dteowner
Shoegazer
I do wonder if the wealth of information about games is doing some harm. Back in the day, my sole source of game info was Computer Gaming World magazine. Games would be out 2-3 months before the reviews would show up. I remember when they first added the "pipeline" feature to give us a vague idea of games nearing release. Most of my purchases were based on browsing the shelves, reading the back of the boxes. When you're going in like that, you can't help but get some pleasant surprises.
These days, we know everything there is to know about a game months before it hits the shelves. Heck, I had reverse-engineered the race/class matrix for Wiz8 from the demo long before the game came out. There's no real surprises any more. Even word-of-mouth games like Puzzle Quest, Dwarf Fortress and Witcher are pretty well detailed here at the Watch so the only real surprise is that those games somehow slipped under my radar.
These days, we know everything there is to know about a game months before it hits the shelves. Heck, I had reverse-engineered the race/class matrix for Wiz8 from the demo long before the game came out. There's no real surprises any more. Even word-of-mouth games like Puzzle Quest, Dwarf Fortress and Witcher are pretty well detailed here at the Watch so the only real surprise is that those games somehow slipped under my radar.