Releasing the T. rex and plopping guests into the shark tank and removing the ladder were important parts of a successful zoo. I wish the Zoo Tycoon series kept the same level of freedom the original has, the new one was depressing to play.

I’m also bummed to the see the CLG boys struggling. I don’t know if the new botlane are individually worse, but NRG seem to be struggling with team cohesion right now. In the past when the topside of the map has had issues with inconsistent performances I felt they could draw games out and win them off good team fights while now they just seem to crumble in the mid game. I still think they could finish the split strong and end 9-9 or 8-10 if Palafox and FBI return to their usual level of play.

Damn I had no idea this existed, it seems light years ahead of its time. I wonder if it would have had more luck if the video game crash of 1983 didn’t occur so soon after its release. Though judging by the failures of other early online services it probably would not have done well anyway

I feel that common games on the 360 will stay cheaper longer than popular games on older consoles. In my opinion those that have nostalgia attached to the 360/PS3 are more content to own their game’s digitally, so supply could hold out for longer.

In addition I wonder with all these HD remasters/ releases if people will value the collectability of the originals as much. I kind of see this with the Atari 2600, where inferior ports of arcade games on the system have near 0 value (though they so in my heart). Though this could just be a product of how rudimentary games from that time are.

Lots of interesting changes, has Phreak posted the reasoning behind them anywhere?