AFL
Oh yeah! Another Aussie Rules game on the cards.
And this time it’ll be on my console of choice – the Xbox 360!
There’s an article here in The Age about the development of a new Australian Football League game.
One of the problem about being interested in relatively obscure things is that you’re not well catered for. AFL football isn’t obscure in Melbourne, but it certainly is in a global sense and now that video games are big business, the chances of anyone taking the punt (ho ho) on a relatively minor sport reduces.
A similar situation exists for the new music games – Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Rock Band has made serious money: US$1 billion in downloadable track sales. And exactly how many of those are from my favourite genre of music? None – absolutely none. There’s some that come close (Bad Religion, Against Me!, SpongeBob SquarePants) but no Converge, Terror, Kill Your Idols or Ceremony. Not even any Dropkick Murphys and they’re pretty big! I can’t fault the business decision here, but I’d love to play some of those bands.
I like the stuff I’m into – nerdy games, hardcore and AFL all included – and wouldn’t change it. But it’s nice every once in a while when something catering to my interests gets out.