"Backboned" enters the common vernacular!

[G-Boobie]

Some of you on DP are aware of how utterly borked the PS3 version of(deep breath) Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is. The net code is crap, there are freeze bugs and weird graphical glitches... You get the gist. The 360 version is a little better, but not by much.

My friends and I have long described any crappy game on XBL as being "backboned", in honor of the crappy licensed games that Backbone Entertainment spews out on there. I submit Shrek'N Roll Racing as a good example. The original definition also included poorly done ports by Digital Eclipse since they're owned by the same parent company(Foundation Nine).

The term has spread amongst my friends to include any game that ships broken, whether it was developed by an F9 company or not. Several of them(and a few acquaintances on other forums) have tried submitting the term to Urban Dictionary, without result.

Until today. Behold. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Backboned)

Next up: Backboner, where you love a game even though it is broken. For example:

"I have a huge Backboner for Lair. I don't know why".

[boatofcar]

Being submitted to urbarn dictionary is hardly the same as entering the common vernacular :)

[skaar]

I put on wikipedia that I had the biggest penis in the universe.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I'm always fascinated by games (and it's usually fighting games) that I find to be well made, that get positive critical press ...

... and then I find out that a segment of enthusiasts of said game/series find it to be less-than-stellar quality.

You really think that SSF2THD has bad online play? I found it to be very enjoyable and smooth on PS3.

Sure, it's not perfect, but as far as 2D fighters go, it's CERTAINLY better than the previous XBL incarnation of Street Fighter II Championship Edition, no?

I'm no SF expert, but I've been playing the series since Street Fighter 1 and while I can't frame-count or anything, I'm not sure what would be considered "borked" about it.

[Leo_A]

I'm not sure what's so terrible about Backbone Entertainment, but theres nothing wrong with what its parent, Foundation 9, and divisions like Digital Eclipse, Sumo Digital, and Backbone create. A lot of good classic collections and original games have came out of Foundation 9's studios.

For every Yaris they've made, there's several nice classic collections and remakes that they've created. I think the dislike for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Backbone Entertainment isn't very widespread outside of small groups like your friends.

While I'm not always completely pleased with portions of their final products, it usually comes off as more a fault of deadlines placed by publishers that contract development to companies within Foundation 9, rather than the developers themselves. The rushed and poor emulation of Wizard of Wor on MAT2 is one such example that was caused by Midway's strict deadlines and short development time, rather than the progammers at Digital Eclipse not being able to accurately emulate it.