Quotes from the Critics
This Chicago film critic wrote, "Video games can never be art... [N]o one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison with the great dramatists, poets, filmmakers, novelists and composers."
Who is Roger Ebert?
Jeff Gerstmann was fired from GameSpot for giving this third-person shooter a 6-out-of-10 review while the website was completely reskinned in advertising for the game.
What is Kane & Lynch: Dead Men?
Matthew Broderick practiced for two months on arcade machines sent to him by the film studio to prepare for his scenes in WarGames in which his character plays this space shooter.
What is Galaga?
After beating the main story in the Johto region of Pokémon Gold and Silver, players are rewarded with a second adventure through this entire region from Pokémon Red and Blue.
What is Kanto?
Sonic the Hedgehog is a game about "going fast" and "picking up all the coins."
What are rings?
Referring to footage from Night Trap, this U.S. senator said, "This scene... is a graphic depiction of violence against women... I find this segment deeply offensive and believe that it simply should be taken off the market."
Who is Joe Lieberman?
The Jimquisition's website was the target of denial-of-service attacks after giving this 2017 release a 7-out-of-10 review that helped lower the game's Metacritic score from 98 to 97.
What is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, John Connor is seen playing the rotating sit-in cockpit version of this arcade game while being pursued by the T-1000.
What is After Burner?
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots features a playable PS1 flashback that Snake dreams about on his way to this location from the first game in the series.
What is Shadow Moses?
The Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox 360 were released around the same time.
(Change one system)
What are the Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One?
This disbarred attorney and notorious activist called Grand Theft Auto IV "the gravest assault upon children in this country since polio," and said Sony's "dumping of garbage into American kids' brains" is like "Pearl Harbor 2."
Who is Jack Thompson?
In 2013, amidst backlash, EGM issued a statement standing by its 9-out-of-10 review of this widely panned first-person shooter, but then fired the reviewer a few days later.
What is Aliens: Colonial Marines?
Despite The Hurt Locker being set in 2004, a soldier is seen playing this third-person shooter that wasn't released until two years later.
What is Gears of War?
Throwback Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a remake of this classic level from Super Mario 64 that features the level's boss in its name.
What is Whomp's Fortress?
The first E3 happened in 1991.
What is 1995?
Referring to this action RPG series based on his books, Andrzej Sapkowski said, "I don't even know what's in them. I know a few people who played the games, but not many, as I usually associate with intelligent people."
What is The Witcher?
Filip Miucin was fired from IGN after his review of this 2018 action roguelite led to the discovery of his serial plagiarism, which included his copy-pasted resume on LinkedIn.
What is Dead Cells?
In Ghostbusters II, the crew animates the Statue of Liberty using positively charged mood slime and controls it with this NES peripheral.
What is the NES Advantage?
This underwater adventure for the Dreamcast includes two secret side-scrolling levels that are based on the original games in the series; one is even called "Passage from Genesis."
What is Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future?
The PlayStation 2 was the first video game system to ship 100 million units.
What is the PlayStation?
This Desperate Housewives star said, "I find it a turnoff whenever men aren't into sports. And, no, video games don't count. I dated a guy who was into video games, and I wanted to shoot myself."
Who is Eva Longoria?
Dean Takahashi issued an apology to readers, BioWare, and Microsoft for his negative review of this 2007 release after learning that he never allocated his characters' skill points.
What is Mass Effect?
In Back to the Future Part II, Marty proves he's a "crack shot" at this Nintendo arcade game, though he's actually playing the NES version on a special cabinet made for the movie.
What is Wild Gunman?
Driving 88 MPH in the DeLorean in this 2011 psychic racing game unlocks the "Blast from the Past" mission, a remake of the notoriously hard tutorial from the first game in the series.
What is Driver: San Francisco?
Howard Lincoln was the lawyer who successfully defended Nintendo against Universal's claim that Donkey Kong infringed on King Kong.
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Who is John Kirby?