Tiny Diggers – An iPad Construction Truck Game for Kids Age 2-5

I was poking around looking for whatever it is I was looking for (honestly, I’ve forgotten) when I encountered this page at Something Awful. It’s an article written by Dennis “Corin Tucker’s Stalker” Farrell, and it’s called The Internet Hates Diablo III. I was very excited for Diablo III and had lots of hopes and dreams, and yet the reveal still managed to astonish me. I love how the game looks, I love all the new ideas and concepts, and now I’m more excited about the game than ever before.

Dennis had the same view, it seems, but he goes on to point out that he was wrong. It turns out some very loud folks are saying Diablo III is too colorful and “cartoony” (what?) and doesn’t retain that gritty darkness the previous games have. He breaks it down point by point on each of the things people are complaining about that he loved before. It’s a very entertaining read, so go read it. Here’s an excerpt.

My Initial (Wrong) Opinion: In addition to gold and loot, monsters will occasionally drop globes that heal your character when picked up. You’ll be able to focus more on the gameworld instead of micromanaging a potion inventory. This frees up the hotbar for your character’s abilities.

The Internet’s (Correct) Opinion: Globes of health. That float. Riiiight.

It made so much more sense when glass bottles full of healing syrup fell out of monsters onto rocky dungeon floors without breaking. You know, when your character had thirty bottles strapped onto his belt and no one thought twice about chugging something that had been stuffed into a poisonous mummy for the last thousand years. This magical orb [expletive deleted] is going to ruin my sense of immersion big time.

Source: Something Awful