So there's Aliens: Colonial Marines. Everyone knows that was one of Sega's babies. Everyone knows Sega blew seven years of time & resources on it. Everyone knows that it sucks. And now everyone knows that Gearbox basically shifted resources from Aliens to other projects, particularly Borderlands and (get ready for it) Duke Nukem Forever. This is a great link to read--here's the "anonymous" Sega employee at it again but unlike Zach Morris, this guy actually seems credible. And even more Sega & Gearbox employees are confirming the same thing. Apparently all those layoffs and the TimeGate outsourcing confirm that there was foul play here. Oh, and before you say Sega should sue, apparently they can't because Gearbox basically met the contract and Sega just made a stupid mistake and LET 'EM OFF THE HOOK!!!
It just eats me up on the inside cause you look at it, here's Borderlands (a game I'm indifferent towards) which everyone gushes over "OMG GEARBOX AND 2K, SO AWESOME!!!" And Sega money basically contributed to it. But does Sega get anything from Borderlands's success? No. What a piece of crap.
And then tomorrow is the Daytona 500. You know I'm not at the race (I'm still at home in Slidell, Louisiana) and and I sure as heck am not going to drive straight there and buy scalped tickets outside the front door or hang on the outside fence Reese Bobby style, like this:
Well if it isn't your mangy, transient grand-daddy...
But just so you know, there was a wreck on Saturday's Nationwide Race on the last lap (can people finish races at Daytona anymore without a wreck???). And people got hurt. If you were hanging on the fence like Reese, well...watch out.
No, this isn't Final Destination, this is real. At least the friggin grandstands don't topple to the ground!
Chris Graythen from Getty Images with the IMPRESSIVE photograph.
"HOLY SHIT!" indeed...pieces of debris as well as a tire from the wrecked #32 car flew through & over the fence on the final lap and injured 28 people (one in critical condition). Literally, a 50-pounded shredded tire was on the seat right next to the guy (they're super hot, don't touch 'em). Where I sat and took pics at the last two Daytona races (see here and here) was awfully close to where that tire ended up. I was closer to the pit row entrance. Either way, geez, it makes you think...
Now, this isn't even close to the biggest auto racing accident in history (that would be the 1955 Le Mans where 83 people died and 120 were injured, DAMN!!). But this just cements one thing for me again and that is....I can't take seeing these wrecks lightly anymore. I like cars and I know that wrecks are part of the sport but when you got people living in fear of fluke wrecks and debris destroying property and huring innocent people, I can't stand it. Why I don't like these Burnout games and stuff. And I know some people are saying "well you go to the race so you're taking a chance." You wanna see a chance, look at those guys at the rally races which are within a few feet from a car slipping around on dirt. Here, you're sitting back a couple of rows from a giant tire to fly right at their head. Bits of debris and smoke, yeah, but heavy objects, no.
Had I been at the Daytona 500 tomorrow, I would've brought another Sega sign and waved it, but there's the chance they could lockdown on keeping people away from the fence which sucks. So maybe I wouldn't have taken the pic anyway. Just tragic all around this kind of stuff, NASCAR is getting more disappointing to watch. :(
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