ok this one actually gave me a chuckle
>>338027850
Huh, that's a solid 7.
Hmm
>>338027850
>Penny arcade taking a shit on other people
Are they finally back?
>>338028340
What is difference between regular wolf and dickwolf?
>>338028513
Everyone of their limbs is a veiny erect penis, or so I'm told
>>338027850
The joke is actually decent for once but the art is still just bizarre.
>>338027850
>controller
>>338027850
That was honestly my suspicion as to why they didn't hand out review copies
LOL
>>338028247
He fucks her right? Link please
>>338028747
At least they are past the squirrel teeth phase, that was a weird time.
>Penny Arcade hate liberals now
Who would have seen that coming?
>>338027850
Pretty okay
everything i've seen of doom has been a literal corridor shooter broken up by rooms of auto-spawn segments then back into linear single route corridors. its getting praised so i assume that just the tutorial segment at the start of the game i keep seeing over and over because apparently reviewers only got footage of that - but talk about good level design and oldskool FPS style over it.
>>338028913
http://g.e-hentai.org/g/873882/6e6182767f/
Since you asked nicely.
>>338029149
Thanks friendo.
I always love Tycho's newsposts on these issues.
>I get codes sometimes, God knows why, but if somebody doesn’t send me a code I don’t come on here and say “mean man no send me code” in a way that isn’t intended as a joke about trying to scam codes. [...]
>As often as not, in the reviews I read from The Review Places I frequent, the software product is just grist for some kind of creative writing project slash performance art piece half the time anyway. I ain’t even mad. You do your shit. You have to, because when it comes time to do your own thing, you have to know what you sound like. It’s all good. But the people who produce these games are not obligated to pay for that, or enable it, or enable you, or take any time out of their day to make sure you have their stuff for free. They don’t have to come talk to us anymore - you, or me. The action isn’t in text or still images now. Do you think there’s something about this that I don’t know?
>There was a time where I would have said not throwing your work to the lions would have represented some paucity of virtue on the part of the product; such times appear to be over.
>>338029461
And from the previous time it happened:
>Having been the cowering creature beneath enthusiast media’s Eye of Sauron on more than one occasion, the object of their tender ministrations, their ostensible populism and their eerily synchronized perspective, I have no sympathy for these creatures. Which is to say, I have the same sympathy they express for those outside their cloister. You may feel very confident that there are conversations at every publisher now, wondering to what extent they are required to eat shit from these people.
HOW DO I INTO TO DO WHAT ART?
H O W
D O
I
I N T O
T O
D O
W H A T
A R T ? ? ? ? ? ?
> tender ministrations, their ostensible populism and their eerily synchronized perspective
>>338027850
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ME
I ACTUALLY LAUGHED AT THIS
WHAT THEfun
>the software product is just grist for some kind of creative writing project slash performance art piece half the time anyway.
not being hipster or whatever but I really like this description.
>>338029018
I mean, there's a reason they kicked Ben Kuchera and all the other shittalkers off their site.
>>338028881
That's pretty funny
>>338029776
And that reason is?
>>338027850
Not funny, just hurts a little cause its true.
>>338029929
Pig is actually pretty conservative. Jesus freak type of stuff.
>>338030109
figures he'd be a trump supporter.....
>>338027850
of course they'd pay for an advertising spot on penny jewrdace.
>>338029735
>>338029649
Apparently understanding the English language at above a grade school level is considered hipsterdom at this point.
...or has the majority of /v/ not made it that far yet?
>>338029735
You may like his take on the Gawker stuff too.
https://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2016/03/14/the-didactic-order
>Gawker is poison AIDS cancer. In the same way that the Cross is the symbol for the redemptive power of Christ’s blood, Gawker is the symbol of a metastasized social media. Gawker is Nidhogg, the dragon which gnaws at the root of the World Tree. The causes they enunciate are tarnished, just for being in their mouths.
>I don’t wish ill on anyone who works there, obviously. I mean, I guess their every action technically does sustain a legitimately evil beast of legend, some Revelations type shit, and they ruin lives for profit whenever they aren’t simply wasting your time. It’s like, oh, this other Gawker site does that. That’s not the site I read. Well, no, it’s all one site. It’s just the one site. Oh, but I only detest the mouth of the lion, where its fangs are kept; I do not detest the ear of the lion, nor its tail. But the ear is how he found your brother, and when he leapt on your sister, the tail kept him straight.
