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I had my work Chrimbo party last night so I'm feeling fairly hungover. But I feel I have to share this with you. One of the guys got a copy of The Sun and there's an insert in today's copy with DJ Spoony reviewing his favourite Xmas "action" games. In typical style, it's a disgustingly biased piece of crap which names nothing but PS2 games like The Getaway and FIFA 2003.
Why does it mention FIFA 2003 and not Pro Evo 2? Why is DJ Spoony reviewing the games and what makes him such a qualified expert?
Why is his "Spoony Verdict" given a one sentence media-friendly soundbite to encourage parents to buy the games?
I'll give you an example. His "Spoony Verdict" for The Lord of The rings - The Two Towers amounted to this:
"I'm a massive LoTR fan and this had me spellbound"

Excuse me? Where's the decent review telling you about the game? Where's the unbiased viewpoint? Where are the receipts showing how much the producers have paid The Sun for such an expensively stupid insert?

The worst thing is the fact that it's foolish stuff like this that causes misery to people who get unwanted games as Xmas presents.

I had my work Chrimbo party last night so I'm feeling fairly hungover. But I feel I have to share this with you. One of the guys got a copy of The Sun and there's an insert in today's copy with DJ Spoony reviewing his favourite Xmas "action" games. In typical style, it's a disgustingly biased piece of crap which names nothing but PS2 games like The Getaway and FIFA 2003.
Why does it mention FIFA 2003 and not Pro Evo 2? Why is DJ Spoony reviewing the games and what makes him such a qualified expert?
Why is his "Spoony Verdict" given a one sentence media-friendly soundbite to encourage parents to buy the games?
I'll give you an example. His "Spoony Verdict" for The Lord of The rings - The Two Towers amounted to this:
"I'm a massive LoTR fan and this had me spellbound"

Excuse me? Where's the decent review telling you about the game? Where's the unbiased viewpoint? Where are the receipts showing how much the producers have paid The Sun for such an expensively stupid insert?

The worst thing is the fact that it's foolish stuff like this that causes misery to people who get unwanted games as Xmas presents.

Its a Dreeeeeeeeem teeeeeeem ting

Meh

Every media type only talks about the Playstation

Christ, GAME even do TV adverts for multi-format games but fail to mention they are on on the GC and XBox as well

It's the DJ Spoony thing that grates the most, though. Whi should I give a monkey's what he thinks of games? And why would I evr buy a game based on his unqualified opinion?
And how are adverts like this affecting the games industry?

Unbeliever wrote:
> It's the DJ Spoony thing that grates the most, though. Whi should I
> give a monkey's what he thinks of games? And why would I evr buy a
> game based on his unqualified opinion?
> And how are adverts like this affecting the games industry?

Find out next week in the unbeliever chronciles.

Don't read such childish articles. Bono's Bible is the only text you should follow.

bono is god wrote:
> Don't read such childish articles. Bono's Bible is the only text you
> should follow.


bono sucks, and his glasses are stupid

Untitled, you will be punished accordingly in hell.

Gamers are well informed, and rarely have a bad game in their collection. Parents however are easily duped by endorsement, as they cant be bothered with proper research. Publishers know this, and go for rags like the sun because they sell well to parents. They know full well that it'll be read by people looking for a game for their kid, read that Spoony recons it's cool, and buy a copy for their kid.

If your parents are like that, then tip them off over what games you want. It might ruin the surprise, but it;s better than getting a lemon and having to look happy for the photos.

what you gunna do? shove a pitchfork up his butt?