Serious Business
By blog on Apr. 24, 2009.
This is going to be another of my rants… that’s just a forewarning.
What the heck is with those innumerable children’s DS and Wii games that end with the letter ‘Z’. When you walk into a gaming store, you are instantly bombarded with these games. Tons and tons of stupid animal games that are trying to eek out money from the uniformed. Nintendogs worked, sure it was a fun, innovative game, but Petz Dogz, Catz, Horsez, and Monkeyz House… What the hell is this crap? And who buys it!?
Why do these games keep being put out, over and over, and on multiple platforms!? They consistently receive poor scores, and yet, you know that people are buying them… I can’t stand it! I was talking to a friend who was going to buy a DS for their child last Christmas. They said they were considering buying a few different games with the DS, and proceeded to point out which ones in a catalog, and of course, one of the ones they pointed to was Catz. They have a little girl and thought the child would like the game.
I had to make a stand, right then and there. Someone had to stand up and be counted! Stand up and say ‘No! No more of these crappy gimmicky games!’ I am not the only one who feels strongly about these games, I saw them listed in a ‘five things to give someone you hate‘ Christmas list. That really says something about a series of games, does it not?
My friend did end up getting their child a DS, and a couple of games that actually got decent scores. I was glad to know that at least one child, one prospective gamer, would not be subjected to the sub-par gaming experience that is any game that ends with the letter ‘Z’!
I see gaming as serious business, in a way. And as I wrote last week, I see it as the next medium to enter the fine arts world, so I want to see it respected. Also please note, you have to say ’serious business’ in that awesome Japanese accent that the swordsmith from Kill Bill has.
Category: Technology