>>338030220
>>338030220
You now realize the majority of this board/site is under 18
>>338030319
counterargument:
gawker isn't a lion
As soon as you're using metaphors as argument you already lost. You're using metaphors because your argument doesn't apply to the actual situation, so you have to invent a fictional case that fits your retarded argument
>>338030805
Shill alert.
Don't you have a bernie rally to be at?
>>338030805
>As soon as you're using metaphors as argument you already lost.
>>338030597
>Its playable sugar.
>make tough points about fracking
>Penny Arcade making fun of the people they've become/associate themselves with/suck the dicks of.
>>338030805
Counter-counterargument: Only people legitimately too stupid to understand basic metaphors believe they have no place in an argument.
>>338030547
Anyone over 20 years old and still a regular on /v/ should unironically get a grip of their life or just end it ASAP.
>>338030220
>at this point
English-speaking countries have always been chock full of anti-intellectualism
>>338030220
>using unnecessarily complicated words when there is absolutely no need for them is now considered "intelligent"
Neat.
>>338031221
>retard:
>gawker is like a lion and if you like a lion's ears you also like his mouth lol
>what an actual actual argument would be:
>X amount of money goes from A to B, by supporting A you're indirectly supporting B which ruin's people's lives, here's the data
>>338028340
It's still absurd just how much this shit blew up, even more so when they made a follow up comic mocking the retards getting pissed and then even selling shirts with Dickwolf on them.
It's a shame that a bunch of dickwads managed to make them apologize in the end. The whole thing was a non-issue blew out of proportion.
>>338029018
They went through their juvenile phase, their mopey dad phase and are now entering their angry old man phase.
>>338031326
It's pretty fucking bizarre when you take a step back and see this entire chunk of the English language that we've just barred off and said "You can't use these, you're pretentious and mean if you use these"
They're just fucking words. If they're being used properly there's nothing wrong with using them.
>>338030805
What in the fuck? Metaphors are a great emotive tool for language, if you feel the metaphor doesn't work or breaks down, that's one thing but fuck me.
>>338031392
I've always wanted a dickwolf shirt.
>>338031378
That's exactly what he fucking said though, dumbass, he just used a metaphor to make it more engaging to read. It sounds like the root of this problem is that you're autistic.
>>338031549
It's not actually. He doesn't have to data to show and prove that A supports B (they could also be completely independent) so he's resorting to using a metaphor
>>338031416
More like they stepped up and stopped Khoo from destroying what value the brand still has before the entire company becomes just a venue to sell space at PAX.
>>338029119
The best praise I've seen for it is "like Rage, but without the driving shit between shooting" which means it's probably a decent 6.5-7/10 FPS but it's not really a good Doom successor. It still suffers from the problem of people thinking "old school FPS" means Painkiller style monster arenas for some reason with no actual thought to level design, resource management, weapon/monster placement etc.
>>338027850
OK
That is some good shit
>>338031615
>hey guise if you give money to gawker, you totally don't support gawker automotive or gawker celeb gossip
>>338031615
Why should he have to explain the inner mechanisms of how Gawker and it's various sub-branches work when it's literally common knowledge at this point, are you a retard or something, the metaphor was just to make it more colorful
>>338031615
I direct you again to the observation regarding your autism.
He was making a blog post, not testifying in a fucking court of law. Your complaints are ridiculously stupid. Your problem is that he didn't provide concrete data, but you're complaining that he used a metaphor, which is completely irrelevant to the providing of data.
>>338031651
Does Khoo not work with them anymore?
>>338028747
I agree. I don't know what they're doing with their art style now but it's a bit too much.
>>338031705
The levels are open, and there are plenty of secrets around.
Only a maximum of 13 enemies on the screen though.
>>338031747
>>338031793
>>338031825
A lion's ears, tail and mouth cannot exist independently.
Business part of a larger group can.
By using metaphors you're inventing scenarios that seem to be relevant, when in truth they only serve to mislead your readers by hiding how shitty your argument is when applied to actual reality
>>338031793
>when it's literally common knowledge at this point
There's a lot of dumb made-up stuff that is "common knowledge" because it rings true.
>>338031392
I think the funniest / most stupid part that I don't believe controversy blew up after the comic was released by WELL after it was created.
>>338031837
He's still there, but allegedly got his pushed in a bit. He got really ambitious and was pretty much told to stop trying to turn PA into a media empire.
>>338027850
The face in the second panel looks like it's been put through content aware scale repeatedly.
