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Top 100 Games of the 21st Century

June 28, 2010 By gamefan

Next Generation lists its top 100 games of the 21st century. While we think of game preference as a purely subjective topic, the market would usually dictate what’s hot and what’s not. And Next-Gen.Biz came up with its ranking of games of PlayStation 2, X box, GameCube vintage based on unit sales. According to the site, the analysis includes revenues made from game sales, review scores, review commentaries (again, subjective), and the number of spin-offs from the title series, among others.

So what’s the number one game? Action-, violence- (and sex?) packed Grand Theft Auto Vice City!

GTA has spent this whole generation as a juggernaut, but Vice City did everything right at exactly the right time. It polished the superlative gameplay of its smash-hit predecessor. It perfected controversy marketing without being pulled from shelves like its successor. It even managed to ride a wave of 80’s nostalgia right as the decade was having a minor renaissance courtesy of VH1 – no wonder its sales reigns supreme.

Sorry parents and prudes in Congress. It seems that violence still rules when it comes to video games. Perhaps people do need some way to unwind from the stresses of real life, and perhaps stealing cars and killing cops along the way is part of this de-stressing. Let’s just hope this doesn’t extend into real life. We’ve had enough of real life violence in the news, especially with the wars in the Middle East.

Filed Under: News

Nintendo Wii Review

December 12, 2006 By gamefan

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Nintendo is considered the Apple of the game console world. The two companies are very much similar in many respects. Both are a minority in terms of market share (Nintendo being overshadowed by Sony and Microsoft), both have cult followings, both are characterized by focus on in-house software development, and both have excellent aesthetics.

So what would you expect with reviews of Nintendo products? First, is the visual and tactile experience. Seeing and holding a Wii for the first time, for instance, might elicit feelings of awe. Here’s one review where the user felt very comfortable with the Wii’s interface even without having to read the documentation.

Configuring the Wii with my wireless router was a piece of cake. If you have a wireless router, with encryption or not, you will not waste more than 2 minutes going through the configuration menus to get your Wii online. I haven’t picked up the Wii’s manual once, and I was able to get it up and running, and to my taste, in less than 10 minutes (with the software updates included).

Very much like a Mac, indeed!

Filed Under: Reviews, Wii

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