Diehard GameFAN writes: "So, Konami has been in kind of a slump as far as rhythm games are concerned. Dance Dance Revolution, once a decent cash cow for the company, has been cast aside in favor of other franchises, due in equal parts to changing interests of fans and a general lack on Konami's end of any sort of innovation (well, any sort of USEFUL innovation) in the franchise. Konami's own attempt at a US plastic instrument video game, Rock Revolution, was considered a critical and commercial failure, which was incredibly sad considering Konami helped to pioneer the genre in the first place. Karaoke Revolution, which was once the first karaoke video game on the console market, had plateaued around the time the franchise teamed up with American Idol, and between the release of competing products like Singstar and LIPS and the lack of innovation and progress in the last game in the franchise, Karaoke Revolution: American Idol Encore 2, interest has waned."
WC: Have you ever owned a video game that was considered taboo? I mean a game that was either so awkward or so terrible that you had to play it behind closed doors and/or stash it the moment you heard a knock on your door? Those are the kind of video games every gamer is embarrassed to own. Here is a list of ten such titles for you to better understand.
The Mario Party Series does not deserve to be on the list. Drunk friends playing Mario Party it pure gold.
"DNF manage to sell pretty well, and there are those who even dared to post gameplay videos of it on YouTube. Have these people no shame? Don’t they at least feel embarrassed?"
nope duke nukem wasn't the only one to get a crap sequel: turok, wolfenstein ,quake and some other game series got really bad sequels some may be intentionally like postal 3 but generally all were bad games for each respective series. DNF doesnt stand out being a the worst because there´s clearly alot of bad games out there.
The only game i was embarrassed to own was Turning Point..such a cool idea ruined by rushed development.
The author seems to have a hang up on sexual themes being embarrassing. I'll admit some of the things mentioned are cringe worthy in this regard, but if people are embarrassed because of innuendo in their games then they probably have other issues to deal with. By his reasoning, we should be embarrassed by 99% of all sitcoms that we may enjoy.
The first generation to grow up with video games is all grown up. Gamers are now facing a more significant challenge: blending marriages, mortgages, and parenting together with their gamer lifestyle. Interviews with Tycho of Penny Arcade, sci-fi author John Scalzi, and futurists and sociologists tell where they see the "video game generation" taking family relationships and gaming itself in the future.
TSA: If you like karaoke games, Karaoke Revolution is a no-brainer even if you already own SingStar. It doesn't have the polish or refinement of SingStar, but it does have heaps of potential, and the career mode will keep you busy for a while, especially when you consider a SingStar disk usually ships with 30 songs and a Lips disk with 40.
