MG's panel-based quiz game thread thing #2... GAME THREAD!

[Jason]

Right gentlemen, after the last round gave you all a taster for the kind of verbal pugilism we've come to expect here in the MGPBQGT, it's time to come back for a second helping!

Question 1:
It's the obligatory 'Christmas' question! With the season of goodwill rapidly approaching, if you had to purchase a present for a character from the games industry, who would it be for, and what would it be?

Question 2:
Good news for US-based PS3 gamers this week, as it was unveiled that Heavy Rain will reach their shores uncensored, unlike developer Quantic Dream's last game, Farenheit, which had certain sexual scenes removed. So, in celebration of this, share with us some times that you've got one over on 'the man', either in-game or in real life.

Question 3:
This week saw the launch of the 'Gran Turismo Academy', which offers talented GT drivers the chance to become a real racing driver. Along those lines, if you could do the job of anyone from a game, who would it be?

Question 4:
The team behind Red Faction: Guerilla launched a '5x XP multiplier' event this week in a desperate attempt to inject some life into the stagnating community. So everyone that's not playing can now be not earning 5 times as much XP. Share with us some other examples of poorly thought-through marketing.

Question 5:
And finally, the Medal of Honor series has undergone a welcome reboot recently, and is the first in the series to be rated 'M'. What are some other classic game series you'd like to revive for the modern era, and how would you ensure they got the magic 'M' rating?

As always, those not involved can trash-talk the contestants and their answers in the discussion thread (http://www.mature-gamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1698).

CONTESTANTS: Deadline for answers is 23:59GMT on the 24th December!

[nilihanth]

First off, I'm not scared of going first, ya pansies.

Question 1:
It's the obligatory 'Christmas' question! With the season of goodwill rapidly approaching, if you had to purchase a present for a character from the games industry, who would it be for, and what would it be?

I would purchase, for Peter Molyneux, a bottle of Uncle Reggie's Cinnamon-scented Chloroform with a complimentary hankie tied to the bottle with a big red ribbon. The reason should be obvious, but for those that don't know, Mr. Molyneux has a condition known as "diarrhea of the mouth". A condition that the makers of Pepto-Bismol failed to manufacture a treatment for. This is not to be mistaken for a stab at the man's game-making talent. He's right as rain for game development but he, or a member of his entourage, needs to have handy a bottle of Uncle Reggie's Cinnamon-scented Chloroform at all times. You're welcome, Peter. ...Peter?

Question 2:
Good news for US-based PS3 gamers this week, as it was unveiled that Heavy Rain will reach their shores uncensored, unlike developer Quantic Dream's last game, Fahrenheit, which had certain sexual scenes removed. So, in celebration of this, share with us some times that you've got one over on 'the man', either in-game or in real life.

Since I'm a saint in real life I'll just have to use an in-game example. In Morrowind, when my mage character was wanting what was stored in the one of the major House's vaults in Vivec, I simply walked up to the vault guard and cast 'Frenzy Humanoid' on him so he'd attack me first. That puts me as an innocent victim of an "unwarranted" attack and, therefore, perfectly legal to kill said attacker. A few spells later and stumbling upon the vault key in his pocket I wound up using some of the best armor and weapons in the game. Hey, they were just hoarding them for the sake of hoarding!

Now you can either believe that first sentence of this answer's paragraph or you can assume I'm not stupid enough to admit any actual wrong-doings against "the man".

Question 3:
This week saw the launch of the 'Gran Turismo Academy', which offers talented GT drivers the chance to become a real racing driver. Along those lines, if you could do the job of anyone from a game, who would it be?

I'd like the job of being Samus Aran's varia suit. I really don't have to explain why, do I?

Question 4:
The team behind Red Faction: Guerilla launched a '5x XP multiplier' event this week in a desperate attempt to inject some life into the stagnating community. So everyone that's not playing can now be not earning 5 times as much XP. Share with us some other examples of poorly thought-through marketing.

Star Wars. Zombies.

Star Wars Galaxies, still struggling to be relevant, announced a content update that would include zombies. The update was to be called "Death Troopers". This marketing stunt was largely laughed at across the interweb's gaming blogs including Kotaku. Fittingly so, in my opinion.

