“And with the wild success of the PlayStation and the calamitous failure of “multimedia”, the legend of Cybermania ’94: The Ultimate Gamer Awards only grows greater, with the cars at the back of the train finally reaching the crash in front of them.”
“Microsoft did not win E3.”
“If any of those decisions had transformed video games into the Silicon Valley Casino, I don’t think we would be talking about this. And when things were good, when things looked up, they weren’t.”
“Speaking against the ills of the used game market was going nowhere. From those failures, phase two would begin.”
“All of these public pleas from video game developers and executives, best described as “passive”, did little to stymie their enemy.”
“That’s correct: The history of North American used video games began long before companies said they had a problem with it.”
“So anyway, how did used games steal software piracy’s crown as king of the bogeymen? All you need to do is follow the history of the medium.”
“Thus, “I play for fun” was born, the idea that experts are not enjoying themselves when they are doing everything they can to win, and we were all dumber for hearing it.”
“I am done with this worthless video game, and I want everybody to know why I will be purchasing the StarCraft II expansion pack Heart of the Swarm on the second day instead of the first.”
“Coming at us like the yearly Call of Duty game, we know this event is going to suck and we keep buying into it anyway.”
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