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Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:05 pm Reply and quote this post
Have you ever heard of the 'Sony Wii'before? We haven't, but The Times newspaper has - it mentioned it in anopinion piece about GTA this weekend.

While the paper shruggedoff the usual 'GTA IV will ruin society' view that mainstream mediatakes with Rockstar's series, it's ironic that it should throw out anypotentially-earned respect from the hardcore gaming crowd by making upit's own gaming format.

Discussing how absorbing recent games, including GTA IV, can be, the piece says: "The latest games designed for the Sony Wii console can even force players to break sweat."


It's not exactly a simple typo. It'salmost as if the PS2 era, when 'PlayStation' was synonymous in themainstream world with the term 'videogame', has spilled over into thepresent, when Wii is the only console these non-gamer types have heardof.

At least they appreciate the game:"The result of three years' work by 150 developers, it will draw tensof millions of users into an urban dystopia modelled closely on NewYork and realised in such staggering detail that the protagonist canrelax between sessions spent prowling the city's virtual streets."

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Fri May 02, 2008 6:34 pm Reply and quote this post
Although I'm against hardcore gaming, I do love gaming. But seriously? If you're going to make hardcore gamers look bad, do it right. I expect more from these "prestigious" people.
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