See now I can agree that SMG can seem aimed at kids because of the colorful aeshetic, PG humor, and when things die they just turn into coins (I believe, haven't played it in a long time, and only briefly) but I disagree with the idea that R&C is different in this regards. It's exactly the same in those three areas except stuff explodes into bolts when killed.

Colorful platformers can easily come across as aimed at children simply because they aren't specifically aimed at adults in any particular way.

Omg, that is so childish. I can never enjoy SMG again. It's insulting to me.

highschool?

There is a period most people go through from 12-17 where they get the impression that they are "better" than everyone else and nothing at all can happen to them, they think they are no longer kids and will avoid anything that has "childish" themes, they want to do "the mature" stuff.

In California, this is typically the period where kids stop going to Disneyland and go to six flags, and start watching more adult oriented shows. After 17, they get over it, will start going to Disneyland again, and start watching / playing anything that is fun.

Some unfortunate people never progress past this stage and grow into the hardcore 20+ fanboy snobs, but this is a very rare occurence, most people over 17 are sensible enough to not bring themselves down to such a low level. I'd say about 1 in 5 people skip the "stupid" stage altogether.

-100 Respect Points for Morgan Webb.

Hm, maybe the game was to hard for her?
"My brain needs blood & gore or else it won't function correctly."

Ohs noes, I needz to playz gaems with gunz to prove my maturities

Heh, it's expected now, not really sure what happened, but Ratchet and Clank has always been her favorite platformer series so more or less its her bias, the swipe at Mario though? Eh it's just her conforming to her G4 peers, they acted like the DS was under them too. I remember watching AOTS and Kevin was talking about how awesome the PSP is and how it was going to stomp the DS and did it for nearly 2 years until the claim became futile, but the statement was reverberated with many of the G4 shows, again until it became futile.

With games the claim doesn't last as long and just pisses people off for that instance. So this will blow over but honestly Morgan was likely just over zealous about her favorite action platformer series. Man I miss the days when she was geeky looking on the screen savers...

This is a pretty ridiculous statement. I can see that argument being applied to the old 2D Mario games because the main purpose of every level was to get from the left side of the screen to the right side. The goals of the SMG levels are much more complex and varied. They are not always obvious.

Aimed at kids: yes. Insulting for adults: no. Amazing game for all ages: yes.

She is probably offended by Mickey Mouse, The Cat in the Hat, and hey, probably kids in general.

They should all just grow up and start acting like adults.

Aye aye Captian Hook.

basically yeah I'm 17 so my fellow students are 17 too