>>338031921
In other words, food analogies
>>338031965
>I don't believe controversy blew up after the comic was released by WELL after it was created.
Well, you're completely wrong.
It blew up so fast that the next comic was a comic making fun of the sjws.
>>338031995
Is that why there hasn't been any new PA games or crossovers and shit like there was for those poker games?
>>338031921
>Business part of a larger group can.
Can, but in the case of Gawker doesn't.
>>338027850
Here's a superb example.
>>338032103
[Citation needed]
>>338031921
Then in such a case, the only problem is that he used the /wrong/ metaphor, not that metaphors themselves are inherently bad, that's literally retarded
>>338032216
What reason is there to use metaphors other than trying to hide that your argument doesn't hold
>>338031448
That's life baby.
>>338032267
Baby Your Baby!
>>338032258
Provides a more visual description helping further understanding. He's a verbose bastard so making things easier for the reader is useful.
>>338032085
Pretty much.
PAX is making tons of money, but actual site traffic and comics views have fallen off a cliff. Penny Arcade, which was literally on the times 100, is now completely irrelevant to the industry. Guess that pig and bald don't like that.
>>338032258
To make it more engaging for a reader.
This is something any functioning human can easily grasp
>>338032258
What reason is there to defend Gawker and fight tooth and nail against detractors of Gawker on the most meaningless of points?
>>338031448
The point is context: news should be accessible to the widest audience possible. If I were reading some in-depth critique or a specialized text then sure go wild, people except you to run out of words at some point, but a fucking videogame review? You keep it clear and concise because you know your audience aren't English majors. You also have to account for some possible foreign audience that aren't as accustomed to such terms as native speakers.
Not the same guy btw.
>>338032258
Are you willfully ignorant? The point isn't to hide your argument you faggot. It is a device used to enhance an argument by making an apt comparison, but doesn't fall to the weakness of an analogy.
>>338032394
I think Pig and Bald want to be irrelevant and just enjoy their PAX.
>>338032480Getting (you)s
;^)
>>338032494
We should stop dumbing down videogame related content in every area.
>>338031326
If you dont understand and fear useful words then the education system failed you. No surprise - after all, you're here everyday.
Now send me a fat fedoramancer piccie. I know youve got a folder.
>>338032558
Well you got me. Now what're you gonna DO with me?
>>338032258
To make something more colorful, more engaging. Sometimes it's to bring humor. To break up the structure of a text. To draw comparisons in a situation where the argument at hand might be considered too abstract and unrelatable for the reader. You know, all the typical stuff if you're not writing a hardcore academic paper and you don't suffer from crippling autism
>>338032494
Fuck off ESL
>>338032625
But anon, you're here too! We're all here! Together.
>>338032394
If they were still making comics as good as early-mid 00s era I'd still be checking them each update, but Gabe's art went retarded and they let their dad shit mind break them.
>>338032576
oh shit
>>338032140
Please tell me this is some sort of clever parody?
>>338032494
I suppose but it's well known the guy likes his highfalutin vocabulary, it's partially his appeal to his audience. It's silly to say he shouldn't use it because the average gamer can't word good, since it's one of the reasons he got popular at all.
>>338032394
Hearing them talk at PAX and it's obvious they don't give a shit if the comic isn't doing well. They've got a bunch of projects they're involved in and are enjoying themselves. Quite possibly one of the reasons the comic is so boring these days is because they don't have to put their hearts and souls into it, they can treat it as a hobby.
>>338032614
You can say insightful things without resorting to a thesaurus you know.
It's a question of relaxing the format not the content itself.
>>338032576
/co/ really is the worst, i bet he's gonna click the general threads as well.
>>338032793
Maybe the problem is people are so stupid they need to resort to a thesaurus when they encounter words they should already know?
>there are people ITT who don't enjoy the mellifluous beauty of the English language and would rather read robotic corporate spiel.
>>338031448
I'd agree with you if what was being written was academic in nature or perhaps some form of prose. It just feels like you're putting on airs when you do it on a lowly blog post.
>>338032258
>Why do people communicate in anything other than strictly literal, no frills language, I hate and fear it!
Textbook autism, and I don't even have to meme on your sorry ass because it's 100% literal.
>>338032861
Not when reading a page-long videogame review.
>>338032626
Crashing this thread
>>338032904
If I wanted purple prose I'd read Lovecraft.
>>338032706
How horrifying.
