic series to its golden age glory" and "Donkey Kong to be revealed as Mario's love interest in upcoming game". This would be funny because of how successful it would be. People spread false video game rumors all the time (Mew's totally under that truck, guys!) and if you had it on a legit-looking site, people would be forwarding it like crazy. Those who know not to believe everything they hear on the internet wouldn't be burned because a quick search would prove it false, but the social networking site kiddies who are frantic to tweet/facebook/tumblr/whatever everything big they see would fall for it. It would be chaos. Lulzy, lulzy chaos. And maybe they'd learn to think for themselves instead of mindlessly gobbling up the regurgitated mess big media spits into their mouths. Somebody with the money needs to do this.

Ignoring the fact it's a joke for a second, you could say the PC HAS had successors. Try running Half-Life 2 on an old IBM.

True, a lot of people say "Game Boy" when they mean the Game Boy Color. But think about it: When somebody brings up how good the Game Boy was, they bring up Tetris, Super Mario Land, y'know, original Game Boy games.

So, I've been thinking about it recently, and who ever talks about the Game Boy Color? I mean, sure, the two Pokémon trilogies of the time ran on it, but when do non-Pokémon Game Boy Color games ever get brought up? Whenever I see talk about Nintendo handhelds, it's about the original Game Boy, the Game Boy Advance, and the DSes. What is it about the Game Boy Color that makes people never bring it up? It has its fair share of memorable games that aren't Pokémon. The Zelda "Oracle of" games and Wario Land 3 to name a few. But whenever somebody says "Game Boy Color", the subject is Pokémon. Add Game Boy-compatible games with Game Boy Color enhancements, and the list only grows. So, what's up? Where's the Game Boy Color love? At least it's not forgotten as much as the Game Boy Micro. Which makes me realize I really wish I had a Game Boy Micro, because who the heck has one?

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Yeah. And people are buying it. Either you're joking or I should be facepalming right now.

*Warning: I swear a lot.* Some time ago, The War Z was released. Many people preordered this game solely on hype, and were burned when it turned out the developers were a bunch of scumbag scam artists, outright stealing many peoples' money, releasing a broken mess of a game with conspicuously-functional "micro"transactions, and silencing people who spoke out about them. Valve took action and took the game off the Steam store until the developers made some changes. People were rightfully pissed and the game's infamy after the fact helped keep people from buying the game. And now, it's not only the Steam daily deal, but it's at the top spot on the "Top Sellers" tab. I mean, pardon my French, but this is, as The Nerd would put it, a shitload of fuck. Why are people buying this game? Why are people supporting these scam artists? For fuck's sake, they should be paying you to take the damn game, not charging for it! I get that infamous games see a lot of sales because of morbid curiosity (Look at Bad Rats: The Rats Revenge) but there's got to be a line. Even if people are buying it as gag gifts or out of morbid curiosity, the scumbags who made the game are getting money. The people who are buying this atrocity are supporting a group of individuals who have no problem lying to their customers, insulting their customers, scamming their customers, and giving a shitty product to their customers. And that's just wrong. I mean, if you want a zombie game, don't buy War Z. Instead, go buy Left 4 Dead 2. Sure, Valve aren't saints themselves, though they're certainly a hell of a lot better than Hammerpoint Interactive, the developers of War Z. People piss me off sometimes.

Team Fortress 2's economy is fueled by greed. That cannot be denied. The price charts people use aren't neutral, and prices go up on items those who inflate the prices of are hoarding to sell. The only way it could be fixed would be direct intervention by Valve, by means of an officially-regulated price chart. When one does TF2 trading, they should take this advice: Get the items you want, and get out before you get caught up in the mess.

Meh, I guess it's settled than. GAMESLAYR gets to live, but I'll time when I post the entries so I don't feel guilty.