I Miss The Old Stereotype

Gamers have always been stereotyped. I never particularly minded. Gaming is the biggest media industry and to me, the most fun. There was a day when Nintendo made the highest quality games and Mario was a sign of quality. (Don't worry, this isn't another nostalgic rant, just a terrifying observation.)

Peripherals are hit and miss. Shotguns make House of the Dead fun, pretend mini golf clubs make Wii Golf pathetic. But how about a soft toy baby?

"Play along with Mama and do everything a real babysitter would do. Mama will teach you how to keep your baby happy and healthy!"

What the hell is going on? I used to laugh at these things. The problem now is that they sell. They conquer the charts and spawn endless sequels. I always thought that a game with all the effort of cooking but no reward would quickly fail. But it became successful enough to branch out; into this ****! 

I found this game being advertised and sold in the front section of GAME. A section usually reserved for the massive releases of the year. Call of Duty, Halo, Killzone, Forza, Gran Turismo, Cooking Mama World: Babysitting Mama, Gears of War, Uncharted. Something in that list just doesn't look right.

Consistency Confusion

Clothes sizes have always varied. It's a simple fact of variation. But today I have been stunned. Today I had to take back a Quiksilver shirt because it was too small. This doesn't sound like a big deal until I mention that the shirt concerned was a large. I am buying an extra large shirts. To put this into perspective, I buy a small LLanelli Scarlets shirt. I am by no means an extra large person. The only conclusion I can draw is that the average Quiksilver shopper is extremely anorexic. It's about time shops call it a day and start using the same sizing scheme. Jeans are measured in waist and leg. You know your size, you know your jeans. Why can't they do this with shirts?