GiN Lounge

E.T. finally phones home

Was this really the worst game ever made?

News that the urban legend of Atari burying thousands of Atari 2600 copies of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has been confirmed. This has led the lounge crew to think back on other terrible games that should have probably been tossed in as well. But fear not, because while we did come up with quite a few bad titles, overwhelmingly, the games we thought about were good.

Do we simply forget the bad games? Was E.T. really that bad of a title, or was it just a case of bad timing? And what’s with Chella’s obsession with Shrek games?

These and other mysteries will be revealed in The GiN Lounge this week.

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John Breeden II

As a journalist John has covered everything from rural town meetings to the U.S. Congress and even done time as a crime reporter and photographer.|His first venture into writing about the game industry came in the form of a computer column called "On the Chip Side," which grew to have over 1 million circulation and was published in newspapers in several states. From there he did several "ask the computer guy" columns in magazines such as Up Front! in New Mexico and Who Cares? in Washington D.C. When the Internet started to become popular, he began writing guided Web tours for the newly launched Washington Post online section as well as reviews for the weekend section of the paper, something he still does from time to time. His experience in trade publications came as a writer and reviewer for Government Computer News. As the editor of GiN, he demands strict editorial standards from all the writers and reviewers. Breeden feels the industry needs a weekly, reliable trade publication covering the games industry and works tirelessly to accomplish that goal.

2 Responses

Marie says:

May 15, 2014 at 10:03 am

The real question raised here is why does John like Yakuza 3?
1. John Breeden II says:
  
  May 15, 2014 at 8:03 pm
  
  Because if you are a really bad but respected guy and you give it all up, the leadership of a criminal clan because you value personal honor more than money, it shows that you have true character. Its not that he couldn’t be a criminal boss. He chooses the path of peace while capable of being on the path of war. And he takes the concerns of the lowest among them, the orphans, as primary importance. Argh. I’ll never be able to explain this to anyone…