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Slapstic.com’s Review of Old-Wizard
As many of you know, Old-Wizard has caused quite a bit of controversy within the online gaming community. And while we always love to post up lengthy Youtube video rants made by our detractors (who seem to have a lot of time on their hands), we thought it was time we showed you that we do get a lot of positive feedback as well. Which brings us to today’s post. A while back our pals over at Slapstic.com reviewed our humble little website. We probably should have mentioned this review a while ago, but being the lazy bastards that we are, we’re doing it now (What are you going to do about it?) Read on to see a few of our favorite quotes from the review and of course the link to the full review itself.
From Slapstic.com’s review of Old-Wizard.com:
“There can be no other introduction for the site that is both hated and loved by tens of thousands.”
“It’s amazing to me that exactly half of the comments on OW articles are from people who thought the article was fantastic, while the full other half of comments are from people who want to stab the author with a rusty butter knife. There is no in-between. You either think the guys at Old-Wizard are heroes to nerds everywhere, or the biggest bunch of morons that ever bashed their faces into a keyboard until a website popped out.”
“Not all of the articles are gaming-related, and the ones that aren’t always seem to come completely out of left field, with no regard for the established audience of the blog. Great examples of this are lists of The Top 5 Girls From The Wonder Years, The Top 10 ’80s Cartoons, or The Top 11 Reasons Not to Go to Your High School Reunion.”
“The authors’ love of English rock band Oasis has resulted in several articles devoted to the subject, all of which attempt to reinforce OW’s claim that Oasis is the single greatest band of all time. One particular, The Top 10 Reasons Oasis is Better than The Beatles, is one that I consider to be one of the most interesting music articles I’ve ever read, despite the fact that before discovering Old-Wizard, I had never even heard an Oasis song.”
“For any gaming fan, or any “nerd”, really, Old-Wizard is simply a must-see site. You’re sure to disagree with plenty of the content that the authors put out, but that’s a good thing, since that’s exactly what the goal seems to be. SlapStic is, has been, and will continue to be a big fan for a very long time. We give Old-Wizard.com a very controversial tip of the hat.”
Be sure to check the whole review out:
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March 15th, 2010 at 12:15 am
They were being pretty generous saying about half agree with you. I’d say about 80% strongly disagree with your delusions, while the other 20% agree and probably need their parents to change their diaper. Anyone who agrees that Sega Genesis greatly exceeds the Virtual Boy at being the worst console ever needs immediate shock treatment…
March 15th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Matt: Everyone know Old-Wizard writes satire.
Genesis…Ummm…That black box thingy?…Ummm…So cool! Look at the name! How cool is that? “Genesis”! While Nintendo released a boring name “SNES”, what “SNES”, they only put the acronym “S” in front of their previous generation console’s name! What’s with this “Super” anyway? Were they trying to look so cool?? (unlike Sega, which was already the “coolest”)
And the joypad?? LOL Genesis was like 100x way cooler than that white-purple-whatsoever SNES’ had, Genesis’ was…black? Oh yeah! I just remembered! It’s black with a curving design! So L33T!! But why did the button seem so similar? Had I played a joypad like this? No, no, I must be wrong, Genesis is so original, no, it’s the first of all, hence its name…
The console is so awesome! It was like it is made solely for Darth Vader, unmatchable design! So steampunk! Futuristic! The personification of rebelliousness! I wanna play it again! But I can’t! Sorry, my Genesis broke after a year, so here I am, forced by those Old-Wizard staff who make delusional brain-washing elitist articles, to play SNES instead! O Lord Almighty lead us not into temptation but deliver us into salvation, or for a Wii…? Don’t know which is better.
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