The 14 Stupidest Things We Did This Generation
Sorry everyone.
March 13, 2013
For the most part gamers are a pretty smart bunch. We're good puzzle-solvers and lateral-thinkers. But it's time to admit that we did some very stupid things this generation too:
14
We insisted the Xbox 360 was totally worth $400 for Perfect Dark Zero.
13
We spent more time complaining about installation times than the installs actually took.
12
We bought a $700 iPad only to use it for terrible free games instead of awesome $2.99 ones.
11
We camped out for days for things that didn't even sell out.
10
We bought this:
9
Those two months when everyone was obessed with this:
8
We all got so hyped... for this:
7
We thought these would be a permanent part of our game room:
6
More people petitioned to fix problems in SimCity than they did to fix problems in real cities.
5
We paid real money for fake clothes.
4
We played Games like this:
3
And this:
2
...Aaaannndd this:
1
Worst of all... We spent hundreds of hours arguing over which plastic box was better.
Brian Altano is IGN's Senior Editor. He's guilty of most, if not all of these things. Be sure to follow him on Twitter at @agentbizzle.
Justin Davis is IGN's Mobile Games Editor. He hopes people understand this is a comedy feature and don't leave comments about how they didn't do any of these things. He's on Twitter at @ErrorJustin.
Game Details
Published by:
Electronic Arts
Developed by:
Maxis
Genre:
Economic Simulation
Release Date:
United States: March 5, 2013
UK: March 8, 2013
Australia: March 2013
E10+ for Everyone 10 and older
: Mild Violence
Also Available On:
Mac
Also known as:
Sim City
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