An interesting thing happened the other day. I had some spare time, so I decided to go back and replay some old DigiPen games (because why else would I be keeping them all on my hard drive?) and I clicked, out of pure curiosity, on Data Runner. Much to my combination of surprise, delight, and dismay, it actually worked even though I declared that it was broken on this very blog.
This got me feeling kind of guilty. I felt like I should give that combination of Tempest 200 and the most annoying level of Spiderman 64 the review it deserved. Then I got thinking: what other games did I deprive of a review just because it didn't work for me? How come I can declare a game broken just for installing incorrectly, which seems to have been the case for Data Runner (and, indeed, Gnomble) yet I can spend half an hour searching for an alternate download of Crazy Cross?
At the end of the day, it just all comes down to a lot of factors: how busy I am, my mood, etc. There are going to be times when I don't review a game that has potential.
Fear not, though, for there is hope. Remember a while back when I got my buddy Luis to do my job for me? Well, I'm not above accepting other people's work for my "reviews" of broken games. If I say a game is broken but you can get it to work and you feel like writing up a short review, by all means, send it in. Also make sure to send me your name (or alias) so I can credit you. I know my audience isn't that big...not even close, actually...but still, there's a chance that someone out there would be willing; I'm gonna take it. After all, my miniscule audience has already proven that they care enough about these games to make contributions (that's right, Yose, I'm talking to you and your impressive fix for Claustrophere), and that was before I somehow managed to get at least one viewer from Poland...
Trust me, I'll review games myself whenever I can, but sometimes the cookie just doesn't crumble in my favor. It's like of the girl from Julie and Julia went to the store to buy the ingredients for her newest dish and they just didn't have any...stuff happens.
Well, that's all I got today. Until next time.