SWG has, in the opinion of many, been making mistake after mistake since a few months after it's launch. Adding zombies to the Star Wars universe is screaming "desperate" not to mention that most Star Wars Proper fans consider the action an insult. A lot of things have been done to the Star Wars universe that I consider questionable at best, but zombies takes the cake as the worst attempt at gaining attention to a SW game. Ever.

It's odd though, since Zombies are normally seen as a good and/or funny addition to game franchises. It was a hit for Call of Duty: World At War and zombie-themed games are usually well-received. It's just odd that trying it for a Star Wars game that seemingly was taking itself seriously (at least at launch it was) is deemed so ridiculous and insulting.

Question 5:
And finally, the Medal of Honor series has undergone a welcome reboot recently, and is the first in the series to be rated 'M'. What are some other classic game series you'd like to revive for the modern era, and how would you ensure they got the magic 'M' rating?

Phantasy Star Online: It needs enough of a reboot to get the sales, but not enough to change the spirit of the game. Yes, there have been a couple Phantasy Star releases but only on the PSP and DS and even the failed subscription-based Phantasy Star Universe for the 360 but that was an entirely different game comparatively. I want it to come back to the PS3 and/or 360 with a new coat of paint and a huge new feature list in addition to what already made PSO fun and addictive.

Oh, and screw the 'M' rating. PSO could use a little more realistic gore when killing fleshies but that's about all it would need that could lean it towards the M rating. I doubt it could make the 'M' rating even so, unless they just threw in random expletives and/or boobies but that'd really be mindlessly dumb.

Streets of Rage: The 'M' rating would come easy on this one just due to the story and content of the game. They actually had to try to make it for a general audience when they released that bad boy back in 1990 so this time it would take no effort. Gameplay would need a few updates but not too many. I'm just imagining the game in an updated form and am getting giddy just thinking about it!

[MyNameDidntFit]

My time is short, so if the quality is bad:
cry some more

Question 1:
It's the obligatory 'Christmas' question! With the season of goodwill rapidly approaching, if you had to purchase a present for a character from the games industry, who would it be for, and what would it be?I've been playing Splinter Cell a bit lately so my presents would be for Sam Fisher. He's a great spy and all, but he has two major flaws:
For the first, he can't bloody well survive falling more than four or five feet. What's this? A one-storey drop? You'd better rappel... OR YOU WILL DIE. So, I'd like to give him Chell's leg-springs (http://www.maxishine.com.au/Pics/Portal/portal-chell.jpg).
Secondly, his job relies entirely upon him not being seen... and yet he has incredibly bright green glowing goggles. Sure, they add some nice aesthetic flare to his appearance but I can all but guarantee such is the reason the enemies consistently spot you when they shouldn't on the hardest difficulty. So, Sam, this Christmas I'd like to present you with some standard night-vision/thermal/EMF goggles that don't, in the words of Lambert, light you up like Times Square.

Furthermore; Konrad, your answer to Question 1 is simply arbitrary, unimaginative and generally downright horrible due to your appalling lack of any content.Question 2:
Good news for US-based PS3 gamers this week, as it was unveiled that Heavy Rain will reach their shores uncensored, unlike developer Quantic Dream's last game, Farenheit, which had certain sexual scenes removed. So, in celebration of this, share with us some times that you've got one over on 'the man', either in-game or in real life.Unlike my predecessor Nilihanth, I'm no saint, but I'm also not one to post my unlawful doings on the internet. So now I actually have to think of something I've done in-game...
Come to think of it, the answer is blatantly obvious and intensely in 'the man''s (how the shit am I meant to punctuate that?!) face. There was this one time that I found myself in a slightly futuristic, dystopian future where humanity was oppressed and ruled by an old man and some aliens with pew-pew lasers. So, as any good child of rebellion does, I spawned myself a stunstick, console'd the damage of my stunstick to unfathomably high levels, gave myself infinite suit armour and beat the living shit out of... well... everything. Personally, I think bringing down an entire world order is pretty much a kick in 'the man''s nuts--Half-Life 2 saga, to any philistine that hasn't realised.

