49. Tapping Away For No Discernible Gain
You'd think by now we'd know not to trust Peter Molyneux. He may be pretty good at making games and stuff and is considered an industry veteran, but the man's silver tongue spawns force more lies than you'll here at a politician's tea party. When he announced his new project after splitting away from Lionhead, the developers of Fable, we all thought it would be pretty cool to believe him once again. He was promising something life changing at the end of his little project, and it got the gaming world's tongues wagging. Yep, it's Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube? Well, not much really. After millions of gamers spent weeks tapping away at a cube pointlessly on their phones, one person only got to the centre and got his reward. Which was to be involved with Molyneux's next project, Godus, and basically do all the work of a moderation team. Yay.
48. GIANT ENEMY CRAB!
Memorable for all the wrong reasons, Sony's E3 conference, which would outline to the world the plans for the Playstation 3, was a disaster from start to finish. Awkward, filled with terrible gameplay demonstrations and an absolutely whopping price point of $599 for the PS3 being revealed, the conference goes down as one of the biggest embarrassments in Sony history. Known for such classic quotes as 'RIDGGGEEE RACER' and 'Battles which actually took place in Feudal Japan. So here's this giant enemy crab', this was a highly poor, but highly entertaining way to kick off next-gen. Well done Sony. You've done better this year.
47. Wii Sports Binging
Although waggle is now a dirty, dirty word, you all know you did it. When the Wii first came out, it was awesome to have one. It was the hottest thing in the universe that Christmas, and getting one was like gold-dust. Even more surprising about the console was the massive surge of interest Wii Sports gave to the community. Everyone from self-professed hardcore gamers to your grandad wanted to try their hand at golf, tennis, bowling or baseball, and family members who stayed away from the evil world of gaming were converted in an instant by the crap looking Mii characters and the unique way to play a game. I'm not ashamed to admit I did love Wii Sports. It was a great way to sell the uniqueness of the Nintendo Wii. Unfortunately it also ushered in the massive wave of casual games that were - of course - utterly turd, but it was all good at the start. Unfortunately one of the first thing I did when playing Wii Sports was smack by mother on the elbow directly with the Wii Remote. I still tell her it wasn't on purpose.