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Title: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 10, 2014, 10:39:31 AM
Also, I have ticked the box for allowing people to change their vote in the event that more garbage gets added to this pointless poll.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 10, 2014, 10:42:40 AM
Mass Effect 3 was 2012.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: archnemesis on January 10, 2014, 10:45:34 AM
I only voted for four options so you should add Android-based microconsoles as a choice.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 10, 2014, 10:52:27 AM
"Gaming media and their absurd deification of BioShock Infinite and TLoU" needs to be added, dog
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 10, 2014, 11:20:38 AM
Mass Effect 3 was 2012.

 :badass
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: magus on January 10, 2014, 11:34:07 AM
indie games and kickstarter aren't on this,this pool is biased

"Gaming media and their absurd deification of BioShock Infinite and TLoU" needs to be added, dog

can we expand this to "the deification of any game with focus on narrative and/or some sort of tear jerker moment"
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 10, 2014, 11:35:22 AM
I played a videogame once, it was awful.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 10, 2014, 11:54:42 AM
Voted WiiU, console industry not crashing, BioShock Infinite/TLoU fegs, and NEOgaf of course
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: radioheadrule83 on January 10, 2014, 11:58:31 AM
More people voted Wii U than actually own one on this board I think

I voted Gearbox, No HL3, IAP, the Console Industry not crashing (but really I mean AAA), and Neogaf

I would probably replace No HL3 with one of these two if I could change my vote:

Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 10, 2014, 12:03:15 PM
I ticked the box that should have allowed people to change their vote, but apparently that feature doesn't work. Oh well, I'll just reset the poll later anyway.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 10, 2014, 12:06:02 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61RvW4VSyHL._SL500_300_.jpg)

I knew it was going to be bad, but holy crap it's worse than I could have possibly imagined.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Shaka Khan on January 10, 2014, 12:06:32 PM
How about Microsoft's fuckups, EA's fuckups, Japan's fuckups, and Sony's steam machine?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Your Stalker on January 10, 2014, 12:07:27 PM
me3 came out in 2012
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 10, 2014, 12:08:49 PM
me3 came out in 2012

Overblown entitlement-rage knows no bounds.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Rufus on January 10, 2014, 12:13:57 PM
I would add Steam early access hoopla from the side of the press. Yes, it could be better communicated, yes, there is potential for abuse, but they forget that it can change a game for the better as well. You don't even get that with Kickstarter. It's a storm in a teacup, but it's one of the few things that successfully filtered through my caring algorithms.

My choices:
- David Cage, for hammering home yet again that the wrong people get big budgets
- Polls that have things from the wrong year, in lieu of everything that's missing (BF4 limped onto shelves in 2013, Xbox 180(s), whatever else I'm forgetting...)
- Binfinite and Last of Us. Less so LoU, becuase it seems to be telling its story smartly from everything I've heard.
- OUYA, because of course
- HL3, because I want to know what happens :fbm
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 10, 2014, 12:15:54 PM
I loved The Last of Us, but good lord people, it's not a life-changing experience. If that changes your life, your life sucks.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: cool breeze on January 10, 2014, 12:27:16 PM
- X Rebirth
- next gen
- wii u

Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 10, 2014, 12:36:19 PM
Poll reset. :jawalrus
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: headwalk on January 10, 2014, 01:23:37 PM
#1 sony releasing a buggy, mediocre spec device with a shitshow of a library, gutted features and paid online and still getting internet-wide fellatio due to being better than the binary alternative.

#2 those bit-coin fuckers driving GPU prices up just as they were getting sweet again/20nm no show.

#3 big anticipated PC games coming out as either just disappointing (company of heroes 2) or super wack (rome 2, x: stillbirth, sim city).

and just for 2014:

#1 people suddenly being excited about the garbage experience which is cloud streaming.

#2 valve's steam machine coming out party at CES being the wettest fart since neptune bought a butt-plug.

#3 the amount of time i spent making this list.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 10, 2014, 01:25:20 PM
The BioShock Infinite/TLoU hate warms whatever is where my heart should be
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 10, 2014, 01:31:24 PM
The BioShock Infinite/TLoU hate warms whatever is where my heart should be

I don't hate TLoU, I just hate the response to it. Kinda like Christopher Nolan films. They're good, but not the greatest thing ever.

Never played Infinite, so I can't speak for it.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Yulwei on January 10, 2014, 01:33:22 PM
kinect is shit
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Shaka Khan on January 10, 2014, 01:40:37 PM
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#2 those bit-coin fuckers driving GPU prices up just as they were getting sweet again/20nm no show.

