Above: My most-anticipated winter game, pretty much by default.During all the excitement of shoveling snow for three straight days last week, I plum forgot that my winter games preview was going up at thephoenix.com.
Weak slate this year, even as these things go, but it was a fun piece to write for precisely that reason. I have no special insight into any of the games that are coming out, and I'm tired of always giving everything the benefit of the doubt in previews, so instead I decided to go negative. Massively negative. Every entry explores the ways in which the games could fail, even for games I am legitimately looking forward to.
Looks like it worked, since the one commenter on the piece so far called me a massive tool. But I was hurt that he called what I do "mainstream videogame journalism." Only one of those words is accurate.
Happy new year, everyone!
These are actually very good previews, and I don't think you went way negative. You avoided snarkiness and pettiness, and just told us what to expect.
ReplyDeleteFrankly I'd like more previews like this.
Meeeeoooow! Guess you're not getting a review copy of Conduit 2, eh? ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm still angry about not getting a copy of the first one. I will not be ignored!
ReplyDeleteI do hope that Dead Space 2 Delivers.
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