Historically Bad PS3 Title Hits Bargain Bin

By Bill Tangeman | May 27, 2008

From a historic perspective, most of the hundreds of video games released every year will be largely forgotten by the masses.  There has to be something special about a game for it to become etched in the forefront of gaming history.  Lair is one such “special” game.  

Whether it deserves it or not, Lair has gone down in gaming history as one of biggest eggs laid during the early days of the PS3.  It’s the crown jewel turned crown goat.  So when I saw Lair on the Target clearance rack for under fifteen dollars, it was a no-brainer.

When I find the time, I’m going to sit down with my copy of Lair and play it from the perspective of a gaming historian.  I’ll play it for the same reasons I’d like to play E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 and Superman 64 for the Nintendo 64, just to see if it as bad as it is reputed to be.  And who knows, with Lair’s recent analog stick control patch, maybe it’ll be every bit as good as Sony hoped.  To be historically accurate though, I’ll of course be playing through it for the first time using only the original Sixaxis waggle control method.