But there's one thing that could top it; one thing that every single one of you should know and have done. Long ago, I was playing one of the world's greatest games and I put myself through radiation-bandit-and-mutant-filled hell for four months to save my people. Low and behold, I come back and they tell me to f*** off until I've rid the land of a god-forsaken scourge of things bigger and angrier than me--there are also more of them. About now I'm getting pretty pissed off. But, hey, I'm a cool guy, I'll help my chaps out. So I go off and I do what they wanted and come back...
"Oh, uh, sorry, you have to leave. You've been away too long and we don't want you here any more."
So I narrowed my eyes, drew my pistol and shot the stupid f***er in the face. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?
That is to say, I completed Fallout only to be told they didn't want me back in their vault after I saved their asses twice-over; so I shot the Overseer.

On a related note; Konrad, your Question 2 response is utter crap, to be frank. You came about as close to making a good response as Legolas comes to being straight (hey, Jassie, look: a LotR reference. C'mon. Negative point me. I dares ya).Question 3:
This week saw the launch of the 'Gran Turismo Academy', which offers talented GT drivers the chance to become a real racing driver. Along those lines, if you could do the job of anyone from a game, who would it be?Despite not actually knowing what his job is exactly, I'd want Half-Life's G-Man's job. Wandering about in a sharp suit, watching people, adjusting my tie, talking awesomely, having cool eyes, teleporting, putting people in stasis, stopping time... I mean, that guy has it all.
He's an all-round man of mystery... I'd also get to know every bloody secret about the Half-Life universe which would basically be better than sex for my Half-Life fanboy mind.

Similarly, Konnie you dirty pole, what in hell where you thinking with your Question 3? Bloody Derek Zoolander could have written a better response than that. I can't even begin to describe how simply bad it is.Question 4:
The team behind Red Faction: Guerilla launched a '5x XP multiplier' event this week in a desperate attempt to inject some life into the stagnating community. So everyone that's not playing can now be not earning 5 times as much XP. Share with us some other examples of poorly thought-through marketing.EA? Mm. You knew that name was going to come up. Inevitable, really. Normally, I'm not one to bag EA as I consider them to be a decent company most of the time, but earlier this year they made a pretty chronic cock-up with their advertising of Dante's Inferno at ComicCon '09.
They made a contest (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/07/504x_custom_1248458621930_sintowin.png) that asked gamers to "sin to win". Right. For their sins the winner would get a "sinful night with two hot girls, a limo service, paparazzi and a chest full of booty"... did I mention what EA stated they had to do? They were to "commit acts of lust" with booth babes and submit photos of it via Twitter, Facebook or email. Uh... for those of you still wondering, it later became known that this simply meant take a photo with the babes. And the, er, "sinful night" was just a chaperoned night out--probably with seven burly men making sure you didn't touch the girls, for that matter.
Oh, and, in case you were thinking that there might actually be some sinning involved, judges were given authority to disqualify any entries that were "inappropriate for any reason, including without limitation, for depicting or mentioning sex, violence, drugs, alcohol and/or inappropriate language".
What were they thinking? Buggered if I know.

And, if I might go so far as to say, Konnie, your answer to this question is quite below the standard of any human being who considers themselves with even a modicum of respect. Your example is shockingly chosen and the way you have styled your response belongs in the same cupboard as the bee-hive hair do.
Question 5:
And finally, the Medal of Honor series has undergone a welcome reboot recently, and is the first in the series to be rated 'M'. What are some other classic game series you'd like to revive for the modern era, and how would you ensure they got the magic 'M' rating?Sniper Elite was, and is, one of my favourite games of all time. Brilliant gameplay, decent plot and more tactical sniping than you could poke a stick at. I imagine most of you haven't played it so, imagine the sniper missions in the CoD games. Now increase the amount of tactical sense needed considerably and make it a full length game. Or just watch Enemy at the Gates while pretending its a game.
I, my good sirs and ma'ams (and Konrad), am one of those people who will always have a sniper rifle cradled against his chest whenever a game allows it (snipin's a good job, mate) and so this game is... well, let's just say I bloody love it.
It took place in WWII, which makes it a perfect candidate to jump on the WWII -> Modern bandwagon and put me, and my sniper-loving brethren, into whatever modern theatre they choose with a sniper in my arms, a bunch of Arabs/Ruskies/Yanks/Sand People to kill and a whole lot of tactical thought playing through my head.
If there's one thing I want in the gaming world right now, it's a good dedicated sniper title.