I must have missed this. Context please.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Shaka Khan on January 10, 2014, 01:53:59 PM
Bitcoin mining? Shit... I've been living under a rock.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 10, 2014, 02:05:47 PM
Bitcoin mining needz gpus, more nubs buying gpus en masse means...

Wouldn't they make more money actually getting a job?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 10, 2014, 02:10:48 PM
Bitcoin mining? Shit... I've been living under a rock.

Have you asked your myspace friends about it, grandpa?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 10, 2014, 02:15:26 PM
Bitcoin mining needz gpus, more nubs buying gpus en masse means...

Wouldn't they make more money actually getting a job?

You could easily mine bitcoins and still have a regular job.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Shaka Khan on January 10, 2014, 02:25:35 PM
Bitcoin mining? Shit... I've been living under a rock.

Have you asked your myspace friends about it, grandpa?

I have to admit that I've been intentionally scrolling past every bitcoin story I come across recently while shouting "NERRRRRDS!"
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 10, 2014, 03:27:16 PM
If I was to pick one worst of 2013 for me it was critics rushing to praise any and every indie game as the best thing since sliced bread and see who can out hip each other. It continues to amaze me how people stop suddenly being critical of games when they are playing the 7th roguelike of the month or art pieces like The Stanley Parable (which is a fine enough thing for what it is but c'mon) suddenly are considered the best games of the year.   
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: benjipwns on January 10, 2014, 03:37:08 PM
I loved The Last of Us, but good lord people, it's not a life-changing experience. If that changes your life, your life sucks.
Look at this chump thinking you can just pet giraffes whenever.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Himu on January 10, 2014, 03:40:40 PM
If I was to pick one worst of 2013 for me it was critics rushing to praise any and every indie game as the best thing since sliced bread and see who can out hip each other. It continues to amaze me how people stop suddenly being critical of games when they are playing the 7th roguelike of the month or art pieces like The Stanley Parable (which is a fine enough thing for what it is but c'mon) suddenly are considered the best games of the year.

Because Spelunky > whatever shooter came out that year

Guacamelee is great too.

Just like indie games more and appeal to my tastes than some bloated game. It's a feat I liked GTAV so much.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Rufus on January 10, 2014, 03:41:29 PM
Litecoin is the crypto-currency responsible for the recent shortages. The more coins that are already mined (there's a finite amount), the harder it becomes to mine more. Bitcoin are at a point where people designed and sell ASICs made specifically to mine them. It's bananas.
Litecoin is still at the stage where GPUs can make you money, hence the run on them.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 10, 2014, 03:42:17 PM
Everybody knows that dogecoin is the best.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: bork on January 10, 2014, 03:42:45 PM
I'd say the GCW-Zero, but that can be classified under "Kickstarter."  The horrible d-pad is enough for it get "shit" status, but worse than that is the way distribution of the handheld was handled- there are still some people without these things.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 10, 2014, 03:56:20 PM
Stanley Parable was amazing.

It's a nice enough. Fun enough. Little meta commentary on games. I spent an enjoyable couple of hours with it on a lazy afternoon before I got bored.  And that's fine.

"Amazing" would be nowhere near my vocabulary in describing it but different strokes. 

Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on January 10, 2014, 03:59:29 PM
1) Games journalism - Whether it's clickbait controversy they generated for no reason, whether it is desperate attempts to legitimize their hobby (and thus, their life choices) by talking about how deep storylines in video games are, gaming journalism hit a new low this year, much lower than the previous shit record of games journalism in 2012.  It seems that as gaming journalism is the least useful, you see more annoying attempts to try to claw their way into maintaining relevancy.  This new generation with streaming and uploading videos are going to strangle the industry further.  That means better get used to more hyperbole, more outrage, and more indie game dick sucking for 2014.

2) Wii U - Nintendo completely pissed away their year head start.  PS4 will pass its LTD in January and the Bone will pass the LTD either in February or March.  It is almost impressive to see how badly they fucked up.  Mario 3D World is good but this was the launch game people wanted, not NSMBU, which badly needed a break, or Nintendoland, which is shit.

3) Xbox One - While Microsoft backtracked on most of it, the Xbox One development was one clusterfuck after another; the end result is a system that costs $100 more than the PS4 with weaker specs.  I believe Microsoft will drop the Bone to $399 in a couple of months.  The whole thing sounds like it is worthy of a book to be written.  Maybe get Dean Takahashi to write it or something.

