http://www.huz.org.uk/games/game-worlds-by-the-book/ Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:08:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.huz.org.uk/games/game-worlds-by-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-207 stan Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:44:26 +0000 http://www.huz.org.uk/games/game-worlds-by-the-book/#comment-207 Yeah it never made sense to me - back when games didn't really look like a profitable avenue of pursuit for companies, the boxes included all manner of gibberish. I mean, look at Zak McKracken; it had a bloody full size newspaper in there... I mean it's a fun way to beat piracy but it's not the most cost effective. These days games make as much money as Hollywood blockbusters and you get fuck all inside the box - uh, DVD case. Yeah it never made sense to me – back when games didn’t really look like a profitable avenue of pursuit for companies, the boxes included all manner of gibberish. I mean, look at Zak McKracken; it had a bloody full size newspaper in there… I mean it’s a fun way to beat piracy but it’s not the most cost effective. These days games make as much money as Hollywood blockbusters and you get fuck all inside the box – uh, DVD case.

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