And now for something completely different: Konrad... well, I can't even be bothered abusing you further. Just string together the first bunch of insulting words that come to mind with a few general statements about a question and pretend I wrote it. MNDF out.

(Edit: K, so that link seems to want to say Sniper Elite twice... no idea why. Eh.)

[Rob]

Question 1:
It's the obligatory 'Christmas' question! With the season of goodwill rapidly approaching, if you had to purchase a present for a character from the games industry, who would it be for, and what would it be?

I would get Sonic some Riddlin so he can slow the **** down and enjoy the holidays.

Question 2:
Good news for US-based PS3 gamers this week, as it was unveiled that Heavy Rain will reach their shores uncensored, unlike developer Quantic Dream's last game, Farenheit, which had certain sexual scenes removed. So, in celebration of this, share with us some times that you've got one over on 'the man', either in-game or in real life.

I soldered a mod chip onto my original xbox motherboard in order to bypass Microsoft's attempt to lock down such a nice of hardware. I did it on company time and my boss watched for a minute or two.

Question 3:
This week saw the launch of the 'Gran Turismo Academy', which offers talented GT drivers the chance to become a real racing driver. Along those lines, if you could do the job of anyone from a game, who would it be?

Like Mario I would be a professional plumber. I dream of one day opening my own plumbing store and living a humble life where I will also talka lika Mario and chase after my princess.

Question 4:
The team behind Red Faction: Guerilla launched a '5x XP multiplier' event this week in a desperate attempt to inject some life into the stagnating community. So everyone that's not playing can now be not earning 5 times as much XP. Share with us some other examples of poorly thought-through marketing.

A few days ago my wife and I saw a World of Warcraft commercial starring Mr. T and we thought is was ridiculous. I don't think Mr. T can identify with most of the people that play WoW. Hold on...

Question 5:
And finally, the Medal of Honor series has undergone a welcome reboot recently, and is the first in the series to be rated 'M'. What are some other classic game series you'd like to revive for the modern era, and how would you ensure they got the magic 'M' rating?

Zelda! It would be fun to get a Morrowind/Fallout3 inspired version of Zelda with a darker overtone and with graphic death animations. It would be the death of a long franchise with G rated roots but might be worth it.

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I'm writing short answers to offset the massive wall of text before me. That's my excuse and i'm sticking to it. :naughty:

[Jason]

Right, sorry it's been a long time coming, but we were all waiting for Konrad. Or that's my excuse, anyway. :p

This round's contestants are: Nilihanth, MyNameDidntFit and Robrunsfromzombies!

Without further ado, let's get things rolling.

Question 1:
It's the obligatory 'Christmas' question! With the season of goodwill rapidly approaching, if you had to purchase a present for a character from the games industry, who would it be for, and what would it be?

I would purchase, for Peter Molyneux, a bottle of Uncle Reggie's Cinnamon-scented Chloroform with a complimentary hankie tied to the bottle with a big red ribbon. Uncle Reggie's - for when 'no' is just a temporary setback... +2 The reason should be obvious, but for those that don't know, Mr. Molyneux has a condition known as "diarrhea of the mouth". +1 A condition that the makers of Pepto-Bismol failed to manufacture a treatment for. This is not to be mistaken for a stab at the man's game-making talent. He's right as rain for game development +1 - damn straight, he's made some of my favourite games ever. but he, or a member of his entourage, needs to have handy a bottle of Uncle Reggie's Cinnamon-scented Chloroform at all times. You're welcome, Peter. ...Peter?

I've been playing Splinter Cell a bit lately so my presents would be for Sam Fisher. He's a great spy and all, but he has two major flaws:
For the first, he can't bloody well survive falling more than four or five feet. What's this? A one-storey drop? You'd better rappel... OR YOU WILL DIE. So, I'd like to give him Chell's leg-springs. -1 - it's been proven that a fall of as little as four feet can be fatal to a healthy adult male...
Secondly, his job relies entirely upon him not being seen... and yet he has incredibly bright green glowing goggles. +3 - that has always bugged the CRAP out of me. Sure, they add some nice aesthetic flare to his appearance but I can all but guarantee such is the reason the enemies consistently spot you when they shouldn't on the hardest difficulty. +2 - I suppose it's one way of covering up the slightly shoddy AI... So, Sam, this Christmas I'd like to present you with some standard night-vision/thermal/EMF goggles that don't, in the words of Lambert, light you up like Times Square.