4) Nintendo - Yep, they're up here a second time.  Nintendo's tone deafness is really costing them.  However, this isn't anything new as notoriously ninspergy writer Emily Rogers wrote about the Gamecube that shows that Nintendo's incompetency in 2013 isn't anything new: http://www.dromble.com/2014/01/07/dolphin-tale-story-of-gamecube/

5) Ouya - A byproduct of indie cocksucking and Kickstarter cocksucking.  The CEO, Julie Uhrman, comes off as the sleaziest, shadiest used car salesman around.  The controller sucks, not all Kickstarter backers have yet to receive their Ouya (not that they'd want it now), and seems patched together with duct tape.  The open universe ya (no shit, that is the name breakdown) is surprisingly closed and Ouya was never able to articulate just why indie developers should develop for it.  News reports come out about how 70% of owners never actually buy a game on it.  I feel sorry for the $8 million in Kickstarter money + $16 million in venture capital that was pissed away on this joke.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 10, 2014, 04:02:52 PM
If I was to pick one worst of 2013 for me it was critics rushing to praise any and every indie game as the best thing since sliced bread and see who can out hip each other. It continues to amaze me how people stop suddenly being critical of games when they are playing the 7th roguelike of the month or art pieces like The Stanley Parable (which is a fine enough thing for what it is but c'mon) suddenly are considered the best games of the year.

Nah. Most of those indie darlings were actually the best games of the year. The majority of big budget games were not.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: bork on January 10, 2014, 04:17:16 PM
Stanley Parable was amazing.

Some of the lamest shit of the year (I guess this falls under NeoGAF) was that  hilarious backlash and back and forth on message boards and feminist bloggers getting furious about people questioning the way games portray women; Dragons Crown, Bravely Default, Dota 2, etc etc etc. Just  ::) . Censorship debates, 'ephebophiles' furious about their waifus being censored, just a fucking mess.

I did like seeing all the conspiracy theories and freak-outs pop up about Anita Sarkeesian.   :lol

Although some of them did hold some water- she used footage from other people's videos and then there was this supposed "scandal:"  (http://www.gamesreviews.com/news/08/internet-sleuth-cyberstalks-anita-sarkeesian-comes-up-with-scandal/)

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More important is her own attempts at making quick money through telemarketing and her link to Jonathan Mcintosh (her boyfriend), who Anongamer implies may be the one really pulling the strings on the Tropes Vs Women videos for his own personal gain.

There is a video this guy found of her at one of these marketing seminars, too.  But the whole thing is ridiculous and stalker-ish.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 10, 2014, 04:19:31 PM
Real talk, though: I only play awesome games and I don't read any "game journalism", so I don't have anything to vote on.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Purple Filth on January 10, 2014, 04:20:19 PM
The BioShock Infinite/TLoU hate warms whatever is where my heart should be

the hate is more towards the crazy fans though since they are fucking insufferable


Real talk, though: I only play awesome games and I don't read any "game journalism", so I don't have anything to vote on.

Same.

The only site I go to for game stuff is Giant Bomb and its more of them doing dumb ass shit than the "journalism" aspect.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: demi on January 10, 2014, 04:22:45 PM
You can vote for me, Joe.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: bork on January 10, 2014, 04:25:44 PM
What about the Youtube video-flagging debacle?

Real talk, though: I only play awesome games and I don't read any "game journalism", so I don't have anything to vote on.

So then your selection would be "NeoGAF."   :P
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 10, 2014, 04:36:08 PM
I still haven't played Spelunky and Guacamelee yet, but Rogue Legacy is better than BI or TLoU.

Then again, so is PAD...
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 10, 2014, 04:56:55 PM
Real talk, though: I only play awesome games and I don't read any "game journalism", so I don't have anything to vote on.

Same.

