04.03.08 From the Viking
> Bullet Points: 7 Really Stupid Video Game Concepts
Written by Eddie R. Inzauto
These games represent a mixed bag in terms of quality, but they share as a commonality conceptual frameworks which can only be described as "born of farts." Or "stupid." Either one.
Where's Waldo

This is just retarded. Where's Waldo is meant to be a giant-sized children's book with crisp, detailed illustrations, not a super low-resolution, ugly mess of just a few colors vaguely resembling a well-populated scene. What's worse is that not only does the player have to move a cursor wildly about with the d-pad at breakneck speed, but the entire image doesn't even fit within the screen, meaning you have to scroll at the edges just to see what the hell is going on. And Waldo looks like a mostly-digested candy cane that came out of my dog's ass.
Any Movie-Based Game

It is common knowledge that any videogame based on a movie has a very good chance of turning out to be utter crap. There is, of course, the occasional fluke (such as Goldeneye 007 on the Nintendo 64), but for the most part, this law of the gaming industry holds true. So, class, if movie-based videogames suck, then what does that mean? It means that any game concept taken from a movie is a bad one.
Revolution X

I have to admit that I like Aerosmith, but this game is just stupid. It's about government and corporate agencies who have taken over the country, declared war on the youth of the nation, banned music, TV, and videogames... and kidnapped Aerosmith. While this may not be far off from where our country seems to be headed, shooting a music machine gun at armed mercenaries to rescue band members from the clutches of evil America is just dumb.
Winx Club: Join the Club

This game was arguably the very worst piece of garbage to come out of the gaming industry in 2007, and although it is based off of a TV show (and some might argue it should be included in the included in the "movie game" category), it still deserves to be trashed at least one more time. Basically, this game is a collection of stupid minigames as mundane as rearranging items on a desk that some witch constantly blows off, or picking out the different character in a series of look-alikes. Usually, the reason for doing all of this is to get some boy to like your preteen protagonist. This game hurts to even think about.
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

Who the FUCK races tractor-trailers? Let me re-phrase that; who the FUCK drives tractor-trailers really slowly with no competition and no obstacles while being misled into the impression that they are racing? If you're trying to make a game about delusional wannabe NASCAR drivers who figured being a trucker was the next best thing, then you've got a winning concept on your hands here. Otherwise, it's horrible.
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

Depending on who you talk to, this game has either the best or the worst concept ever. You play a superhero who makes Blankman look like Christopher Reeves and uses an arsenal of bodily functions that would make Barney from the Simpsons feel right at home. This previously mild-mannered millionaire goes to investigate a pollution transexistence machine, then (as his alter ego) follows a strange power-thieving arm into another dimension to get to the bottom of things. Now who the hell thought of that shit, and what were they on when they did?
Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble may be a fun -- or even a great -- game, but even the most avid fan has to admit that the concept is pretty stupid. I can just hear the pitch meeting: "Ok, so there are these dinosaurs, right? And they blow, like, BUBBLES at enemies. Then, get this, they run into those bubble-fied bad guys and turn them into... FRUIT! Isn't that awesome?!" No, it's retarded, but somehow it works anyway.
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Big Rigs, Whale couldnt even believe it was a game when he saw it in person, when did we as a society become so anally backward as to idealize redneck-inbred-hillbillies? (whale will climb down off his soapbox now)
Winx, from what Whale hears thats pretty much what the show is about, its all inane drivvel on sat. mornings now.
Whale also would like to know what Boogerman and the Bubble Bobble guys were on... and would like the hook-up, please.
joe thinks mario had a lame ass concept, though the game play made up for it, seriously a fucking PLUMBER saving the world.....right, joe's suspension of disbelief only extends so far
If Final Fantasy was Guns n Roses then X-2 is the spaghetti incident
plus Mark gets ridiculously blazed outta his gord before any RPG gaming matty, so it equals out
as in it was a question ala WTMFMF????????



