Things That Should Be But Aren't
October 29th 2007 13:46
There's a few things that are frustrating me at the moment.
The first is that the latest Guitar Hero game will NOT feature any Jimi Hendrix music. No Jimi! I mean, we get another Black Sabbath song (fair enough, they are a hugely influential rock band) and some of the other songs are iconic and cool like Black Magic Woman by Santana, but seriously, Hit Me With Your Best Shot? Lay Down by Priestess? What the Hell!?! Where is Purple Haze? The Psychadelic Voodoo Chile? All Along the Watchtower? I'd even settle for his version of the Star Spangled Banner. But seriously, so many brilliant songs that they should have had (Spanish Castle Magic is nice but it AIN'T Psychadelic Voodoo Chile). What offends me most is that somehow, in some unimagintive moron's mind, the songs that have been listed are somehow legendary. ACDC is legendary. Hendrix is legendary. Pat Benetar is an attempt to woo young girls and 80's girls into the video game fold with cheap glitzy crap.
The second is that they still haven't produced a good MMO game with big robots yet. If FASA got in bed with a gaming company and produced a Mechwarrior or Battletech MMO and it was good, I promise now that I would be one of the first people to join. I also suspect that this would be quite a good game, should they get the balance between grinding/society/tactics and PVP work. Difficult, but I think plenty of people would get into it. I'd like to point out that right now am working on a prospectus for it as a mental exercise.
The other thing that really should exist is this. Since the invention of sliced bread, I can't think of anything better than this.
That is really everything that is bothering me right now. It ain't much, but I wanted to get it out there.
JZ
The first is that the latest Guitar Hero game will NOT feature any Jimi Hendrix music. No Jimi! I mean, we get another Black Sabbath song (fair enough, they are a hugely influential rock band) and some of the other songs are iconic and cool like Black Magic Woman by Santana, but seriously, Hit Me With Your Best Shot? Lay Down by Priestess? What the Hell!?! Where is Purple Haze? The Psychadelic Voodoo Chile? All Along the Watchtower? I'd even settle for his version of the Star Spangled Banner. But seriously, so many brilliant songs that they should have had (Spanish Castle Magic is nice but it AIN'T Psychadelic Voodoo Chile). What offends me most is that somehow, in some unimagintive moron's mind, the songs that have been listed are somehow legendary. ACDC is legendary. Hendrix is legendary. Pat Benetar is an attempt to woo young girls and 80's girls into the video game fold with cheap glitzy crap.
The second is that they still haven't produced a good MMO game with big robots yet. If FASA got in bed with a gaming company and produced a Mechwarrior or Battletech MMO and it was good, I promise now that I would be one of the first people to join. I also suspect that this would be quite a good game, should they get the balance between grinding/society/tactics and PVP work. Difficult, but I think plenty of people would get into it. I'd like to point out that right now am working on a prospectus for it as a mental exercise.
The other thing that really should exist is this. Since the invention of sliced bread, I can't think of anything better than this.
That is really everything that is bothering me right now. It ain't much, but I wanted to get it out there.
JZ
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