Comments on: You Never Hear About This With Strategy Games http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/ Random Comments About Gaming And Tractors Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Bob http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5949 Bob Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:28:38 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5949 I have a morbidly obese co-worker who has already figured out that he can sit in his recliner and perform all the actions with small wrist motions.<br> <br> I guess this might apply to more than the Wii. I have a morbidly obese co-worker who has already figured out that he can sit in his recliner and perform all the actions with small wrist motions.

I guess this might apply to more than the Wii.

]]> By: Knurd http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5948 Knurd Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:28:11 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5948 As much as I think the Wiimote or wahtever is an interesting idea, I can't help having my mind itched with that other principle of most games, being the elimination of the 'victim of birth'.<br> <br> Sure, most gamers need more exercise. And even though the actual stimulus/response of the Wii might not involve that much true effort, it still inhibits a portion of the playerbase by being a physically dependant system, unlike so many games before.<br> <br> Am I just being too senstive to cripples?<br> <br> Not with that last comment, I'm not. heh. As much as I think the Wiimote or wahtever is an interesting idea, I can’t help having my mind itched with that other principle of most games, being the elimination of the ‘victim of birth’.

Sure, most gamers need more exercise. And even though the actual stimulus/response of the Wii might not involve that much true effort, it still inhibits a portion of the playerbase by being a physically dependant system, unlike so many games before.

Am I just being too senstive to cripples?

Not with that last comment, I’m not. heh.

]]> By: Boanerges http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5947 Boanerges Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:24:03 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5947 <blockquote>Maybe if the cord that connected the big sturdy wrist strap to the indestructible Wiimote weren\'e2\'80\'99t made of tissue paper, this\'e2\'80\'99d be less of an issue.</blockquote><br> Actually, in this case, Nintendo has opted for an old school MMO dev team trick: <a href="http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii-remote/wii-remote-straps-already-fixed-220341.php" rel="nofollow">quietly fix the problem</a> and backtrack from there

Maybe if the cord that connected the big sturdy wrist strap to the indestructible Wiimote weren\’e2\’80\’99t made of tissue paper, this\’e2\’80\’99d be less of an issue.

Actually, in this case, Nintendo has opted for an old school MMO dev team trick: quietly fix the problem and backtrack from there

]]> By: almagill http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5946 almagill Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:54:29 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5946 Then you see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OMCwwTjvuM" rel="nofollow">this</a> and think "is it any wonder??" Then you see this and think “is it any wonder??”

]]> By: KEtCHUP http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5945 KEtCHUP Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:43:00 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5945 i beat zelda.<br> <br> snape kills dumbledore. again.<br> <br> So far my wii remote has hit: A fan, the ceiling, the wall, concrete, a marble table thingy, a closet door, and a cat. Oh, and if I have the strap on, and I reach for a soda, I've knocked it over twice now.<br> <br> I didn't "lose" it any of these times, I've been using my Wii as a chick magnet. It actually works. Careful for your stuff though, girls don't like to wear the wrist strap.<br> <br> Nothing broke, including the wii remote and the cat, so more props to Nintendo. I'm glad I didn't go out and buy a huge flat panel to play this thing on, cuz it probably would have broken by now. Thanks Murphy. I'm glad I met you years ago. i beat zelda.

snape kills dumbledore. again.

So far my wii remote has hit: A fan, the ceiling, the wall, concrete, a marble table thingy, a closet door, and a cat. Oh, and if I have the strap on, and I reach for a soda, I’ve knocked it over twice now.

I didn’t “lose” it any of these times, I’ve been using my Wii as a chick magnet. It actually works. Careful for your stuff though, girls don’t like to wear the wrist strap.

Nothing broke, including the wii remote and the cat, so more props to Nintendo. I’m glad I didn’t go out and buy a huge flat panel to play this thing on, cuz it probably would have broken by now. Thanks Murphy. I’m glad I met you years ago.

]]> By: MechaCrash http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5944 MechaCrash Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:40:25 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5944 I'll spare you the link to the Penny Arcade "toolbox" strip, but sometimes swinging the thing around does make sense. I can play tennis just fine with my ass in the chair and just moving my wrist, but I can't seem to play golf or baseball for crap.<br> <br> Maybe if the cord that connected the big sturdy wrist strap to the indestructible Wiimote weren't made of tissue paper, this'd be less of an issue. I’ll spare you the link to the Penny Arcade “toolbox” strip, but sometimes swinging the thing around does make sense. I can play tennis just fine with my ass in the chair and just moving my wrist, but I can’t seem to play golf or baseball for crap.

Maybe if the cord that connected the big sturdy wrist strap to the indestructible Wiimote weren’t made of tissue paper, this’d be less of an issue.

]]> By: VPellen http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5943 VPellen Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:56:13 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5943 "(ps - notice how the remote is *okay* even after slamming it though a plasma screen? That\'e2\'80\'99s props to nintendo for quality craftsmanship imho)"<br> <br> Ahh, Nintendo plastic. The hardest substance known to man. “(ps – notice how the remote is *okay* even after slamming it though a plasma screen? That\’e2\’80\’99s props to nintendo for quality craftsmanship imho)”

Ahh, Nintendo plastic. The hardest substance known to man.

]]> By: Ken Sykora http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5942 Ken Sykora Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:57:23 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5942 If you read the bottom of the Kutaragi article, it says that the discipline quote is a fake. If you read the bottom of the Kutaragi article, it says that the discipline quote is a fake.

]]> By: Evangolis http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5941 Evangolis Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:48:54 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5941 Here is a link to the link:<br> <br> http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/12/07/about-that-firefly-mmo/ Here is a link to the link:

http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/12/07/about-that-firefly-mmo/

]]> By: No.6 http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5940 No.6 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:05:34 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/12/08/you-never-hear-about-this-with-strategy-games/#comment-5940 "FireFly MMO has been announced"<br> <br> Link please! Who is doing this one?<br> <br> (Sidenote: If people thought Star Wars fans could rant, they've seen nothng yet. God help this team if one bit of Mandarin or other canon material is out of place, the brownshirts will have them for lunch). “FireFly MMO has been announced”

Link please! Who is doing this one?

(Sidenote: If people thought Star Wars fans could rant, they’ve seen nothng yet. God help this team if one bit of Mandarin or other canon material is out of place, the brownshirts will have them for lunch).

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