Wall Street Journal shouldn't be writing about games
by benpack
"So you might remember my last blog , in which I posted a dumb article from CNN talking about upcoming games in 2011. There were some stupid moments, like comparing Portal 2 to Angry Birds, but the writer at least, in a way, knew what he was doing. Well I just came across this article on the Wall Street Journal Online. Here is the lead of the article. "No Mario Kart. No Beatles. No Halo. Here a...
"So you might remember my last blog, in which I posted a dumb article from CNN talking about upcoming games in 2011. There were some stupid moments, like comparing Portal 2 to Angry Birds, but the writer at least, in a way, knew what he was doing. Well I just came across this article on the Wall Street Journal Online. Here is the lead of the article.
"No Mario Kart. No Beatles. No Halo. Here are the titles that existed under the surface of the hype but still delivered hours of fresh action for gaming pro and rookie alike"
So I'm thinking, hey cool, they are going to cover some cool indie games like VVVVVV... I wonder what they picked. Well to summarize the article, here are their under the radar games of 2010.
1. Fallout: New Vegas
2. Dance Central
3. Mass Effect 2
4. Gran Turismo 5
5. Super Street Fighter IV
6. God of War 3
7. Goldeneye 007
8. Tiger Woods '11
9. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2
I literally can't think of any games that are more mainstream than some of these aside from the ones they directly mentioned in the blurb. Odds are anyone with even a small amount of video game awareness probably knows of at least two of these. As if the list itself isn't terrible, the blurbs for each game are horrible. Here are a few choice quotes.
" Sure the title (Force Unleashed 2) is available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation but the Wii is where it's at—flicking a Wiimote around like it's a lightsaber is the closest thing most of us will ever get to being a Jedi."
" Game play is refined and you're never alone—a world-wide network of Street Fighter fans means you can find a match anywhere you have a broadband connection."
" Not ME2 where the immersive plot takes more dramatic turns than an episode of "All My Children"
Seriously. This guy makes that guy from CNN look like a games journalism messiah.