14th July 2005, 3:44 PM
Here's my thing.
With some regularity, we'll get a press statement from one of the higher-ups within the Nintendo Corporate, giving us a jingoistic statement of lament on how great video games were when Nintendo ruled the world, how great life was when there were no FMVs or GTAs, how much more fun games were when controllers had fewer buttons than my car's keyless entry device, how people didn't want to think about complex stories, they just wanted some mindless fun.
It's like listening to a load of Luddite bullshit. Nintendo let the industry pass them by, and yet even now they stubbornly refuse to try and catch up. They are content with dropping a new Pokemon every six months, reminiscing about the good old days, and refusing to see the stupidity in thinking people would rather new peripherals instead of a first-class, top-grade machine.
With some regularity, we'll get a press statement from one of the higher-ups within the Nintendo Corporate, giving us a jingoistic statement of lament on how great video games were when Nintendo ruled the world, how great life was when there were no FMVs or GTAs, how much more fun games were when controllers had fewer buttons than my car's keyless entry device, how people didn't want to think about complex stories, they just wanted some mindless fun.
It's like listening to a load of Luddite bullshit. Nintendo let the industry pass them by, and yet even now they stubbornly refuse to try and catch up. They are content with dropping a new Pokemon every six months, reminiscing about the good old days, and refusing to see the stupidity in thinking people would rather new peripherals instead of a first-class, top-grade machine.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR