Comments on: Is it fair to rate all Wii games using our system?

By: Electronic Cigarette

Electronic Cigarette — Sat, 14 May 2011 23:13:58 +0000

I own a Wii and I must tell you I love it, it is hard to find good games but some of them are really great

By: Stephen Munn

Stephen Munn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:28:45 +0000

When I’m reviewing a game like this, I try to review it from the perspective of the proper audience, just as I would do with a children’s game or anything else that I’m not in the demographic for. Would my non-gamer friend like this game? Would my kid like it?

By: Robert Jung

Robert Jung — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:21:16 +0000

I agree with the article that “traditional” gaming review sites/magazines are lousy at reviewing casual-oriented games. It’s not because the games are bad or the customers have different requirements, but it’s because of a disjoint between the reviewer and the product, like asking a fan of romance movies to review “Saw IV”.

For casual games, I’ve given up on relying on reviews from video-gaming outlets, and end up turning to shopping sites like Amazon.com instead. I find that the aggregate reviews and ratings from several hundred soccer moms to be a better gauge of a game’s strengths and weaknesses than a dozen reviews from a bunch of testosterone-driven teenagers with adolescent wish-fulfillment issues.

And to answer Joe Fourhman, “Carnival Games” is a decent title if you’re looking for a minigames compilation. Not all of the games are winners, but there’s more than enough to keep you entertained. The controls are solid, and there’s a lot of unlockables if you need to feed your inner achievement whore.

By: Stephen Munn

Stephen Munn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:31:30 +0000

Oh, that Oobi. He’s creepy.

By: Joe Fourhman

Joe Fourhman — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:09:52 +0000

Has anybody actually played Carnival Games? Sure, it’s easy to write it off, but I’d like to know if it is a genuinely crappy game. I’m talking about poor menus, choppy gameplay, graphical errors, that sort of thing. If it is all that plus an uninspired dupe of Wii Sports, then we can safely say that all those casualies just have poor taste in games… which is pretty much what I see in the collections of my non-gamer friends with Wiis.

By: Paul Munn

Paul Munn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:59:47 +0000

This is where sites can really carve out an important niche — serving important gaming audiences exclusively. GamerDad (now GamingWithChildren) and WhatTheyPlay are great examples.

By: Joe Haygood

Joe Haygood — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:35:39 +0000

If I could have a Noggin FPS game, that would be great, because I would so be killing Oobe, time and time again. That damn smug eyeballed hand deserves to be shot with a BFG-9000 over and over.