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News Posts Littered With Excessive Obscure Reference Humor 03 Feb, 2004, 01:38 / 9 comments

By A Pirate! Yar!


Posts on adventure game news sites have recently become oversaturated with obscure reference humor, pushing away all but the most hardcore reader. "This has gotten completely out of control,? said Marek Bronstring, webmaster of AdventureGamers.com, "Every time we tried to re-open, one of my writers would pull some piece of Kings Quest 2 dialogue from God knows where and I'd have no choice but to fire my whole staff and start over."

Another example: When asked about Rogue Leader?s paltry eight missions and no multiplayer, Mojo news reporter Andrew Langley cracked a smile and said "These LucasArts games keep getting shorter and shorter," referencing a line cut from Escape From Monkey Island.

"This stuff isn?t interesting at all," reader Devin Flannely told the Mojo, "I just want to find out when the new XBox game is coming out, I couldn?t care less about how DJG 'works like crazy' or how Sean Clark's latest efforts are 'Fractalus, at best.' Fucking indie shit."
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9 Comments

  • JBRAA on 13 Feb, 2004, 20:51…
    Aye ladies
  • Jake on 03 Feb, 2004, 20:25…
    Whooooo
  • tabacco on 03 Feb, 2004, 20:09…
    test reply
  • tabacco on 03 Feb, 2004, 20:15…
    level 2
  • Jake on 03 Feb, 2004, 13:31…
    Sneaking.
  • tabacco on 03 Feb, 2004, 20:09…
    test reply again
  • tabacco on 03 Feb, 2004, 20:12…
    level 3
  • tabacco on 03 Feb, 2004, 20:12…
    level 4
  • tabacco on 03 Feb, 2004, 05:01…
    fun