Seriously?

I’m sure every one of you at some point stumbled upon something that was so pointless, stupid or odd that you couldn’t help but scratch your head and ask – “What were they thinking?”

This editorial will be Clarkson-ish. I wanna be like that guy at his age – drive expensive cars, host a TV show about it and write to a newspaper about insignificant stuff and get paid for it. The only difference is that at his age I’m gonna be better dressed.

I’ve bought a battery blister today. It contained two AAA batteries which I needed for my TV remote. Without much thought I ripped the package open and took out the batteries. Only later I’ve noticed that the blister had a perforated section in the back and a small arrow in the front with an “easy to open” sing printed over it. Now, even though it’s nothing special I couldn’t help to think that it’s probably the most pointless thing created after Samsung designing E250. I mean what is the point of creating something like this on a box that will be thrown out two seconds after the batteries are removed. It’s not like you need to open it multiple times and those blisters aren’t really that hard to shred to very small pieces. It’s like writing on a toilet paper that you can use either side, or apologizing Germans for beating them in WWII. I don’t know, maybe it's a factor for some people to buy those particular batteries, but it’s kind of like buying a Prius instead of Enzo because it’s easier to get into.

Of course this is a gaming blog so I can’t be babbling about batteries. All in good time.

After the recent premiere of Grand Theft Auto IV the game attracted criticism from people who can’t tell the difference between a video game and bottle of cheap booze. Amongst those people were members of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). The abbreviation is hilarious itself, but the actual name is no better if you think about it. I’m sure the ladies that belong to this organization are trying to do something good but saying that "drunk driving is a choice, a violent crime... [it] is not a game, and it is not a joke…" in regards to GTAIV doesn’t make much sense. If you haven’t noticed GTA is a game, it’s not real and everything included in the experience it provides should not be taken seriously. If your kids can’t understand that then maybe you’re spending too much time bashing video games and not enough raising your offspring. But then again North America is a land where people have little common sense (not that Europe or Poland in particular are much better), so good luck with your mission…

Ok, now for some things that developers do with consoles and games.
The above mentioned GTA is an awesome game, I can tell you that, but some decisions about gameplay seem odd to say the least. It’s little stuff… that can get on your nerves.
OK, you can meet with people in this game – socialize. All you need to do is call them and choose where you want to go out. It’s all nice but you always have exactly one hour to pick them up, and considering that getting from one part of the town to another can take a lot longer (game time obviously) it’s a fucking physical impossibility to get to the meeting point on time unless you’re conveniently close to the spot. Sure, there are no serious consequences if you’re late, but couldn’t Rockstar implement an option that lets you choose when you wanna meet? That, ot a friggin’ teleport.

Next is Forza Motorspot 2. This game has one excellent soundtrack. It’s too bad you can only listen to it in the menus. I mean, what the hell? What could possibly be a reason enough to exclude the possibility to listen to music while racing? In this day and age! It’s a worse idea than Smith shooting Clerks 2. Seriously, that’s one of the stupidest decisions of the decade when it comes to games. I think only Molyneux who’s making a game where you can buy everything including your wife and kids made a worse one. Very educational Peter.

I have something about gamers as well, although I’m not really sure if those sad bastards deserve to be called that.
I’m sure you’ve seen this on blogs, forums or basically anywhere else where you can comment something that has even a pinch of significance. I think this “phenomenon” is most apparent on World of Warcraft forums. “First!!!!”. What is the fucking point in creating a post, or commenting information with this, just for the sake of letting other pathetic bastards (who write “second”) know you were the first one. Ok, I’ve answered my own question. But seriously, what kind of looser does one need to be to do this?
As my friend commented – “I think there is a certain kind of people who just load Pudelek* and keep hitting F5 until they see something new”. I swear to God this must be true.
This is one of the many signs of the fall of society. When the evolution of human body rushes forward the evolution of our brains seems to be making a 180 degree turn.

One last this that I find baffling to say the least is Micro$oft not letting you rewind your music files on X360. It’s not even funny, it’s stupid. But then again M$ likes to remove basic functions from their products.

What were they thinking?


*Polish website with ridiculous gossip about celebrities.