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Help Games Help You

by Chris Remo, Nov 22, 2005 2:30pm PST
Related Topics – Activision, Games: PC

The Guardian Unlimited has a concise feature up requesting that readers "Do your bit for the games industry this Christmas." It's a list of five suggestions to perhaps take to heart when doing the old video game holiday shopping this year. We sometimes lament the lack of original material in the games industry, and one good way to deal with that is to vote with buying habits. The list contains pointers such as "Say no to film and TV tie-ins," "The second world war is over," and "Download an independent game."

Put a game on your list that isn't a sequel or tie-in. This will be tricky, especially if you decide your purchases by buying whatever takes up the most shelf space in Game. Try the hack-'em-up God of War, the adventure title Fahrenheit or PSP puzzler Lumines. Of the seasonal releases, consider Activision's cowboy romp Gun, showbiz sim The Movies, or Xbox 360 title Kameo: Elements of Power.
As is usually the case, especially during periods of high consumer spending, the industry has more than its share of sequels, licensed titles, and spin-offs, but there are quite a few more unique titles on the shelves at the moment, and many of them are supposedly pretty good! Perhaps if you know somebody who is shopping for a discerning gamer but may not be the most knowledgeable him or herself, a few tips are in order.


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    By: paganritual x
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    Fahrenheit is a dangerous game to recommend, because those FUCKING RETARDED 'simon says' sequences will take all of 30 seconds to negate the interest of most casual adventure game players. My girlfriend really got into that game, being a crime buff and all, and that first sequence in the office with the stupid bugs was way too hard for her to do, given that if you fail he is killed by his own imagination or something. At any rate, I did those for her, and then she played it for all of 15 minutes after that, I think to the next one, and gave up. So a rental with an intended purchase turned into a 'never mind'. I really have no idea why they could have possibly thought that was a good idea.
    Nov 22, 2005 5:44pm PST