I’m sure no one is coming here for my opinion on the Video Games Industry, but there’s a little bit of a hubub that went on over the last week or two at Penny Arcade. Basically, one of the proprietors of that fine site said that video game review sites were corrupt, slaves to the almighty videogame ad dollar.<\/p>\n
Part One: http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/2007\/11\/14<\/a> – Second Post Also, video game reviewers are in themselves broken, terrible gamers because they play games the wrong way, to complete and rate them, and not to enjoy them.<\/p>\n Now I’m not saying I agree with the Penny Arcade fellas or anything, but I got to play the game that kicked off the whole to-do, Assassin’s Creed<\/em>. All I did for 30 minutes was run around an giant, immaculately-rendered version of Jerusalem in the middle ages, stabbing people to death. It was beautiful and satisfying and complex, and man, I sure did like killing people.<\/p>\n So, yeah. The Penny Arcade guys are totally right. But the point is, it’s nice to know that reviewing is corrupt in every industry! I just wish there was more money in comics to justify the kow-towing to Marvel and DC.<\/p>\n – Christopher<\/p>\n P.S.: The Penny Arcade guys are raising money again for Children’s Hospitals across North America. Check out ChildsPlayCharity.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m sure no one is coming here for my opinion on the Video Games Industry, but there’s a little bit of a hubub that went on over the last week or two at Penny Arcade. Basically, one of the proprietors of that fine site said that video game review sites were corrupt, slaves to the … <\/p>\n
\nPart Two: http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/2007\/11\/26<\/a> – Second Post
\nPart Three: http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/comic\/2007\/11\/28<\/a>
\nPart Four: http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/2007\/11\/28<\/a>
\nPart Five: http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/comic\/2007\/11\/29<\/a>
\nPart Six: http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/2007\/11\/30<\/a><\/p>\n