>>338032837
why are they shooting the medpack? why are they missing when it takes up like 20% of the screen?
>>338032973
With no archive?
>>338032837
it might have been a mimic
>>338031448
People are upset because these children have shitty writing and try to compensate by looking up fancy synonyms on thesaurus. If you want to use intellectual words, at least write as an intellectual would. The combination of informal North American English and privileged words just looks like shit.
>>338032985
Do you only think in extremes? Either/Or, Black/White dichotomies or something?
There is great prose that doesn't have any of the trappings of Lovecraft's pointlessly verbose style.
It's not baby talk OR Lovecraft.
>>338032216
He's right though. If you make an analogy while presenting an argument, and have not shown the analogy to be have sufficient correlation, then it's a strawman.
>>338032914
>>338032628
>>338032504
He's trying to convince his readers. Not via good arguments, but by using rhetoric
How do you not have an issue with that.
It's like flavor enhancers in burgers. The burger is awful, but you still fall for the flavor enhancer
>>338028881
Lol
>>338027850
had a mild giggle for the first time in years at this comic
I see that Trump has made ignorance and anti-intellectualism cool.
>>338033060
Don't try to pretend you're hypeliterate and critiquing a flawed writing style. We all know you aren't. Baby just hate words he duddint know.
>>338033091
>Do you only think in extremes?
If I didn't I wouldn't hang around /v/ where everything is either GOTY or an abortion.
>>338029149
oh, of COURSE it's jack cayless
>>338032861
As a foreigner that has learned English entirely thanks to the internet I think the problem arises when a simple, easy to look up word is substituted with thick metaphors and expressions instead of just typing the fucking word and be done with it.
It's fine if there are zero words to express what you want to say but every time that happens in a text that doesn't warrant such flowery prose I find it incredibly annoying.
>>338030220
*farts* lol
>>338031261
>mfw 23 at the end of the year
>>338033120
You're just butthurt because he has a good argument AND sounds fancy.
Stay mad.
>>338027850
>no facial spasms
>no hallucinogenic gradients
>reasonably funny joke
Yep, we're good here.
>>338033246
Third worlders get out
>>338030805
what about i invente a fictioanl case where i fuk ur mom lol
or a fictioanl case where ur gay?>>?? oh wait thads not fictional LOL
>>338027850
Where is the joke?
>>338033120
>making food analogies now to describe hate and fear of other, better written and more colorful analogies.
I gotta admit, that is some truly inspired, malodious and prodigious bait.
>>338033169
Yeah, it is cool to shit on Trump.
>>338033246
>As a foreigner that has learned English entirely thanks to the internet
You should quite honestly fucking kill yourself, familia. Your opinion is worthless much like yourself.
>>338031261
I'm 34
I've been here since 2005
I don't even like video games any more
>>338033120
>after all this autism about metaphors being bad he uses a food metaphor to argue that metaphors are bad
6/10, I laughed
>>338033026
fucking nuclear throne always gets me with that shit
>>338033234
Could you not immediately tell by the art style?
>>338033209
I don't, English isn't even my native language. However, I read a lot in English, and inconsistencies are very apparent and awkward to read.
The lion metaphor is on point, or is there anyone here who thinks the Gawker network is not a complete cesspool?
>>338033370
>Comparing a writer to a guy who made Europe his bitch.
Thats some weak shit right there, feminism.
>>338033493
>inconsistencies
There were none present. Third Worlder stop posting.
>>338031326
>if I wouldn't use a word, it's complicated
There's really nothing wrong with being unable to use some high-school level words in your writing. But instead of improving yourself or just accepting that English isn't one of your strongest qualities, you act like an asshole for no reason out of sheer childish frustration.
Sorry shit-for-brains, "ministrations" and "ostensible" aren't any more complicated than "breakfast". "More letters than I would really like" != complicated. E.g. "verisimilitude" is complicated, because its meaning can sometimes be subtle or abstract, depending on context.
>>338028513
Regular wolves roam forests and kill deer and shit.
Dick Wolves write episodes of Law & Order
>>338033480
It's a little different to his usual. I almost thought there was a copycat out there somewhere.
>>338033120
>food analogy
Fucking Hell anon I don't know if you're retarded or a (You)-stealing genius, but I fucking laughed. You have my kudos, nigga
>>338033432
>not whacking every single thing you see with a wrench
>not constantly flailing around with a wrench unless you're shooting something to begin with
Mutant life ain't easy. Gotta cope.
>>338033389
No.
