Doc
06-17-2007, 05:02 PM
Gamers brace themselves for "earth-shattering announcement" of Dig-Dug: Championship Edition.
It's no secret that I love my Xbox 360. But flagrant fanboyism has reached a fairly high degree of difficulty with the recent "Major Announcement" of Pac-Man: Championship Edition. Remember what happened to that young man who cried wolf? That's right. His ass got eaten like a power pellet when the wolf finally did show up.
First of all, on what planet is ANY XBLA game a major announcement? They're amusing, yes. Nostalgic... sure. But MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS? Not unless you're the type of person that enjoys spending Friday night with a cup of joe and a nice copy of Southern Living.
The new Pac-Man is impressive looking. It's more exciting than the old Pac-Man. The nonstop action and introduction of a timer is also pretty darned nifty. But when you tell a gamer that you have a MAJOR announcement that will go down in gaming history, you'd better be talking about something more along the lines of Xbox 720, PS4, Wii-Elite, or Halo 4.
From now on, I'm filing "Major Announcements" under "Somewhat Interesting". If Xbox wants my attention in the future they'll need to use stronger language. Maybe even the use of vernacular. As in "Stop the f***ing Press! This is f***ing huge!".
It's no secret that I love my Xbox 360. But flagrant fanboyism has reached a fairly high degree of difficulty with the recent "Major Announcement" of Pac-Man: Championship Edition. Remember what happened to that young man who cried wolf? That's right. His ass got eaten like a power pellet when the wolf finally did show up.
First of all, on what planet is ANY XBLA game a major announcement? They're amusing, yes. Nostalgic... sure. But MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS? Not unless you're the type of person that enjoys spending Friday night with a cup of joe and a nice copy of Southern Living.
The new Pac-Man is impressive looking. It's more exciting than the old Pac-Man. The nonstop action and introduction of a timer is also pretty darned nifty. But when you tell a gamer that you have a MAJOR announcement that will go down in gaming history, you'd better be talking about something more along the lines of Xbox 720, PS4, Wii-Elite, or Halo 4.
From now on, I'm filing "Major Announcements" under "Somewhat Interesting". If Xbox wants my attention in the future they'll need to use stronger language. Maybe even the use of vernacular. As in "Stop the f***ing Press! This is f***ing huge!".