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Reviewing big games don't matter to fan-boys, neither does getting laid.
Mabans | 12:57 PM on 09.24.2007 8 comments


Million of gamers everywhere are waiting anxiously, frothing at the mouth for HALO 3 tomorrow. I'm one of those players. I can't wait for HALO 3 but guess what, I won't be on line @ midnight for the stupid game. I won't be wearing a HALO 3: "Finish the fight" or "Believe" shirt to show off my accepting of the cool club. No, I will not proudly have my master chief helmet as the center piece of my coffee table. Maybe if I didn't see a comment demonstrating how truly big tools fan-boys are, I wouldn't be so inclined to discuss this with such venom. It's sad when I see people who get bent out of shape for 1 game getting a marginally better score. I mean really, is really THAT big a deal when a game gets 8.8 over HALO 3's 8.5? It's like these gamers need some sort of validation of their fanaticism in order to be excepted into some wild Master Chief cult.

I deal with the same kind of shit with Star Wars gangs. I am a HUGE Star Wars geeks but no one would know unless they knew to ask me. I'm just not sucked into the whole idea of getting all "nerdy" with my friends just because of a big release of a movie, game, book, etc.. It's stupid, it's a cry for attention of "I'm with the cool kids look at me!". It's a new social dynamic for those that weren't any good at sports and didn't get a letter men jackets to parade around high school in. I was a jock and it sucked. It's a stupid thing that is allowed to get out of control; which is made worse because of the Internet where you can selectively block, spam, invite, email, message and/or share shit people you like or do not like. There are no longer intelligent dialogues about differences of opinion but rather "You are stupid NUB!"s exchanged at every corner.

So as an idea to all reviewers, do your company, computer keyboard, Internet and fan boys a favor, don't bother reviewing games of this caliber anymore. If it's bad we won't believe you and hunt you down. If it's good we will get pissed at why it's not as good as cake. if it's good as cake why isn't it as good as our Holy Lord and savior Jesus. If it's as good as Jesus then why isn't better than... you get the idea. There is no amount of praise you can give a game because we will only look at the # score you have given a game and it's anything less than a 5*, perfect 10 or 100 will lose our fucking minds. God forbid that our game is slight lower in a numerical rating than another we have no idea about, cause we will start a war with that community who is more than likely teasing us for being better..

I can totally understand liking one thing over any other else. World of Warcraft is my preferred game of playing but to say that every other games sucks compared to it is stupid because there are other games to enjoy (Puzzle Quest for one 9.5 who need a value). HALO 3 is going to be great, for me. I don't need anyone else to tell me what I cook is good, my girlfriend is hot or this shirt I wear looks good on me. I already know. So HALO 3 is already going to be good for me based on my past experiences which have been good. I don't need a reviewer to tell me how good it's going to be when I already know. So don't bother reviewing games like HALO unless MC is holding a dog ass out shooting shit balls at the Convenient, the game play requires you to play with your feel and hit the buttons with your elbows. For you fan boys, just enjoy the stupid game and stop looking for a validation that somehow you made the right choice backing a game, book, console and/or movie series. Don't worry about it haters of all things unknown, you guys are just as bad wanting a bad review, I'll explore that mentality in a whole other post.

Lastly if you think that this somehow comes off that I'm somehow better than you, that's because I am. I'm too interested in getting laid to want to dress up as master chief and run around with friends. That's only for when I'm alone in my room staring at the reflection in the mirror crying about how far I've fallen.. Oh yeah fuck you, I loved Jar jar.



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Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2007 13:01
Bob Muir
A little sloppily written, but you have a good point. Even if Halo 3 gave you cancer, the public will still buy a copy. Twice. Maybe even three times. You can't stop the power of brands like Halo and Final Fantasy, no matter how much the game itself actually sucks.

I guess we should be glad that the games are generally good, even if they are overrated.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2007 13:18
BlindsideDork
Stop writing about Halo! You fail at life!
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2007 13:23
blehman
Third paragraph: your should be you're.

Ummm...and calm down dude. Seriously, you're going to blow the top of your freakin' head off with all this aggression.
Mabans's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2007 13:54
Mabans
Why thank you.. corrections made immediately.

I think it's more about how fan-boys are just plain dumb with HALO 3 as an example. I'm gonna re-read this garbage and see why you tools didn't somehow get that.. /headblowstop
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2007 13:59
MechaMonkey
Or we could just let people enjoy themselves. That's cool too.

If people are having a good time dressing up with their friends and going to launch night, why fault them for it? You're just trying too hard to fit in with the "cool crowd", as evidenced by your comments about these people not having as much sex as you. Just take a chill pill and let people have fun.
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2007 14:03
Cowzilla3
You make some good points about being a fanboy. I think the validation thing with reviews rings very true. If you put your life into something or a chunk of yoruself and others say it wasn't worth it well then you're going to be pissed.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2007 15:57
blehman
Oh I didn't read down far enough to get your point. Typos do that for me Mr."I'm better than you, crying in the mirror".

You do make a strong case for the "why do people review games in the first place" argument, but with your mind being set, it makes no sense to argue it in the first place.

Reviews are for people with no firsthand knowledge of the games that they want to go out and get. Fanboys froth at the mouth regardless of anything besides a perfect score, due to prior influence. So, meh.
Mabans's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2007 16:18
Mabans
Not reviewing games in general, just games like HALO.
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