Comments on Bannable Offenses: 7 Deadly Sins of Gaming - Sin 6

To quote the COO of my company who shits rainbows ...

2009-09-07T20:25:28.978-07:00

To quote the COO of my company who shits rainbows and farts sunshine...

" In this time of 'unprecidented financial challenge', (you know you got a winner when the use the words unprecidented and challenge 27 times in a company town hall meeting) we all need to make sacrifices to meet the bottom line."

This was when asked if our medical coverage was going to be one of the cut backs we would be receiving along with salary decreases, salary and promotion freezes, and losing overtime pay.

Its all about the bottom line...especially in this abortion of a world.

It's weird. Back in the day, Nintendo would r...

2009-09-07T11:44:18.156-07:00

It's weird. Back in the day, Nintendo would restrict the amount of games that developers could release, just so they wouldn't get into a situation like Atari was, and being overwhelm by shitty games. Now, it seems they let anyone develop games for the Wii, and they're going right back into the same hole that Atari was buried in (and I'm not talking about the one in New Mexico).

You know what's a good sign that a game's ...

2009-09-07T00:59:22.308-07:00

You know what's a good sign that a game's going to suck? When a developer refuses to send game reviewing sources (like magazines or certain websites) an early copy so they can have a review out before a game comes out, or even on the same month. After all, the developers can't have these pesky reviewers ruining their get-rich-quick scheme, now can they?

"And when they fired that guy, someone may ha...

2009-09-07T00:19:50.350-07:00

"And when they fired that guy, someone may have pointed out that they'd make more money if they made better games."

In most game companies you can either A) have a positive attitude and not get fired or..
B) Not have a positive attitude and get fired.

Not having a positive attitude entails mentioning that the game you are currently working on is a cancerous, festering pile of shite built around the sole concept of leaching as much money as possible from the end consumer.

A positive attitude entails the ability to smile and tell them that yes, the idea that Mr Lanerty just came up with, of putting 'cute mushrooms' into games and charging users real money to unlearn their skill points, is a great one.

People with positive attitudes are becoming the majority in the industry, mainly because people like not being fired.

"If that person: d) dies Then you don't...

2009-09-06T23:15:22.815-07:00

"If that person:

d) dies

Then you don't release that game."

What if the game is so good the tester dies from lack of food and sleep

Here goes a shovelware comment: first!

2009-09-06T22:07:15.784-07:00

Here goes a shovelware comment: first!