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Open discussion of Screwattack.com's Top 10 Lists. You may agree, disagree or say WTF to their choices but that's the beauty of lists. Thoughts?

Posted: Sep 19 2007 11:08 pm

I like most ScrewAttack stuff. Handsome Tom is funny, Stuttering Craig seems okay but like he would be an annoying douche that would get on your nerves if you tried to hang out around him too much. Anyway, that's a minor complaint overall, because as far as video game journalism goes I trust these guys more than any other fucking failures.

Posted: Sep 19 2007 11:27 pm

In general, I don't like Top Ten lists. I watched the 2D shooters list, their picks were good, Tom and Craig's banter was good, it was a genuinely entertaining video.

But at the same time, a Top Ten list of 2D shooters is kinda lazy. There are hundreds of 2D shooters. If you're gonna do a top 2D shooters list, it should be at least Top 30, and probably Top 50. It's rather precocious to take such an expansive topic and try and condense it into a Top Ten list and irks me when people do it. The Top Ten 2D Shooters, huh? Christ, why not just do a list of the Top Ten Books Ever Written? If you're going to do a Top Ten list, it should either be personal in some way, or it should be culled from a topic where you're picking 10 things from a possible 80-120 choices.

Posted: Sep 19 2007 11:45 pm

The End All, Undebateble, Abosolute Top Ten Books of All Time:

10. Nintendo Power's Final Fantasy Strategy Guide. - Nintendo Power
9. Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang - Mordecai Richler
8. Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Suess
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
6. March 1956 Issue Of Playboy Magazine - Playboy
5. If Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell
4. Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way - Bruce Campbell
3. It's True, It's True - Kurt Angle
2. Foley Is Good (And The Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling.) - Mick Foley
1. Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks - Mick Foley

See Syd, that wasn't hard at all.

Posted: Sep 20 2007 12:44 am

Are those Mick Foley books actually good?

Posted: Sep 20 2007 01:00 am

They are awesome. Mick Foley is a hell of a writer. His books are like listening to an old friend tell you a story. That's about the best way I can describe them. The 2nd book, "Foley Is Good" is only 1/2 biography, the other half is basically an essay on how the media and watchdog groups are biased against pro wrestling.

Posted: Sep 20 2007 08:07 pm

Mick Foley is basically the coolest wrestler because he's done the most real shit. Like having a tooth knocked out and shoved up his nose, or being hit with a flaming 2x4 wrapped in barbed wire.

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

Syd Lexia wrote:

In general, I don't like Top Ten lists. I watched the 2D shooters list, their picks were good, Tom and Craig's banter was good, it was a genuinely entertaining video.

But at the same time, a Top Ten list of 2D shooters is kinda lazy. There are hundreds of 2D shooters. If you're gonna do a top 2D shooters list, it should be at least Top 30, and probably Top 50. It's rather precocious to take such an expansive topic and try and condense it into a Top Ten list and irks me when people do it. The Top Ten 2D Shooters, huh? Christ, why not just do a list of the Top Ten Books Ever Written? If you're going to do a Top Ten list, it should either be personal in some way, or it should be culled from a topic where you're picking 10 things from a possible 80-120 choices.

And that is why your Top 100 NES games Article is awesome Wink

I thought the coolest character one was extreme. How do you define coolness are narrow down the choices to only 10?