Furthermore; Konrad, your answer to Question 1 is simply arbitrary, unimaginative and generally downright horrible due to your appalling lack of any content. +1 -Technically true. There's NO content. He didn't answer it.

I would get Sonic some Riddlin so he can slow the **** down and enjoy the holidays. +2 - The thought of Sonic wasted out of his face on depressants always makes me think of Christmas.


After Question 1:
Nilihanth: 4pts
MNDF: 5pts
RRFZ: 2pts
Konrad: 0pts



Question 2:
Good news for US-based PS3 gamers this week, as it was unveiled that Heavy Rain will reach their shores uncensored, unlike developer Quantic Dream's last game, Fahrenheit, which had certain sexual scenes removed. So, in celebration of this, share with us some times that you've got one over on 'the man', either in-game or in real life.

Since I'm a saint in real life I'll just have to use an in-game example. In Morrowind, when my mage character was wanting what was stored in the one of the major House's vaults in Vivec, I simply walked up to the vault guard and cast 'Frenzy Humanoid' on him so he'd attack me first. That puts me as an innocent victim of an "unwarranted" attack and, therefore, perfectly legal to kill said attacker. You utter bastard. He was working that job to feed his two starving kids and disabled lesbian midget wife. +3 A few spells later and stumbling upon the vault key in his pocket I wound up using some of the best armor and weapons in the game. Hey, they were just hoarding them for the sake of hoarding! +2 Murder is murder. But loot is loot. I'd say they cancel each other out.

Now you can either believe that first sentence of this answer's paragraph or you can assume I'm not stupid enough to admit any actual wrong-doings against "the man". -1 Boo to you. If you can't brag about your criminal activity on the privacy of the internet, where can you? I mean, it's not like anything bad's ever happened because someone posted something on the internet, right?

Unlike my predecessor Nilihanth, I'm no saint, but I'm also not one to post my unlawful doings on the internet. -1 - point off for you... So now I actually have to think of something I've done in-game...
Come to think of it, the answer is blatantly obvious and intensely in 'the man''s (how the shit am I meant to punctuate that?!) face. There was this one time that I found myself in a slightly futuristic, dystopian future where humanity was oppressed and ruled by an old man and some aliens with pew-pew lasers. So, as any good child of rebellion does, I spawned myself a stunstick, console'd the damage of my stunstick to unfathomably high levels, gave myself infinite suit armour and beat the living shit out of... well... everything. +1 Personally, I think bringing down an entire world order is pretty much a kick in 'the man''s nuts--Half-Life 2 saga, to any philistine that hasn't realised. +2 - it's technically cheating, but the thought of you trying to take down a strider with a stunstick made me lol.

But there's one thing that could top it; one thing that every single one of you should know and have done. Long ago, I was playing one of the world's greatest games and I put myself through radiation-bandit-and-mutant-filled hell for four months to save my people. +2 - great game. Low and behold, I come back and they tell me to f*** off until I've rid the land of a god-forsaken scourge of things bigger and angrier than me--there are also more of them. About now I'm getting pretty pissed off. But, hey, I'm a cool guy, I'll help my chaps out. So I go off and I do what they wanted and come back...
"Oh, uh, sorry, you have to leave. You've been away too long and we don't want you here any more."
So I narrowed my eyes, drew my pistol and shot the stupid f***er in the face. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?
That is to say, I completed Fallout only to be told they didn't want me back in their vault after I saved their asses twice-over; so I shot the Overseer. +1 and who says games make people violent?

On a related note; Konrad, your Question 2 response is utter crap, to be frank. You came about as close to making a good response as Legolas comes to being straight (hey, Jassie, look: a LotR reference. C'mon. Negative point me. I dares ya).-1 - ummm... ok then.

