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Dude, so we were playing some Alien Crush, and we killed the bonus stage with the dragons over and over again. We totally scored like five billion points and it was so AWESOME that we had to call everyone we knew and tell them about it.

Okay, we're embellishing a bit. When we say we "totally scored like five billion points," we mean that we "continue to be awful at Alien Crush despite playing and loving it for eighteen years." But without our humble admission, you'd have no reason to doubt us! And that leads into our discussion.

Simply put, we want leaderboards. We aren't going to get online play in VC games any time soon (or ever,) so we'll ask for the next best thing. We want to be able to see the high scores for games that, you know, have scores. We don't need prizes or anything. We'd be motivated enough by the idea that we could put our three-letter tag (mine: JC!) at the top of a nationwide or worldwide list if we were any good, which we aren't.

Are high score leaderboards worth doing? Do you see value in friendly competition like this? Or did you always flip right past the high score page in old gaming magazines? Perhaps most importantly, what are your high score initials?

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alienaliencrushcrushhigh scorehigh scoresHighScoreHighScoresleaderboardleaderboardsnintendonintendo wiiNintendoWiiscorescoresvcwiiwwuMon, 14 May 2007 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Single player games get competitive again]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/02/single-player-games-get-competitive-again/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/02/single-player-games-get-competitive-again/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/02/single-player-games-get-competitive-again/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Many gamers' favourite moments include racking up high scores at the local arcade and boasting about them to friends--that's about as competitive as single-player games could get. Multiplayer games, with their inherent replayability, are dominating the sales charts; has the humble high score died a death?

No, says this article from competitive gaming site MLG Pro. Instead, single player games have moved into a new era of competitiveness via the likes of Xbox Live. With achievements and gamerscores that are influenced by your single-player prowess as much as your multiplayer muscle, we have incentives to do well at single player games again; we have our friends' scores to beat, and the world records to challenge.

It's an interesting observation. Given the number of fiercely competitive FPS gamers who have been spending more time in the Live Arcade, racking up score after score, it seems to be spot-on, too. The next step? More obscure achievements, perhaps -- games that award points just for finishing the game don't really carry the feeling of competitive triumph that gamers seem to be lusting after these days.

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JoystiqSingle player games get competitive again originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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