D3's difficulties get CNN coverage - again.

[Hammerskjold]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/10/tech/gamin...index.html

Interesting that things have gone this far. How the mighty have fallen.

Maybe it's just me, but when I read this I feel maybe the reference was not about the Icarus myth, but the 8-bit NES game, "Kid Icarus".

Other players go the other route, thinking the game is "broken" because it is simply too hard. Forum poster "Themaceguy" describes what he called "Icarus hard," a reference to pushing the game's limits and being punished for it, like the Greek mythological figure who fell to his death after flying too close to the sun. It's an acceptable approach for him.

"Diablo III" is not Icarus hard, he said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Icarus

Then again it's CNN covering a video game. Reminds me of the time when a talking head seriously asks who is this 'Anonymous' haxx0r group, and are they aligned with the Taliban.