Saturday, August 15, 2009

The problem with bunching games in the holiday season

With the Holiday gaming season coming up, game developers are scrambling to put out something for the christmas season however there is a problem with this system.
Is it just annoying that most good games come out around the holidays or late fall? Because of this, you can't get all the good games that come out. I mean look at what we got last year.

Fallout 3
L4D
Call of Duty World at War
Resistance 2
World of Warcraft wrath of lich king
Fable 2

And that is not as bad as what we have for this years holiday season.

Assassins Creed 2
Modern Warfare 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2
Mass Effect 2
Lost Planet 2 (notice all the 2s)
Halo 3 ODST (which is gona be flipping AMAZING!)
Borderlands

Personally, I don't think my budget can fit 8 Games in one holiday season. Personally, I think people would be more inclined if you released a game in the spring or summer time because, the amount of competition will be low, and when people are looking for new games to play, they'll choose this one because it is the only good one for the time

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Evony Controversy

Okay, So I'm sure you seen it on at least every website you have been too. All of them, being a controversial ad for an online game called Evony.

And let me show you. You probably seen some of these ads somewhere.
Picture 1

Okay, Nothing wrong with this. No controversy. However, For the makers of Evony, this advertising campaign did not work as good as they hoped. So, Lets see what they turned it into.
Picture 2

Guess what, there was 5 times as more clicks on it than the original. Honestly though, This is not bad. Its actually a good ad in my point of view. I've definitely seen worse ads. Such as Fiesta and Adventure quest.

(actually to tell you the truth, the picture of the girl was stolen from a picture on the internet store so there may even be lawsuits flying around, (for more info, just google it) )

So, Next picture.... begins to get questionable
Picture 3

and i'll explain in a sec.
Picture 4
Picture 5

Yes, I played this game, which actually a very good game. But these advertisements has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with building cities and attacking other people. Yes, I played this game until I pretty much did everything, and got boring so I know what Im talking about. THERE IS NO HOT QUEEN TO SAVE!!!



Okay, so you might be thinking until now, what is soooo bad These advertisements aren't that bad. and aren't worth a controversy
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The final straw

No, its not photoshop, its not a joke. Its a REAL advertisement they have used.


You be the judge. I say we should ban this spam. Its misleading advertising.

Other pictures


There are other controversies surrounding this game. Such as clicking the ads will give you a Trojan, which has been traced many times to the ad. And also the fact that the game sometimes steals money from your account. But for now, enjoy the pics cause when the lawsuits come, they are gonna be gone