Same here. Gematsu is the only gaming site I regularly visit.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: benjipwns on January 10, 2014, 05:28:22 PM
Real talk, though: I only play awesome games and I don't read any "game journalism", so I don't have anything to vote on.
Too bad you put that in quotes, otherwise I could have said "neither does anyone else" and gotten all sorts of internet accolades.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 10, 2014, 05:45:09 PM
where are gone home and the last of us on this list
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: pilonv1 on January 10, 2014, 05:57:20 PM
where are gone home and the last of us on this list

Last of Us is on this list old man
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 10, 2014, 06:05:08 PM
where are gone home and the last of us on this list

I'm sure Kickstarter is somehow responsible.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Huff on January 10, 2014, 09:40:07 PM
hating something you like because other people liked them is very hip of you
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Positive Touch on January 10, 2014, 11:57:15 PM
poll needs to be edited to include battlefield 4 being the worst product released to market since derek smart first helmed a game
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 11, 2014, 02:18:59 AM
I loved Bioshock Infinite, and I really liked The Last Of Us. Well, I did when I played them. Now I can't help but hate them due how distinguished mentally-challenged the gaming fanbase has become when either of them are mentioned. While BI was the most annoying one when it first came out, Last Of Us is the most annoying one by far now. It peaked with Joel Banderas, the fucking glee that showed up with that reveal where no new game was announced boggled me. It's a videogame you've already played, not a new game reveal. And it was showed off parodying an overused meme which you'd think would have these nerdlingers crying about how it doesn't fit the "emotion" of the game. This sort of shit makes me not want to touch either game ever again, despite enjoying them.

(http://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/tg/image/1364/10/1364104958130.jpg)
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Huff on January 11, 2014, 02:05:36 PM
hating something you like because other people liked them is very hip of you

Nah it's stupid, I'm one of those guys who would like for the hype to die down to go back to it again.

Basically, I'm a taco.

whats your opinion on PBR
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 11, 2014, 02:18:14 PM

I loved Bioshock Infinite, and I really liked The Last Of Us. Well, I did when I played them. Now I can't help but hate them due how distinguished mentally-challenged the gaming fanbase has become when either of them are mentioned. While BI was the most annoying one when it first came out, Last Of Us is the most annoying one by far now. It peaked with Joel Banderas, the fucking glee that showed up with that reveal where no new game was announced boggled me. It's a videogame you've already played, not a new game reveal. And it was showed off parodying an overused meme which you'd think would have these nerdlingers crying about how it doesn't fit the "emotion" of the game. This sort of shit makes me not want to touch either game ever again, despite enjoying them.

smh. letting people effect your opinion on things. who the f cares?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Yulwei on January 11, 2014, 02:45:23 PM
let the hate flow THROUGH you!
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 11, 2014, 04:54:37 PM
Professional Bull Riding?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 11, 2014, 04:59:00 PM
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 11, 2014, 05:03:23 PM
We've got two ties currently:

Wii U is tied for first with People acting like Bioshock Infinite and TLOU are life-changing experiences, and IAP is tied with NeoGAF for second. Next gen is a close third.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 11, 2014, 08:58:38 PM
I see Rumbler playing Godus on steam so I think he is trying to get an early jump on worst of 2014.

 :jawalrus
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on January 11, 2014, 09:15:22 PM
Where is windows 8.1?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 11, 2014, 09:35:36 PM
I see Rumbler playing Godus on steam so I think he is trying to get an early jump on worst of 2014.

 :jawalrus

It's actually gotten a lot better from how it looked originally. :jawalrus
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 11, 2014, 09:37:35 PM
Two words.

Peter Molyneux

spoiler (click to show/hide)
I'm just teasing. I have no idea how the game is. I mean it looked crappy early on but who knows how it will end up.
[close]
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 11, 2014, 09:57:35 PM
It's not bad, a little slow to start but it starts to pick up after about an hour or so. There's is a TON of clicking required, though, fast and repetitive clicking, such that playing for two hours actually started to make my wrist hurt a little bit. And a lot of it really shouldn't even be required. Oh well.

And I only spent about $8 on it, since I had some card money saved up.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: thisismyusername on January 11, 2014, 11:04:27 PM
2D Pixel games when really it should be indie games in general. Journalists and indie fans hype them up as the second coming when they're all mostly clones.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Himu on January 12, 2014, 12:21:41 AM
2D Pixel games when really it should be indie games in general. Journalists and indie fans hype them up as the second coming when they're all mostly clones.

The alternative are copy pasta shooters and games trying to gun for dat Uncharted/GTA money.

Why is this a bad thing? Also, you'd be dead pressed to say Rogue Legacy, Guacamelee, Papers Please, Spelunky HD, Gone Home, and others look the same. In fact, it makes anyone arguing that indies are all the same look silly.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Yulwei on January 12, 2014, 12:44:03 AM
Rogue Legacy was just shit
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Positive Touch on January 12, 2014, 12:47:40 AM
indie games continue to get better but i hate the way theyre posed as "saviors" instead of just good games or whatever
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 12, 2014, 12:58:12 AM
Indie games are fine. They are good things. There have always been indie games. The great games of the past that I grew up on were almost all "indie" games in a sense of very small groups of people making labours of love. What I object to is the over-worship. The lack of critical review of them. And the indulgent culture that some of the worst of the designers and the worst of the critics have created. Indie games are still "games". They are not above games the way some people present them. Same as any other with the same flaws, the same weaknesses, etc. What I've noticed is that if you criticize some big Triple A titles you get lots of pats on the back as if you are sticking it to the man. If you criticize the latest indie sensation, you'll get the pitchforks instead. All people have done is replace one over-idealized group of games with another. There should be just as much disagreement about what constitutes a great AAA game as an indie game but I'm not currently seeing it.

I just think everybody needs to back it up about 10 steps with the indie fever that seems to be prevalent. It reminds me of how when Nirvana hit everybody became an insufferable alternative music snob for about 5 or 6 years. Which is not to say there is/was anything wrong with Alternative music or indie games in and of themselves. It was how people over-did the whole thing. Let's just calm it down a tad.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 12, 2014, 12:58:14 AM
Rogue Legacy was just shit

:gurl

indie games continue to get better but i hate the way theyre posed as "saviors" instead of just good games or whatever

Yeah, I can absolutely agree with that. It again goes back to gaming media... these game devs spend their time fluffing the media, making them feel important and validated, and the results are sloppy public blow jobs for games that are good at what they do and fun and shit but aren't reinventing the wheel. And that's the BEST case scenario... then you have shit like Gone Home and the Stanley Parable which are just TALKY TALKY LET ME TALKY AT YOU non-games (suck it, esch, I'm ashamed of you) that get praised as "next level gaming" or some shit. If I have to choose between that horseshit and BioShock Infinite, I'll take BioShock Infinite, because fuck you pretentious ass spergfucks.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Himu on January 12, 2014, 01:24:20 AM
Indie games are best treated as ALTERNATIVES rather than saviors.

Indie games are fine. They are good things. There have always been indie games. The great games of the past that I grew up on were almost all "indie" games in a sense of very small groups of people making labours of love. What I object to is the over-worship. The lack of critical review of them. And the indulgent culture that some of the worst of the designers and the worst of the critics have created. Indie games are still "games". They are not above games the way some people present them. Same as any other with the same flaws, the same weaknesses, etc. What I've noticed is that if you criticize some big Triple A titles you get lots of pats on the back as if you are sticking it to the man. If you criticize the latest indie sensation, you'll get the pitchforks instead. All people have done is replace one over-idealized group of games with another. There should be just as much disagreement about what constitutes a great AAA game as an indie game but I'm not currently seeing it.

I just think everybody needs to back it up about 10 steps with the indie fever that seems to be prevalent. It reminds me of how when Nirvana hit everybody became an insufferable alternative music snob for about 5 or 6 years. Which is not to say there is/was anything wrong with Alternative music or indie games in and of themselves. It was how people over-did the whole thing. Let's just calm it down a tad.

if your problem is indie game fans, then just play the games and ignore the fans. I don't like Nintendo fans and I like their portable hardware and software. The two aren't the same things.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 12, 2014, 01:27:00 AM
Not by everybody.

I mean, ultimately, it's whatever. People like what people like. I just think there should be a more active difference drawn between what I'd call "actual games" and "interactive entertainment" along the lines of Gone Home, Stanley Parable, and the Tell Tale Games stuff.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Himu on January 12, 2014, 01:29:51 AM
who gives a shit
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 12, 2014, 01:31:09 AM
if your problem is indie game fans, then just play the games and ignore the fans. I don't like Nintendo fans and I like their portable hardware and software. The two aren't the same things.

I also have a problem with some of the games. I think many of them are over-hyped, over-praised pieces of fluff. Which is not to say they are awful or bad things. I don't like to get into that though because like I said some people get really mad when you criticize their favorite indie game in a way they never would if you were to criticize say Tomb Raider.

Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Himu on January 12, 2014, 01:53:40 AM
Esch. Get your brown ass on steam so I can bitch to you that Dr. Pulaski shits on Dr Crusher.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Positive Touch on January 12, 2014, 02:46:38 AM
so since we're all shitting on games journalism (deservedly so), does anyone got any GOOD sites/blogs/tumblrs/whatever that they can recommend? I miss reading over-indulgent game musings and would like that back in my life
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 12, 2014, 03:13:47 AM
Journalism regarding games is so bad there is no place I go anymore. I just find it useless. At most I might go to a game thread on here or neogaf or reddit and see what people are saying. Sometimes they might link an article or a youtube video that I find interesting but I never go out of my way searching for that stuff anymore because 90% of it is so bad. I don't even really follow Giant Bomb anymore which was the last vestige of me visiting a gaming website. Something about when Ryan Davis died, sort of took the charm and whimsy of the site away from me. I just feel like everybody nowadays has such individualized taste (the general public I mean)  that those sort of websites and such serve no purpose. Not to mention I feel like I can predict what they will say about something 99% of the time just based on what it is. Very few insightful unique interesting opinions anymore.

For what its worth I tend to watch this guy's videos. He satiates my increasingly rare appetite for game discussion wankery and navel gazing.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Campster?feature=watch

Not that I always agree with him but I do like his ability to go beyond just this game has a story therefore it must be GOTY!
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 12, 2014, 03:31:39 AM
I'd like to get a bit more granular with Wii U as the worst of 2013 and state that Miiverse is CLEARLY the worst thing about it
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Rahxephon91 on January 12, 2014, 04:00:11 AM
I guess the thing that's annoyed me the most this year the element of game fandom that seems to cry every time anyone makes a comment about females in games. Yes this is a hot topic issue and yes it has been talked about too much, but it isn't a bad thing to talk about and I'm glad it is. It's a growing medium and it should go through some growing pains. I like tna even, but sometimes it as a bit much and embarrassing.  Yet every time this comes up(especially with Japanese games) there is this segment that yells and shouts about how their stuff is being given all this flax and it's really only about how they fear people are going to take away their sexy video game girls. It really has nothing to do with sex, because these games don't really deal with sex. It's just been really annoying, the whole Dima thing with Mighty Number 9 being the perfect example.

So I voted for NeoGaf.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on January 12, 2014, 07:05:16 AM
The only game journalism thing I check out anymore is the Giant Bombcast.  Patrick Klepek leaving it really improved the podcast but it took a big hit when Ryan Davis died.  It's good but not like what is was.  Even Brad Shoemaker is starting to become tolerable now.

Giant Bomb is my favorite because it gives off the impression of some people who just like games and like playing them.  They're not a bunch of pseudointellectuals stroking their chins about the social impact of gaming and why we all need to suck off the creators of Gone Home or contrarians who write a bunch of stupid and shitty opinions for the sole purpose of generating buzz/pageviews.  All of that bullshit is transparent, good thing their target market is emotionally stunted enough to not see how obvious it is most of the time.

Thanks to Youtube and the advancements of the internet in general, developers/publishers have more avenues of reaching consumers without having to go through game journalists.  Thanks to streaming and uploading on new consoles, I can see game clips that gamers are uploading without hearing some stupid snarky opinion from some dipshit who makes elementary level grammatical mistakes.  Game journalism is almost entirely unnecessary now and I think they know it.  Also I can either read the thoughts of people here, who I generally trust, or wait until the game gets so cheap that I buy it myself and if I get burned on a purchase, at least I only spent a few dollars on it.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: tiesto on January 12, 2014, 12:03:38 PM
so since we're all shitting on games journalism (deservedly so), does anyone got any GOOD sites/blogs/tumblrs/whatever that they can recommend? I miss reading over-indulgent game musings and would like that back in my life

http://www.gamespite.net/ aka Toastyfrog's site. Nice ramblings on the level design of oldskool NES classics, and some discussion about modern games. Probably the only game journalist I 'follow' for lack of a better term.
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 12, 2014, 12:19:27 PM
so since we're all shitting on games journalism (deservedly so), does anyone got any GOOD sites/blogs/tumblrs/whatever that they can recommend? I miss reading over-indulgent game musings and would like that back in my life

http://www.thegia.com/
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: pickle on January 12, 2014, 06:39:54 PM
Can't I just tick all of them?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Your Stalker on January 12, 2014, 07:00:25 PM
so basically the worst thing about last year was people liking things i don't like
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Himu on January 12, 2014, 07:52:44 PM
YouTube vids have made game journalism irrelevant. Who cares when I can watch the first hour or two of a game and see if I want it?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Yulwei on January 13, 2014, 03:40:55 AM
so basically the worst thing about last year was people liking things i don't like

it's always that, isn't it?
Title: Re: Worst of 2013
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 13, 2014, 03:56:57 AM
YouTube vids have made game journalism irrelevant. Who cares when I can watch the first hour or two of a game and see if I want it?

Plus you get the added benefit of people yelling at the screen