I don’t know what it is about top 10 lists whether movies, games, or music they get people riled up. This weeks top ten games is no exception, i sat here tossing up between more TV and games or bed. I decided to check the list that Aaron had just posted, I was knocked over by it. No. Not by the lack of Sims in the top 5, but rather the other miscellaneous crap in the top five sold games. I’ll skip over a possibly never ending rant on pokemon, and head straight for cricket 2005. I mean COME ON! Cricket the ball and stick game with 3 players Pitcher (Bowler), Hitter (batter), and Fetcher (wicket keeper) and 17 (how many people play?) Other official spectators. Actually I don’t hate the game, its just I cant see how you would want to pay a whole lot of money to play it, but essentially what pisses me off is what makes gaming great. It doesn’t matter what the hardcore gamers think and say casual gamers who far out number the hardcore gamers (if you include solitaire and online flash based games) can have the games they want, and we can almost have the games we want (Duke Nukem Forever why do you forsake us so?), where as on TV I have to watch your TV, sleep through you pokemon, rent DVD’s during gran turismo style racing events. Before I turn in just this, is it just me or has hardcore gamer term now lack luster to describe the full range of people who fall in this category, once reserved for CS’ers and first person shooter freaks. Now though the rts fanboys (Starcraft, Warcraft and less so Command and Conquer) have been putting in serious overtime the last few years, and although the RPG games take a good chunk of time to finish its usually a once in 6 months type event (DAMN GAME DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLES), but now with MMORPG these people don’t stop, I know people who spend more time in World of Warcraft than I have at a full time job! So in essence i want to coin a new term, so stay tuned because as soon as i have one i will let you know.

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