Introduction
Closed Betas are so frustrating, especially the ones I’m not in. It’s not that I particularly mind not having access to Overwatch, Blizzard’s upcoming mix of MOBA and FPS, so much as seeing so many people on my Friends list who do. It’s pure childish jealousy, of course, but here’s the thing about childish things that I think we should take a moment to remember: waaaaaaaaaaah!
Betas in general though are weird. The basic definition of them has changed so much over the last few years, going from a trial of a basically finished project to… let me just check this here… ‘absolutely any bloody thing you want it to mean’. It’s a little like how the words Game Of The Year have gone from a single triumphant moment of note, like a Half-Life 2, to include everything from Skyrim – allowable – to Two Worlds – laughable.
Originally the definition was that some site somewhere had maybe, probably said it was their Game Of The Year, in much the same way that As Seen On TV doesn’t *technically* promise it wasn’t on Watchdog’s “Things That Will Explode And Kill Your Cat” segment. Now though, even that thin veneer of crap-giving has …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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