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EA brings Games For Dummies to the DS
Jim Sterling08.07.08 - 2:48 PM 16 comments

EA brings Games For Dummies to the DS screenshot

Electronic Arts will be bringing a game based on the popular For Dummies self-help books to the Nintendo DS. Poker For Dummies is the first in a series and is already on PC, but the first DS venture will be ... amazingly ... Travel Games For Dummies

If you're so utterly stupid that you need a tutorial to learn how to use a frigging crossword, you shouldn't have been able to master breathing in and out, but nevertheless, Travel Games For Dummies will provide such a tutorial, as well as lessons in Sudoku and Solitaire, a game I learned the basics of when I was six years old. 

"For Dummies offers an entirely fresh take on the world's most popular games," said Robert Nashak, VP of EA Casual Studios. "By teaming up with the most recognized name in the area of self-improvement, we can provide not only fun games, but also everything it takes to learn and master them."

I wish I was dead.



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Latest comment by GohanGVO |view all 16 comments
EA wants Ubisoft's 'Petzzzzzzzzzz' money....



edeo's Avatar
edeo at 08/07/2008 14:51

I am personally and morally disgusted.
Drakonikarma's Avatar
Drakonikarma at 08/07/2008 14:55

Ban this sick filth?...
Rifter01's Avatar
Rifter01 at 08/07/2008 15:00

OMFGWTFBBQ?
ParaParaKing's Avatar
ParaParaKing at 08/07/2008 15:07

Didn't they said yesterday, they weren't going to release crap anymore? Now that promise didn't hold for very long.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 08/07/2008 15:08

Ban this sick filth
Rainbowblack's Avatar
Rainbowblack at 08/07/2008 15:08

I want to pesonally smack the daylights out of anyone who buys this

Its not as if a sudoko game wouldn't come with a tutorial anyhows
CrudeDarkness's Avatar
CrudeDarkness at 08/07/2008 15:10

iphone for dummies. No really, just google it.
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar
Mista Smegheneghan at 08/07/2008 15:50

down with this sort of thing?
Blind assassin's Avatar
Blind assassin at 08/07/2008 15:53

What the fuck happened to the announcement that EA was dedicated to quality? They issue an entire press release about how great they're going to be and then they release something that's not even fit to be called shovelware.
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atastysammich at 08/07/2008 17:22

B-but Clubhouse Games already has an option to spell each step of a given game out for you!

HOW MUCH TIGHTER CAN THEY EXPECT TO HOLD YOUR HAND?
Raidensolid's Avatar
Raidensolid at 08/07/2008 17:24

Dummies eh? I remember teaching people about Crash-testing for Dummies. We all know how that turned out.
Crumpet Lips's Avatar
Crumpet Lips at 08/07/2008 20:02

Trust EA to pump out this shite the day after they say they are going to make worthwhile games
mikeyed's Avatar
mikeyed at 08/07/2008 20:05

New EA title: "Operating your DS for Dummies." Fuck yeah!
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 08/07/2008 20:52

At first I read "frigging crossword" as "fingering crossword." Just so you know.
ace of knaves's Avatar
ace of knaves at 08/08/2008 15:52

Brain Training for Dummies, anyone?
GohanGVO's Avatar
GohanGVO at 08/09/2008 23:31

EA wants Ubisoft's 'Petzzzzzzzzzz' money.

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