>>338033559
Leave your political agendas out of my videogames.
Why do americans feel threatened by words above elementary school level?
>>338033561
I didn't say there were any. I'm just criticizing young people trying to sound smarter than they really are.
Also, try to spice up your posts a little >>338033350
>>338033370
Is it me or is the one on the left truer to life?
>>338032904
They'd rather not read at all.
Why else would video reviews have become so popular?
>>338033634
Food analogies are literally the highest form of discourse.
>>338033564
But,
Is doom actuallyfun
>>338033675
>triggering
I think the right word for that section is problematic.
>>338032748
What you have to understand is that REAL journalism is to VIDEO GAME journalism as a REAL chef is to a burger flipper.
These kids can't hack it in the world of actual journalism because all they REALLY want to print are opinion pieces. So, we get sites like Polygon and the like. Their writers could give no less of a shit about the games they write about, so they stretch their "reviews" to the point that it's a weak opinion piece that vaguely has something to do with a blue hedgehog.
>>338033730
ones on the right tend to get money from patreon/welfare/the government rather than live at home.
>>338027850
But they did give review copies, they just didn't do it till launch day which is usually a sign that the publisher has no faith in the product and doens't want pre-launch reviews.
>>338033563
Breakfast is actually a lot more concrete than "ministrations" and "ostensible," and has greater currency besides.
>>338032504
But he hasn't demonstrated the analogy's aptitude.
Also, he made an analogy, not a comparison, retard.
>>338032815
it's sad really /co/ used to be so good
>>338033725
>doesn't speak flawless english
>claims to be scandinavian
Sure thing Pajeet
>>338031392
>>338032063
Too bad they apologized and back pedaled like a bunch of pussy pansies
>>338033563
Use as many big words as you want, you're still a fucking spacker
>>338033868
>Breakfast is actually a lot more concrete than "ministrations" and "ostensible,
Jesus Fucking Christ.
>>338033837
No, what I mean is, "LITERAL RAPISTS" and "destructive hobbies and fun" are obvious hyperbole that I've never ever encountered, but "filthy degenerates" and "Hitler could have prevented this" are things I read daily on 4chan.
>>338033884
Kva må eg gjera for å overtala deg? Ikkje tru eg hev brukt Google Translate, for dei stottar korkje nynorsk eller eldre nynorsk.
>>338033645
It's true though. A third worlder wasting his life on imageboards and thinking his opinion is worth anything is even more pathetic than a regular NEET. I bet you're actually bringing down some hard-working people with your waste of a life. If there ever was a time to improve whatever shithole of a country you crawled out from, it is now. Go and blow your fucking brains out.
>>338033169
Trump is a very smart man who wants to work alongside the best and brightest people
There's nothing anti-intellectual about him
>>338033370
What happens next? Do they get together in the end?
>>338033939
Yeah, cuz it's used by almost every person every single day.
Can you stop acting like a fuckwit now?
>>338032815
Is that loss on his shirt?
>>338033939
You know I'm right.
>>338033675
>>338033370
>comes here
>makes games about politics
>D-DONT BRING POLITICS HERE
enjoy your ban
>>338033997
I'm stealing this pasta.
>>338033289
>travelled to london last week
>getting my passport checked
>"whats your age anon?"
>"23"
>"this says youre 24"
>tfw
>>338034307
Don't forget the smug anime girls
>>338034179
Not them, but I feel there should be a distinction if you want to make a "Immigrants get out REEEEE" or "Grlz rule boys drool" fine, that's up to you. If you want to inject your politics into somebody else's game, especially if it doesn't exist there (see Polygon's review of Mario at the Socchi Olympics) to begin with then I object.
>>338034307
>nostalrius.png
>>338032837
>>338034356
I'll never get people who dislike growing older. Age has been nothing but a boon for me.
>>338034384
but he wasn't quoting anyone, he just posted an irrelevant image equating feminism to national socialism or whatever to get a political rise from idiots
>>338029645
Lol
>>338034545
Not disliking growing older, it's just that time goes by so fast nowadays that I can't even remember my age
>>338034545
>t. a teen
It's all downhill from 20 and on.
>>338034545
Depends on your childhood, honestly
Those of us who had it rough growing up find it hard to go downwardbut easy to stay on level
>>338034776
25 is the golden age. You're old enough that you can get a little respect but not old enough for people to expect you to be entirely responsible.
>>338034776
What are you on about?
Life gets so much better when you're not a teen anymore.
