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[Nintex] · Aug 30, 2011

So yeah NGamer_mag just tweeted this:

Oh dear. Japan is getting Excitebots. First Fukushima, now this. Tough year.

Seriously what the fuck is wrong with those people?

NateDrake · Aug 30, 2011

What an ass

Takao · Aug 30, 2011

They're obviously trying to make a joke, but it's way too soon for that.

confused · Aug 30, 2011

They must not like Excitebots.

Also, sensitive much ?

EatChildren · Aug 30, 2011

Two cases of bad taste.

Android18a · Aug 30, 2011

They must hate Excitebots a lot. Basically they're saying its the second major disaster to hit Japan this year? Bit harsh, but quite normal for NGamer. It doesn't take things too seriously.

The Technomancer · Aug 30, 2011

What the fuck? Not only is it an offensive analogy, ExciteBots kicks ass.

djplaeskool · Aug 30, 2011

Umm...what?
ExciteTruck & ExciteBots are actually really fun games...

echoshifting · Aug 30, 2011

What the....that's an official twitter account? Classy.

Neuromancer · Aug 30, 2011

Pretty shitty.

robot · Aug 30, 2011

Guardian Heroes XBLA comes out tomorrow?

sixteen-bit · Aug 30, 2011

Morons.

LiK · Aug 30, 2011

Unfollow them.

Neuromancer · Aug 30, 2011

@NGamer_mag NGamer Mag
Jeepers. That last one was mean. Apologies dear readers.

http://twitter.com/#!/NGamer_mag/status/108602593424584704

@Nintex Misjudged. Apologies for that. Normal service has resumed.

http://twitter.com/#!/NGamer_mag/status/108603219361538048

Drkirby · Aug 30, 2011

Not only is he making a awful comparison, is he calling ExciteBots bad?

[Nintex] · Aug 30, 2011

LiK said:
Unfollow them.

Already did that's why I didn't catch their apologies

MidnightScott · Aug 30, 2011

Assholes.

walking fiend · Aug 30, 2011

Drkirby said:
Not only is he making a awful comparison, is he calling ExciteBots bad?

maybe good as earthquake good? yeah, yeah, that should be it... oh, wait, Fukushima you said?

Dave Long · Aug 30, 2011

ExciteBots is pretty f-ing awesome. If they didn't like it, I don't need to read NGamer.

NinajHeartless · Aug 30, 2011

Dickheads

Huevos de Oro · Aug 30, 2011

Quite unfortunate. At least they owned up to their mistake and apologized.

redlemon · Aug 30, 2011

Don't see anything wrong. N-Gamer is the British Nintendo mag right? There audience would be young teenagers. The jokes fine for the demographic.

Coxy · Aug 30, 2011

I dunno which is worse, that tweet or people who think insulting excitebots is the bad part of it

Boney · Aug 30, 2011

redlemon said:
Don't see anything wrong. N-Gamer is the British Nintendo mag right? There audience would be young teenagers. The jokes fine for the demographic.

That's uh.. not the point

Starwolf_UK · Aug 30, 2011

If you're interested:

Metacritic said:
NGamer UK
68
There's certainly lots of it, just not that much to it. [July 2009, p.68]

Now if it were the EDGE score and thought stream about that game I'd understand the comments...

But if you follows the chains of history back they were a bunch of jokahs in their NGC and N64 magazine days. "solve my maze" (of Superman 64) was a meme of theirs. Also they once responded to a letter complaining about a review score they gave with a templete they could cut out to replace the score...

Princess Skittles · Aug 30, 2011

Oh, more paternalistic language policing. Heh.

kokujin · Aug 30, 2011

LiK said:
Unfollow them.

That'll show 'em

quinntendopower · Aug 30, 2011

the excite games are great arcade racers, i don't see the problem.

Shiggy · Aug 30, 2011

Cannot say anything about Excitebots, but Excite Truck was pretty barebones and had not much "meat". Tweet itself isn't funny at all though.

Wario64 · Aug 30, 2011

Phew, good thing I didn't say anything embarrassing!

redlemon · Aug 30, 2011

Boney said:
That's uh.. not the point

Then what is it? They made a joke appropriate for they're audience. I doubt anyone annoyed by the comment reads their magazine on a regular basis.

Big-ass Ramp · Aug 30, 2011

Inconsiderate, but at least they have apologized.

Desiato · Aug 30, 2011

Coxy said:
I dunno which is worse, that tweet or people who think insulting excitebots is the bad part of it

This. I really hate people sometimes.

lethial · Aug 30, 2011

Oh no, somebody with a different opinion!

djm · Aug 30, 2011

These stories always make me glad I didn't sign up for a Twitter account. Seems real easy to make an ass out of yourself, but of course it helps when you are a celebrity or something with 1,000+ followers.

C.T. · Aug 30, 2011

redlemon said:
Then what is it? They made a joke appropriate for they're audience. I doubt anyone annoyed by the comment reads their magazine on a regular basis.

a mag should have higher standards than assholes and therefore shouldn't try to cater to such demographics?

ShockingAlberto · Aug 30, 2011

lethial said:
Oh no, somebody with a different opinion!

Yeah, we should be totally accepting of opinions that make light of nuclear disasters.

That's why I think your post is A-OK!

qq more · Aug 30, 2011

Wow, people are actually defending that tweet?

LiK · Aug 30, 2011

Wario64 said:
Phew, good thing I didn't say anything embarrassing!

You're funny tho

redlemon · Aug 30, 2011

C.T. said:
a mag should have higher standards than assholes and therefore shouldn't try to cater to such demographics?

Why? Are teenagers not allowed have magazines catered to them?
There are other publications which which hold themselves to higher standards
There's room for everybody you know.

qq more · Aug 30, 2011

redlemon said:
Why? Are teenagers not allowed have magazines catered to them?

When did he say the magazine shouldn't cater to teenagers at all? Or are you assuming that every teenager are assholes and find these kind of distasteful jokes funny?

ShockingAlberto · Aug 30, 2011

redlemon said:
Why? Are teenagers not allowed have magazines catered to them?
There are other publications which which hold themselves to higher standards
There's room for everybody you know.

Maybe we should aspire to raise the bar of what is acceptable behavior and what's not so those asshole teenagers don't become asshole adults.

JUST A THOUGHT

EvilMario · Aug 30, 2011

qq more said:
Wow, people are actually defending that tweet?

People will say & defend anything.

warning, link is rage inducing

Gospel · Aug 30, 2011

I think they're the same guys that made fun of america for operation rainfall.

bengraven · Aug 30, 2011

Lost a reader/follower.

kokujin · Aug 30, 2011

I think everyone is taking it too seriously.

qq more · Aug 30, 2011

EvilMario said:
People will say & defend anything.

warning, link is rage inducing

Oh god, yeah I remember that. It really makes you wonder what the hell is wrong with these people

immy · Aug 30, 2011

No one would care if this joke was nade about any other country. Stay strong weebo's

Gospel · Aug 30, 2011

EvilMario said:
People will say & defend anything.

warning, link is rage inducing

yeah, ignorant people huh.

ShockingAlberto · Aug 30, 2011

immy said:
No one would care if this joke was nade about any other country. Stay strong weebo's

So what's sadder, the fact that you can't even type the verbal vomit you're spewing or that you thought it was a good idea to hit post after all that, anyway?

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