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WTF Wikipedia?! Games are more important than world events?

July 04, 2008 in Blog comments 25

GamesRadar has put together an article comparing the length of the Wikipedia pages for certain games in comparison to the similar topics and world events.

You know there's something wrong with people when the Call of Duty Wikipedia page is longer than the World War II page, or when the Final Fantasy albums' page is longer than the Rock and Roll page, or when the Minor Star Wars characters page is longer than the Founding Fathers page ...

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You. Your friends and family. Your classmates and coworkers. In the brave new world of the internet, everybody has power. Information is interactive, knowledge is collaborative and history is open source. The nerdy kid next door has just as much influence as a high school teacher; the dorky dude at the comic book shop has just as much voice as a college professor.

Problem is, the nerds and dorks tend to have a lot more free time - and passion - than the teachers and professors. The end result? A hilariously skewed, terrifyingly twisted view of the world in which all the wrong things are deemed "important" and worthy of serious academic discussion.

Here are 15 mind-boggling examples.

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Call of Duty: 13,069 words > World War II: 11,884 words
See what we mean? When the deadliest, costliest war in the history of mankind has been trumped by a videogame franchise about that war, you know something's off. One involved over 50 countries and took over 70 million lives; the other involves button mashing and tea bagging.

On an encouraging note, we did have to add all the Call of Duty games' individual pages together to reach the crazy number above. On a discouraging note, we didn't have to add Call of Duty 4 and its non-WWII setting, which would have brought the total word count to an even crazier 18,927.

Oh, and on a simply ridiculous note? Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare beats "modern warfare"... 5,858 to 2,873.
Miss Razz via gamesradar.com »
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  • -1
    Mikstaslaya Jul 5, 08
    How does Mario beat Jesus? And Knuckles beats God? Are you kidding me.

    Some of these are sad.
    • 1
      ryu750 Jul 5, 08
      How much does anybody really know about GOD? sounds to me like 3,728 words is way to much. Nobody knows anything about GOD!
      • 0
        Zero and X Jul 5, 08
        Alot of people dont believe in god too.
  • 0
    Zeon I Jul 5, 08
    OMG, Knuckles > God? What is the world coming to when a Has-Been is more popular than our Lord ans Savior?
    • 0
      HisServant77 Jul 5, 08
      Exactly. But then, since Wiki is open to anyone to add to it, I believe a lot of this comes from people who don't know too too much about the important things. Those who know a lot, tend not to care much for Wiki.
    • -1
      Raziel_326 Jul 5, 08
      You do realize not everyone believes in god, right? Or are you being sarcastic?
      • -1
        Miss Razz Jul 6, 08
        Even so, God is a more important topic than Knucles the Hedgehog, regardless of whether people believe in him or not.

        edit: lol @ getting thumbed down for stating a fact
        • -1
          Raziel_326 Jul 6, 08
          Even if so, wikipedia is the last source I would look up information for the belief and/or understanding of God (or a god).
  • -3
    Bale Fire* Jul 5, 08
    Call of Duty beats real war any day of the week. More headshots that way
  • 0
    Ameer Jul 5, 08
    There's a lot more trivial information to cover within a game than with actual history, unless that history is current. Besides, as the old adage goes, quantity is not quality.
  • 0
    pwned227 Jul 5, 08
    *cough* wth are these people on *cough*
  • 2
    Kanon_fan Jul 5, 08
    Knuckles shouldnt be proud that he beat something non-existant :rolleyes*
  • 0
    Fishlock Jul 5, 08
    Sometimes I laugh at GamesRadar pages because the people who work there seem like they dont even have a life.
  • 1
    Shadow of Death* Jul 5, 08
    Well, the COD franchise is modern, and a lot of information and resources about it are available at your fingertips, AND it is something that people who weren't involved in WWII, could interact with...WWII was over 50 years ago. The people who DID participate in the war, are either dead by now, too old to be into games (with some exceptions), or were too young at the time, to remember much....Besides, it is about the franchise as a whole...Individual CoD games didn't beat WWII.

    But yeah, still a bit messed up >_>

    Well, to be fair about the Master Chief thing....The presidents he DID beat, are generally the lesser known ones....

    About MGS4 beating out War and Peace....Well, these days not so many people want to read such a thick book....And it has no pictures, which is a problem for some people >_> Never read the book myself though, but I would prefer a good fantasy-adventure story myself, I'd think....But Romeo & Juliet at less than 1000 words? That is just sad >_>

    The Minor Star Wars Characters (among other articles) beating out the Founding Fathers, is just 0_o

    Well, Superman and Batman are better than normal mortals, neh?

    And well, both 'God' and 'Knuckles' are fictional beings (so far as I know), so yeah.....At least Knuckles is interactive....
  • 0
    Slumpy monkey Jul 5, 08
    The reason being is because more people know more info about these things so there will be more info updated.

    However only historians and students will know good facts to add to WW2.
  • 0
    Storm Jul 5, 08
    That's pretty hilarious, heh. As Ameer mentioned, though, it's quality not quantity. Wikipedia has so many sections to talk about with games, such as possible sequels, the sales, reception/reviews, appearances, so on and so forth. One event like WWII, though long, isn't going to beat that.
  • 1
    Seeker X Jul 5, 08
    I seriously have to laugh...

    Especially at people going "Knuckles > MY GOD? "
  • 0
    Drogo Baggins Jul 5, 08
    I believe in Knuckles and Super Mario. What's wrong with that?

    Knuckles created Earth in seven days, and Mario is his son, and that's a fact, I don't care what anyone says.
  • 0
    BANDITO ATTACK Jul 6, 08
    actually God has it's own series. That's multiple articles spanning multiple pages. Some things are too important, and too massive to be placed on one single page.

    God > Knuckles
  • 0
    MentallyUnstable Jul 6, 08
    Of course, the Knuckles>God sparks more controversy than anything. :rollseyes: I don't have anything against God, but...I mean, he doesn't have sexual tension with Rogue the way Knuckles does so he wins--plus I'm pretty sure Dan Green does his voice. Does God sound like Yami Yugi? Yeah, I didn't think so. *hides from lightning strike*
  • -1
    Remino52 Jul 6, 08
    Mario>Jesus. That is a little funny.
  • 0
    Big A2 Jul 7, 08
    How can you possibly say something is better that something else because it has more words in it's Wikipedia article?

    And besides, nerds edit Wikipedia, you know what that means.
  • 1
    Zeon I Jul 7, 08
    It means that Mario is the son of Knuckles. He died for our sins by being crucified on the cross, Then, he was brought back to life though shitty spin-offs. =/
    • 0
      kik36 Jul 7, 08
      OK I LMFAO at that one!!!!

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