t3h w31rd: February 24th, 2007
Video Games have turned into a multi-billion dollar industry, employing tens of thousands of dedicated and hard working people to keep the gears of the gaming juggernaut well oiled. They provide entertainment and inspiration to millions with their work, turning going to the mall into a compulsion for an entire sect of people who would otherwise still be hidden in their parents basements.
Naturally, every once in a while you’re going to have something pretty damn strange happen. That is why this exists. This is… t3h w31rd.
Murder in the name of Arcades
This is actually a tragic story out of Japan, so I will keep the comments to a minimum. A 21-year-old, in his third-year at Nihon University, has admitted to killing two elderly people so he could steal their money, and spend it at the local arcade. Said Hiroshi Shimura, quote:
I spent the money at video game arcades. I murdered them so I could steal some money,
Truly tragic. Back on January 28th, police found the bodies of 61-year-old Shinichiro Nomoto and his 86-year-old mother at their home. …I don’t know which is more depressing, the fact that these two were murdered for video game change, or the fact that a 61-year-old man still lived with his mother…
…dammit, that was weak, in poor taste, and I apologize. Not really. Moving on…
Robots Like Games, Too!
Ok, this is just a story of a guy having WAY too much time on his hands. But the story boils down to this: This guy wanted an extra 60 gamerscore points, but didn’t want to dredge through the 1,000 matches required to get them. Noticing that it basically boiled down to two button presses (Start and B), he decided to BUILD A ROBOT to unlock this achievement.
Now, over at 1pstart.com there is an editorial by Kezins about just this kind of thing: Achievement Points. This is a shining example of taking it too far. Never mind that it’s undermining the purpose of the entire Gamerscore system, in addition to just plain cheating… but this is just freaking lazy! The entire point of the Gamerscore program is to see which gamers could do what within a game. Hell, there are some achievements I will never get because, quite frankly, I’m not good enough. At the same time, I don’t spend ten hours building a freaking ROBOT, for Sixty FREAKING POINTS…
…this guy must not have a girlfriend. No girlfriend would look at their boyfriend building a robot to unlock something in a video game and go “Ok, hun.”
Xbox 360 or Jesus Christ: WHO YOU GOT?!
The Landover Baptist Church is one of the funniest websites on the internet, and they continue with this piece. It may be old, but as the saying goes… if it’s new to me…
And to answer #8: Yes, yes it can.
See ya next week!
March 5th, 2007 at 12:08 am
I completely agree with you. There’s some achievements I already know I’ll never get myself. I think the acheivement system could be a lot better.. maybe we’ll see some refinement of the system in the next year or so.
It blows my mind that someone would kill for arcade money too. Back in the day when I ran out of arcade money, I would just walk around outside for a while and find change people dropped. It’s amazing how much money is just laying around on the sidewalks.