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"@#4. I refuse to play games with girlfriends for this exact reason. I always turn into "HULK SMASH" when I play with people who have no idea what they're doing and they don't need to see that side"
Thursday, February 18, 2010
", forgot there was no edit button here. I meant to ask what the easiest way to get in with a paper is. Was it an internship, or just something the college was offering?
If anyone is ever interested in reading my stuff (The blog feature doesn't work on this site for me, unfortunately), you can find it on Powrdu"
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
"know, I understand what you're saying, but I'm the exact opposite. I tend to be very harsh on new games when I review them, simply because I try to hold them to standards of a previous version in the series, or a game on the same system that does it better. I have a personal policy to not sit and write my legitimate review until at least three days after I beat it. At this point, I can play it afterward and try to find things I may have been too harsh on, or things I gushed too much about.
I know most people think this needs to be "timely", but I am in the same boat, and don't have an endless amount of money for games. I do my best to shuffle through them each month and have a review a week, which doesn't always happen. Either way, my point is that I prefer being honest to being timely. I regret nothing more than giving a game a higher score than it des"
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
"didn't even read what I wrote aside from my first sentence. You just needed a reason to spit more dumb words out of your mouth. If Bioshock was just walking around, you know why it wouldn't be called art? because nobody would want to f***ing play it. Therefore the only people who would play it are elitist indie kids, and no one gives a sh*t was they think. The end. I don't know what jaded perspective you are viewing this from, but there is a very large difference between a book, or movie, and a game. The interactive aspect calls for it to entertain in some way shape or form, or it will be ignored. Would you go out and play a sport that you didn't like for entertainment? Are you the type of person who thinks someone can finger paint on a sock and it's art? That's what it sounds like.
Sorry for the rage, but read my whole comment next"
Saturday, February 13, 2010
"hink you're the one who is missing the point.
It really comes down to the reason that an individual games, but by definition "game" has a definitive meaning that I'm sure you understand. It's not that video games only serve a single purpose. It's that they serve that single purpose in multiple ways.
Video games are supposed to be fun or entertaining, and if it doesn't hit one of those it is a failure to the medium. For example, you use [i]Every Day The Same Dream[/i] as an example, saying that it isn't fun at all. You then follow this with " But it's still one of the most narratively and creatively rewarding experiences I've had with a game.". This means you were entertained for personal reasons, but entertained is the key word here.
the "Video Games as Art" debate begins and ends with Shadow of the Colossus, I believe. The game is a perfect example of art; A beautiful, but broken world, inhabited by incredible creatures... but it's also fun/entertaining. The game brings you into its atmosphere, it's cinematic, it's full of metaphors, etc. I could really go on all day here. My main point with this is that the game is far from perfect. It has many frustrating moments from a pure "fun" standpoint, but the total package allows you to overlook the shortcomings.
I personally don't normally agree with Jim Sterling, but I think he is right here. His journalistic integrity may not have existed prior to this article anyways, but if anything this gives him some. When we as gamers sat down to play NES and SNES we weren't concerned about anything other than how much fun they were to play. Jim Sterling is right. The concept of being "Indie" is, well, stupid. Indie people tend to only like Indie things, because they aren't popular. Well, guess what? They aren't popular for a reason, most of the"
Saturday, February 13, 2010
