I Am Not Impressed

Not long ago, I wrote a guest review of Battlefield: Bad Company for AbleGamers.com. This article received an interesting comment from someone, and I thought that I would share it with all of you. We’ve all been on the receiving end of this kind of ignorance before, both from other gamers that don’t understand our control needs, and from a few software companies as well.

Here is the comment, for your enjoyment:

“wow

What are you talking about? This game is WAY better than COD4. That game doesnt even have vehicles!!! You whine because the game doesnt have the right controls???? That is the lamest excuse EVER! The music and sounds are amazing. Ever since Ive been playing games I NEVER change the controls, learn to use them and if u cant adapt u dont deserve to play it anyway.”

First off, let me be clear that I’m not irked about him disagreeing with some of my opinions. People don’t always see eye to eye on these sorts of things, and that’s fine.

What I am annoyed at (besides his inability to use apostrophes and excessive use of capitols & question marks) is the remark about our need for alternative and customizable controls. That, and the fact that I wrote this review to lend a hand to the nice folks over at AbleGamers in an effort to unite our two communities that share similar goals & perspectives. In that light, the remarks made by this individual are both ridiculous and uncalled for. And they quite frankly pissed me off.

Here is my response:

“One of the goals at this site is about gaming accessibility and controls are a key part of that. If you are so insensitive to the site goals, I’m not sure why you would read this review. You show great disrespect to the people here and your intolerance to the needs of other gamers make you appear silly and childish. Saying “I don’t deserve to play” because my preferences are different than yours only demonstrates immaturity and makes any points that you attempted to convey irrelevant. The issue is not that you disagree with me, but rather your juvenile and prejudiced perspective.”

I think my reply speaks for itself, because according to this buffoon, we don’t deserve to play games. What we have here is a case of a random jackass who came across the AbleGamers site and decided to make a few smart remarks to garner some attention and then go on his merry way feeling proud of himself.

Well, congratulations, because whoever you are, you wanted some attention and you’ve got it. Your idiocy is now archived here forever.

Another thing I’d like to point out before I close this off and return to my normal jovial self is the fact that my article on AbleGamers clearly states what website I represent. I find it interesting that he chose to comment on AbleGamers instead of my site where it would be available for my immediate review and response.

I’m not sure if my remarks will be read by the individual or not, but in case they are, feel free to post here instead or get in touch with me directly the next time you want to take a shot at my community and the members that come here.

Anyway, happy gaming to our members, visitors and friends at AbleGamers who support this website!! To those of you who don’t and think that alt-control players do not deserve any respect, please feel free to make use of your browser’s “back” button.

Half Life 3: 2010

Fans of this hallmark FPS series and The Orange Box can rejoice, as Half Life 3 is on the way.

I still haven’t gotten around to trying any of the Half Life games or The Orange Box, so my response to this news is fairly neutral. Although I would imagine that we have a few fans lurking around here that are fairly excited about this.

However, the screen shot is fairly impressive and I can see the crow bar leading to some good times.

What are you looking forward to?

With the plethora of shooters on the way in the coming months, we want to know what you guys and gals are looking forward to.

As you can see, I haven’t listed out every single shooter that’s on the horizon, there’s just too damn many. Instead, I thought I would just include the higher profile titles for voting. If the game you’re most excited about isn’t on here, well, then you need to jump in and post a comment to let us know.

So please cast your vote and feel free to discuss!

Call of Duty: World @ War Co-op Footage

Here is a recent video that demonstrates the co-op mode of the upcoming Call of Duty: World at War.

The flame thrower seems to be a popular edition to many of the new shooters this year, but no one is going to complain.

Enjoy!

GPhoria: Halo 3 Takes Game of the Year

Yesterday evening on the G4 Network, Halo 3 took the prestigious “Game of the Year” title at their annual award show, GPhoria. The winning games are voted for by the viewers.

Personally, my pick for Game of the Year would have been COD4. However, it’s difficult to discount the success of Halo 3 and I’m still pleased to see a game with support for alternative controls take the title for a change.

And I also know that we have a certain British fellow hanging around here who has a big smile on his face with this announcement.

Doom 4 Confirmed

It’s official. Doom 4 has been announced at this year’s Quake Con and it marks the first “next-gen” entry of the famed FPS series.

I know we have a number of Doom fans hanging around here that should be pleased about this news (such as McLovin). But considering the recent Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, which of course was also developed by id Software, left out a Legacy option, I’m sure that there are a few of you out there that will be approaching this one cautiously (such as McLovin).

Personally, I’m somewhat interested in seeing how the Doom series fairs in this generation of consoles, but I would suggest filing this one under “maybe” for the time being.

There is no official release date at this time, but reports are suggesting a tentative release in the third quarter of 2009. Don’t quote me on that though as it seems that any time I post a release date, it changes two seconds later.

E3 Wrap Up

Well, E3 is over. But it was a very exciting week. And although the show might be over, the fun isn’t done quite yet. GameTrailers has recap movies available that summarize the week, and G4 will be airing a “Best of E3″ show this evening, that I’ll be watching. Yup, I’ll be spending a Friday night as a true gamer does: Playing video games, watching video game news on TV, and reading about games on the net.

Anyway, I’ve rounded up a couple more trailers for you all to cap off the week, this time for Far Cry 2 and Wolfenstein.

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Left 4 Dead Multiplayer Footage

Three new multiplayer videos of the upcoming zombie killing spree game, Left 4 Dead, have been posted over @ Kotaku.

Check them out here.

This game should be wild. From the videos I’ve seen so far, it reminds me somewhat of a faster paced COD with zombies. You can’t really go wrong there.

Look for this one to drop in November for the Xbox 360. The PS3 release date has not been confirmed yet.

More E3 Highlights

Here are some more highlights from this year’s exciting E3 show. Our intention of course is not to cover every single announcement and new game, but just to show off some of the highlights that folks around here may find interesting. That said, here are some more great trailers for Mirror’s Edge, Rage and Resistance 2.

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Next Halo Game: No Master Chief

Now here is the first of many surprises that the gaming world will be in store for this week: The next Halo game is supposedly going to feature a more tactical style of game play reminiscent of Ghost Recon and Gears of War. The vibe is also apparently going to be much darker, which should be interesting.

And here is the big shocker: Master Chief may be MIA.

I tend to think that Halo fans at this point would embrace a new approach after three games that followed the same format, but no Master Chief? It should be very interesting to see how gamers (and Halo freaks like SQU1FFY) respond to this!

Source: Joystiq