This has got to be one of the most painful product pieces I think I’ve ever seen. It starts out pretty poorly, but just wait ’till she starts singing …
Originally courtesy of PC Gamer:
50 of the Weirdest Moments in Gaming
Worth a laugh. He doesn’t mention Old Man Murray’s excellent take on what caused the death of adventure games, but there’s plenty of gold in there already.
Worth a watch (goes for about half an hour, split over three clips):
http://kotaku.com/gaming/clip/clip-shoko+tan-explains-otaku-in-private-lesson-247255.php
Somewhat of an insight into one of the more famous Japanese subcultures, the Otaku. Similar to the cracker / hacker difference people have tried to make. Rather unsuccessfully, I might add.
“When SimEarth came out I realized at the end that, God, this is like sitting in the cockpit of a 747 in a nose dive. That’s what it feels like to most players”
- Will Wright, discussing SimEarth
I remember playing it. Sounds about right, actually.
http://www.slackworks.com/~cog/writing/thesis/magic-crayons.php#3.4
I don’t know which is worse. That this is on a candy wrapper intended for kids, or that he seems to be enjoying it so much …
For those who can’t see anything, it appears that they seem to be rather … romantically entangled.