What the fuck is up with system fanboys? Why do I keep forgetting they exist? I haven’t thought about whether the GC is better than the xbox, or the PS2 in MONTHS, and I’d figured by now it was so patently obvious what the game system hierarchy was that the strengths and weaknesses of each were just obvious, and taken for granted.

But then they rear their ugly goddamned heads again.

I was looking up reviews on a game called “Pathway to Glory” for the N-Gage. Sure, the N-Gage is a pretty reviled piece of hardware, but Pathway to Glory is an extraordinary little game for it. Genuinely one of the better turn-based strategy games I’ve played, and tons of fun, to boot. So I’m wondering why the user reviews has only a 6.1/10, when I’d give it a 9.5/10, and figure average, it’d probably be around 8.5/10 at the worst. Well, one look at the voting breakdown and it’s obvious – a bunch of people – people who clearly can’t have played the game – gave it a 1/10. Why? Undoubtedly because it’s an N-Gage game, and no other reason. Absoulutely fucking stupid. But it reminds me why we have a President Bush nonetheless.