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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[GameTrailers' list of most difficult games]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/gametrailers-list-of-most-difficult-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/gametrailers-list-of-most-difficult-games/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/gametrailers-list-of-most-difficult-games/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38283.html"><img width="490" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="327" border="1" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/battletoadskitty.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
As <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/bionic-commando-rearmed/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bionic Commando Rearmed</span></a>'s release reminded us today: Many games are just difficult by design. Gametrailers apparently had some prescience about our feelings on the subject and yesterday released a video featuring its <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38283.html">list of most difficult games</a>. <br /><br />The video is packed with some of the most controller destroying titles in memory. Pretty sure many of you out there can join us in a moment of silence for all the friendships ruined over playing <span style="font-style: italic;">Battletoads</span> co-op during the hoverbike level. Check out the video after the break.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/gametrailers-list-of-most-difficult-games/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>GameTrailers' list of most difficult games</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/gametrailers-list-of-most-difficult-games/">GameTrailers' list of most difficult games</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38283.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/gametrailers-list-of-most-difficult-games/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1283922/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/gametrailers-list-of-most-difficult-games/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>difficult-games</category><category>gametrailers</category><category>gametrailers.com</category><category>hard-games</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DS Daily: And then the DS accidentally fell right under my shoe.]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/20/ds-daily-and-then-the-ds-accidentally-fell-right-under-my-shoe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/20/ds-daily-and-then-the-ds-accidentally-fell-right-under-my-shoe/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/20/ds-daily-and-then-the-ds-accidentally-fell-right-under-my-shoe/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ds-daily/" rel="tag">DS Daily</a></p><em><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/10/traumacenter1020072.jpg"  alt="" /></em>With <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/19/even-on-normal-difficulty-contra-4-is-brutal/"><em>Contra 4</em></a> about to give us a heart attack, and <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/12/ninja-gaidens-real-ultimate-scanned-power/">Ninja Gaiden</a> </em>also on the way to make us doubt our ability to do things, we thought we'd ask you about the difficulty of currently-available DS games. There are some <em>brutally </em>hard games out there, and we're sure you've run into one of them. Some are difficult for not-so-great reasons, like control issues, but some are just <em>hard</em>.<br /><br />What's the most difficult game you've played on the DS? And did you enjoy it? Bonus points if the game isn't <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/traumacenter">Trauma Center</a>.</em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/20/ds-daily-and-then-the-ds-accidentally-fell-right-under-my-shoe/">DS Daily: And then the DS accidentally fell right under my shoe.</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/20/ds-daily-and-then-the-ds-accidentally-fell-right-under-my-shoe/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1017776/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/20/ds-daily-and-then-the-ds-accidentally-fell-right-under-my-shoe/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>contra-4</category><category>difficulty</category><category>hard-games</category><category>trauma-center</category><category>traumacenter</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>