I soldered a mod chip onto my original xbox motherboard in order to bypass Microsoft's attempt to lock down such a nice of hardware. +3 - there we go! Finally, some dirt!I did it on company time and my boss watched for a minute or two. +1


After Question 2:
Nilihanth: 8pts
MNDF: 9pts
RRFZ: 6pts
Konrad: 0pts



Question 3:
This week saw the launch of the 'Gran Turismo Academy', which offers talented GT drivers the chance to become a real racing driver. Along those lines, if you could do the job of anyone from a game, who would it be?

I'd like the job of being Samus Aran's varia suit. I really don't have to explain why, do I? +1 - You do if you want more than one point for the answer... :p

Despite not actually knowing what his job is exactly, I'd want Half-Life's G-Man's job. Wandering about in a sharp suit, watching people, adjusting my tie, talking awesomely, having cool eyes, teleporting, putting people in stasis, stopping time... I mean, that guy has it all. +1
He's an all-round man of mystery... I'd also get to know every bloody secret about the Half-Life universe which would basically be better than sex for my Half-Life fanboy mind. +1 - I can't work out whether I should be giving you points or taking them away for that... eh, what the hell - we're gamers, we're not supposed to have sex anyway.

Similarly, Konnie you dirty pole, what in hell where you thinking with your Question 3? Bloody Derek Zoolander could have written a better response than that. I can't even begin to describe how simply bad it is. +1 - I have to give you points, even though I don't want to, as once again, you're technically correct. Bah.

Like Mario I would be a professional plumber. I dream of one day opening my own plumbing store +1 - does such a thing exist? If it doesn't, it should... and living a humble life where I will also talka lika Mario and chase after my princess. +1 - I did something like that too, once. She got a restraining order.


After Question 3:
Nilihanth: 9pts
MNDF: 12pts
RRFZ: 8pts
Konrad: 0pts




Question 4:
The team behind Red Faction: Guerilla launched a '5x XP multiplier' event this week in a desperate attempt to inject some life into the stagnating community. So everyone that's not playing can now be not earning 5 times as much XP. Share with us some other examples of poorly thought-through marketing.

Star Wars. Zombies.

Star Wars Galaxies, still struggling to be relevant, announced a content update that would include zombies. +2 - I'm pretty sure a thousand fanboys just twitched when you mentioned that.The update was to be called "Death Troopers". This marketing stunt was largely laughed at across the interweb's gaming blogs including Kotaku. Fittingly so, in my opinion.

SWG has, in the opinion of many, been making mistake after mistake since a few months after it's launch. +1 Adding zombies to the Star Wars universe is screaming "desperate" not to mention that most Star Wars Proper fans consider the action an insult. A lot of things have been done to the Star Wars universe that I consider questionable at best, but zombies takes the cake as the worst attempt at gaining attention to a SW game. Ever. +1 - although it'll never be as bad as that 'christmas' film. I've never evenseen a Star Wars film and I consider it an insult to the franchise.

It's odd though, since Zombies are normally seen as a good and/or funny addition to game franchises. +1 - I can't think of many times people complained about zombies being added to a game. Except Carmageddon.It was a hit for Call of Duty: World At War and zombie-themed games are usually well-received. It's just odd that trying it for a Star Wars game that seemingly was taking itself seriously (at least at launch it was) is deemed so ridiculous and insulting.

EA? Mm. You knew that name was going to come up. Inevitable, really. Normally, I'm not one to bag EA as I consider them to be a decent company most of the time, but earlier this year they made a pretty chronic cock-up with their advertising of Dante's Inferno at ComicCon '09.
They made a contest that asked gamers to "sin to win". Right. For their sins the winner would get a "sinful night with two hot girls, a limo service, paparazzi and a chest full of booty"... did I mention what EA stated they had to do? They were to "commit acts of lust" with booth babes and submit photos of it via Twitter, Facebook or email. Uh... for those of you still wondering, it later became known that this simply meant take a photo with the babes. And the, er, "sinful night" was just a chaperoned night out--probably with seven burly men making sure you didn't touch the girls, for that matter.
Oh, and, in case you were thinking that there might actually be some sinning involved, judges were given authority to disqualify any entries that were "inappropriate for any reason, including without limitation, for depicting or mentioning sex, violence, drugs, alcohol and/or inappropriate language".
What were they thinking? Buggered if I know. +5 - This made me lol hard. Thank god for morons.

