Good job guys and gals

You guys really did a number Microsoft but you are right. No doubts about that.
Always like to start the year with a fun episode

ps...whats with this spanking business Darryl?

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^ It's a new method in which we shall reward you for your work on the site.

Don't complain, we all know you like it.

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Darryl callin you out. good ole pro wresling style. Don't be a hater. Listen really Activision is not that bad. Come one just because they made a bad Flight Sim just to get money isn't bad. Isn't that the goal of any company??? Just to make money. If you want to rant, then rant about Square Enix. I have not seen a decent game since FF12. KHrecoded is ok, but not good. If you want to rant about activision, go to http://www.oneofswords.com. A good guy named Dan Amrich happens to be the community manager there. Go give him some hate. Been in the business editing magazines for 16 years, but changed to work at Activision a year a go. Don't tell me what you hate. I just may have to get my troll on.

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soccerdude240 Wrote:Darryl callin you out. good ole pro wresling style. Don't be a hater. Listen really Activision is not that bad. Come one just because they made a bad Flight Sim just to get money isn't bad. Isn't that the goal of any company??? Just to make money. If you want to rant, then rant about Square Enix. I have not seen a decent game since FF12. KHrecoded is ok, but not good. If you want to rant about activision, go to http://www.oneofswords.com. A good guy named Dan Amrich happens to be the community manager there. Go give him some hate. Been in the business editing magazines for 16 years, but changed to work at Activision a year a go. Don't tell me what you hate. I just may have to get my troll on.

Good for him, I'm sure he thoroughly loves his job. I also am aware that the idea of a company is to make money. However, I genuinely implore you to tell me what games were published by Activision last year that you actually thought were good.

Also bear in mind that Call of Duty: Black Ops has actually been reported to the government body of fair trade because the quality of it was so bad.

You can mention Square Enix all you want, but they're nowhere near as bad. They made Re:coded for the same reason they made Re:Chain of Memories. Not for a quick buck, but because the fans were avidly demanding it in the West. They never intended to release it anywhere other than Japan. They should actually be credited for the fact they actually remade the entire thing so that Western gamers wouldn't have to play a crappy port of a mobile phone game. They've also spent a lot of their time developing games for the PlayStation Portable despite the fact they know it has severe piracy issues. Again, if they were solely concerned with money, and not about making quality titles, they would avoid the PSP. If anything, the PSP games they've made are some of the best on the system in recent years.

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These past few years were indeed good years for gaming, no doubts about that. But in all honesty, apart from the partnership with Blizzard, Activision really haven't made any good games. Sure CoD4 and MW2 were decent games, apart from the slightly annoying community that linger in those servers, but thats another story.

Apart from the call of duty series, can anyone name a franchise from Activision that has changed the gaming industry in a way which other games have played influence on it.

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Guitar Hero?

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Actually yes that is one that has changed the music gaming scene. But what about the talk of Viacom selling off Harmonix.

If it is just as successful as it once was, why would they ever consider selling?

Guitar Hero is indeed a very interesting take on the genre, but the downfall to Guitar Hero is that the games are getting way to repetitive and it seems like they are only making more titles just to make a quick dollar. Nothing new apart from more songs (which they were getting sued for, mind you) is really changing in the franchise.

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metalsnakejuice Wrote:Guitar Hero?

Guitar Hero has done nothing in the last few years aside from copy Rock Band.

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Twitter: @DarrylGU

Darryl Wrote:Rock Band.

And Rock Band is made by Harmonix, the same company

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Juxtor Wrote:And Rock Band is made by Harmonix, the same company

I just hate how people who strictly play Guitar Hero/Rock Band call themselves hardcore gamers... sigh.. it's not the greatest that gaming has to offer.

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