Stupid things said by Gamecentral.

[James Harvey]

Every time GameCentral says something unbelievably stupid or annoying that makes you wonder how the hell they ever got to work in video games journalism, it goes in this thread.

This is not a negative thread. If it gets big enough, and someone from Teletext sees it, they might fire everyone involved in GameCentral. And if someone from GameCentral sees it, they might get depressed and take their own life. See, there's an upshot.

I'll start. Wednesday the 31st of March:

Gamewatch: Gamecentral has a problem with the fact that PSO III: C.A.R.D revolution is online, and on the Gamecube.

'Online? And on the Gamecube? Where's the hidden microphone, Beadle?'

No effort is made by them to explain this stance.

The Wednesday Feature: MGS and the Gamecube controller

don't go together

In what way? They don't say.

Letters page: GC reply to a letter about Mario by saying:

'Mario games are a genre in themselves, don't you think?'

Um... No? What the hell are you talking about?

[Darwock]

It's pretty obvious what they are saying (apart from the last one).

You're just being nitpicky!

[Saurian]

I dont understand any of it - these people chat ****, why bother with them?

[Darwock]

I don't read the site, but surely anybody who follows the games industry know what they're on about.

They are saying that an online title for the Gamecube is akin to hell freezing over, and so assume somebody is taking the mick when told there will now be a second(?) online title.

And the Gamecube controller is not suited to Metal Gear Solid. It needs pressure sensitive buttons and more of them! You only need to try it once to realise that.

The last one I don't get but I've never played a Mario Game. I expect we'd need to see the letter they are responding to, in order to get the context.

[Corrupt Rose]

I dont understand any of it - these people chat ****, why bother with them?

Because people will always be bothered by what other people are doing. re: Numerous religious wars.

[Saurian]

Darwock bruv I have Metal Gear Twin Snakes and am a big fan of the series - the Cube controller takes a little adjustment, but once I knew what I can and cant do in relation to the dual shock I had no further problems.

A good journalist would give a lot more than what's written above - they seem petty just like the fanboys we get online.

[Oh! My Car!]

I've never played a Mario Game.

[Darwock]

Unless you count Wario Ware. (Why 'sleep' anyway? Are Mario fans really that interesting?)

[razu]

Never played a Mario game? How? They're all over the place.

[Corrupt Rose]

Never played a Mario game? How? They're all over the place.

Generally, you have to pay for them, and load them into a console manually. If he decided against either of these actions, it geometrically increases his chances of hot having played a Mario game.

He may also have just been born an hour ago.

[Moodmon]

Sigh. I read GameCentral (p375-379, Ch4 Teletext). I like it. The new team (since Tony Mott left) seem to have found their feet. So let me just address my one main point.

The article about Twin Snakes and the GC? It was a reader feature. A reader wrote in, and they showed it to the nation. There was a page beforehand explaining it was a reader feature.

The quote from the PSO review is not meant to be taken seriously. I interpreted it as a joke, a humourous take on the situation (the GC and online gaming not exactly being the best of bedfellows at the moment).

The Mario thing I just saw as a throwaway comment, one not to be taken too seriously. Such as "Wow, the Xbox is huge! You could kill a child with that thing!"

If you don't like it, then fine. Watch breakfast TV. I'll press the mute button and read stuff about games, thanks very much.

[dreamylittledream]

And the Gamecube controller is not suited to Metal Gear Solid. It needs pressure sensitive buttons and more of them! You only need to try it once to realise that.

Hmmm yes becuase the original MGS on PSone had lots of pressure sensitive buttons didn't it?

[Darwock]

But MGS didn't involve complex holding up of guards, and in MGS2 this didn't require manouevering your thumb over three seperate buttons in sequence, holding Z and accidentally shooting him in the face.

[Mayhem]

What's the problem? Hold A right behind them to put your weapon up and make them freeze. Roll thumb over to drop your weapon, release, walk round to the front, slip right index finger onto Z for first person, reattach thumb to A and aim at head. Pretty simple, and not a single guard shot in the face

[Darwock]

compared to just pushing the square button, I think it's safe to say it's not suited to the GC controller... sure you get used to it, but it's awkward! I've lost count of the number of times I've slipped off the A button while trying to shift on to Y so I didn't fire off a round into nowhere... or spent too long with weapon lowered while trying to switch around, so the guard goes into alert mode.

Anyway, I'm not the only one who feels the dodgy controls, and it's fairly obvious that's what Gamecentral were getting at, which was the original point.