And, if I might go so far as to say, Konnie, your answer to this question is quite below the standard of any human being who considers themselves with even a modicum of respect. Your example is shockingly chosen and the way you have styled your response belongs in the same cupboard as the bee-hive hair do. -1 - He didn't answer the question, therefore could not choose an example.

A few days ago my wife and I saw a World of Warcraft commercial starring Mr. T and we thought is was ridiculous. I don't think Mr. T can identify with most of the people that play WoW. Hold on... +3 - bit of a recluse, slightly odd, could do with spending more time in the 'real' world? Sounds about right to me.


After Question 4:
Nilihanth: 13pts
MNDF: 16pts
RRFZ: 11pts
Konrad: 0pts



Question 5:
And finally, the Medal of Honor series has undergone a welcome reboot recently, and is the first in the series to be rated 'M'. What are some other classic game series you'd like to revive for the modern era, and how would you ensure they got the magic 'M' rating?

Phantasy Star Online: It needs enough of a reboot to get the sales, but not enough to change the spirit of the game. +1 Yes, there have been a couple Phantasy Star releases but only on the PSP and DS and even the failed subscription-based Phantasy Star Universe for the 360 but that was an entirely different game comparatively. +1 I want it to come back to the PS3 and/or 360 with a new coat of paint and a huge new feature list in addition to what already made PSO fun and addictive.

Oh, and screw the 'M' rating. PSO could use a little more realistic gore when killing fleshies but that's about all it would need that could lean it towards the M rating. I doubt it could make the 'M' rating even so, unless they just threw in random expletives and/or boobies but that'd really be mindlessly dumb. -1 - answer the question! :p

Streets of Rage: The 'M' rating would come easy on this one just due to the story and content of the game. +2. I'm sure that even as I type, Australia is banning it pre-emptively. They actually had to try to make it for a general audience when they released that bad boy back in 1990 so this time it would take no effort. Gameplay would need a few updates but not too many. I'm just imagining the game in an updated form and am getting giddy just thinking about it! +1

Sniper Elite was, and is, one of my favourite games of all time. +2 - Great little game. So much potential, but some fatal flaws. Brilliant gameplay, decent plot and more tactical sniping than you could poke a stick at. I imagine most of you haven't played it so, imagine the sniper missions in the CoD games. Now increase the amount of tactical sense needed considerably and make it a full length game. -1 - You forgot to mention the retarded 'underground' levels, and the bit where it makes you take on tanks at close range... Or just watch Enemy at the Gates while pretending its a game.
I, my good sirs and ma'ams (and Konrad), am one of those people who will always have a sniper rifle cradled against his chest whenever a game allows it (snipin's a good job, mate) and so this game is... well, let's just say I bloody love it.
It took place in WWII, which makes it a perfect candidate to jump on the WWII -> Modern bandwagon and put me, and my sniper-loving brethren, into whatever modern theatre they choose with a sniper in my arms, a bunch of Arabs/Ruskies/Yanks/Sand People to kill and a whole lot of tactical thought playing through my head. +2 - Good god, yes. How is it that there hasn't been one already? It's such a good concept for a game!
If there's one thing I want in the gaming world right now, it's a good dedicated sniper title.

And now for something completely different: Konrad... well, I can't even be bothered abusing you further. Just string together the first bunch of insulting words that come to mind with a few general statements about a question and pretend I wrote it. MNDF out.

Zelda! It would be fun to get a Morrowind/Fallout3 inspired version of Zelda with a darker overtone and with graphic death animations. It would be the death of a long franchise with G rated roots but might be worth it. +3 - Not only does that actually sound like an intriguing idea, it would also royally piss off thousands of Zelda fans, which is fine by me.


FINAL SCORES!
:1st: MNDF: 19pts
:2nd: Nilihanth: 17pts
:3rd: RRFZ: 14pts
:upset: Konrad: 0pts


So the token Australian does it again, making it back-to-back victories in the MGPBQGT. Excellent debut from Nilihanth, and Rob puts in another solid performance, despite typing up his answers in approximately four minutes. :P
The next one will be along shortly, and might well have a new host!