Oh, hello! I wasn't expecting you! So great to see you!
Looks like you found my ol' blog, eh? Well, don't too excited; it's just another blog that reviews video games. However, there are a couple of details that differentiate my gaming blog from the countless others out there.
First of all, it's mine.
But more importantly, it focuses on the more obscure, unusual side of the gaming universe--the dark, dusty little closet where the "bad" games are forced to sit as punishment for their very existence. These are the games that nobody wants or even knows about, abandoned by their makers, rejected and scoffed at by the few who were lucky enough (depending on your perspective) to play them. I call these games "Bewilderware".
So what exactly constitutes "Bewilderware"? Bewilderware encompasses all genres and styles of video games (and occasionally applications or utilities) that meet one or more of the following criteria:
1. It is bad. Reeeeeeeally bad. Not only in terms of playability and entertainment value, but also from a technical perspective. These are games that are boring, uninspired, poorly coded, and often barely playable for one reason or another.
2. It is of questionable taste, or better yet, outright obscene. Games that deal with lewd subject matter and/or would be considered patently offensive by the average person will always be covered, whether it's because of explicit sex, spectacular violence, rampant drug use, racist/hateful ideologies--you name it, I want to play it. If it is bound to deeply disturb or offend a sizable portion of the population, it will be written about here at length. However, as this subject matter has become a central element in even the most mainstream games of the last dozen years or so, only the more underground games will be examined. Grand Theft Auto IV and the Call of Duty series will probably not get any coverage
3. It is downright bizarre. There are those games that are so unfathomably weird that their very existence can only be explained as a product of schizophrenia or hallucinogenic drugs. Japan has all but cornered the market on this type of game.
4. It is ill-conceived. Sometimes people involve themselves in the video game industry that have absolutely no business being there. Advertising executives, political figures, Wall Street personnel, religious zealots, propagandists of all kinds--they have all dipped their hands into the industry at some point, much to the chagrin of gamers everywhere. The inevitable result of this is a selection of games based on corporate sponsorship, religious/policital bias, and other puzzling, often boring subject matter. While some of these titles may have meant well, the fun/playability factor was an afterthought, with the bulk of the game focusing on promoting whatever agenda the creators had in mind.
So, if you truly consider yourself an adventurous gamer, go ahead take a gander. Even if you don't like video games, read it anyway. On the surface, it may be a blog about weird video games, but deep down, it also serves as a telling reminder of just how fucked up humanity is.
Enjoy yourselves!
Sincerely,
Danger E. Chidna
P.S. Screenshots and/or download links will be provided whenever possible.