>>338033246
>this opinion piece someone wrote doesn't warrant this specific kind of prose because I say so
>let me call it 'flowery' to pass even more judgement on this work of -opinion-
As another foreigner who has learned English thanks to wasting his time watching tv and using the internet, I have no qualms whatsoever with him livening up his prose through the workings of a personal style :^)
Anecdotal arguments sure are helpful
The vocabulary he uses isn't even that arcane, any native speaker with a half decent education should be able to readily use most of the words that show up in this guy's articles, or at the very least recognize and understand them.
The videogame review not warranting a specific prose argument is such a non-argument. As if to imply that anyone whose hobby is playing videogames is too dumb and uneducated to understand any English text past a middle school level or too naive to savour a simple figure of speech.
As for accommodating a foreign audience; tough tits, use it as an opportunity to enrich your vocabulary. A columnist writing in English doesn't have the duty to indulge a indignant Swede who thinks he's reached the same level of proficiency as a native speaker
The rampant anti-intellectualism in here is bizarre
>>338034307
edison.jpg
>>338034028
>the best and brightest
>no scientists, writers, artists, musicians, philosophers, thinkers
making money =/= best and brightest/intellectuals
>>338035030
"Best and brightest" here obviously means "people who tell him he's right"
>>338034307
>>338034864
>You're old enough that you can get a little respect
God forbid you aren't doing something worthwhile with your life by that time though
>recently enrolled into a uni after spending some odd years just doing jobs
>someone on the freshman course casually asks what age I am
>23
>That person and everyone who overheard it just falls silent for a moment
>>338033895
Yeah, it is.
But these guys are just about middle aged family men by now.
They don't want to be fucking with death threats by rabid fuckwits online.
>>338030220
That's fucking shit ass writing man. When you're attempting to convey a simple idea, you use the simplest words possible that still fully convey your meaning. Saying "throwing your work to the lions" is fine because it carries a connotation that "releasing it to reviewers" doesn't but saying "paucity of virtue" instead of "not very good" is just fucking dumb. No reason to say that other than to try and show off "look! Me buy thesaurus! Me smart!"
>>338034697
Meh?
>>338034776
I'm a few months off 25. After the hell of Uni ended each year has just been better.
>>338034856
My childhood was decent but incoherent. Adolescences was a mix, early 20's bad.
>>338034864
Fearing responsibility is a little sad. The best thing about being older is that you're competence and rehearsed enough to just get on with responsibility.
>>338035314
I'm sorry you didn't finish high school and are threatened by larger words.
>>338035314
>paucity of virtue
>can be replaced by 'not very good'
isn't even close to conveying the same feeling
stop posting
>>338035432
It's not about fearing responsibility, it's about being able to have the occasional fuckup without people holding it over you. You get blackout drunk and shit yourself at 18 no one cares, at 25 it's a story that people will tell for the next year, at 30 you'll get an intervention.
>>338033997
He's fucking right though. Choosing a larger, more complex word when there is a simpler, more concise way of saying the exact same thing is asinine and vapid.
It has absolutely nothing to do with me not understanding. It's just bad form, and it's something that college kids are taught on like day one. Literally only high school kids write like that. Because they're dumb as bricks.
>>338035282
Must suck to live in Burgerland, at my University it's perfectly normal to be 20-25 in starting year
>>338033831
'real' journalism is exactly the fucking same.
The thing I never understood about GG was everyone acting like this is only videogame journalism that is so corrupt. The entirety of mainstream journalism is corrupt.
I doon't even know what's going on in this thread anymore
let me get this straight
some third worlder (or multiple) is shitting himself because someone used a metaphor and/or a set of phrases that dont make total sense to them?
>>338034776
>>338034864
>Used to be able to drink all night at parties and not be hungover
>Now I can barely have 4 or 5 pints without feeling like hell for the entire day after
>>338035924
Yeah, but who gives a shit about actual stuff? That's not seen as affecting your children's toys
>>338035924
It's not even majorly bent, if it was then PR from publishers wouldn't want to murder half the staff at most websites.
>>338034545
I just dislike thinking about my mortality. Not looking forward to getting all kind of physical and mental problems as I grow older. If I was sure I'd be still able to walk without a stick at 80+, I wouldn't be so concerned
>>338035552
"lacking very many desirable qualities" is another way of saying "not very good" you fucking illiterate.
>>338035434
Just because you imbeciles are impressed by any word over two syllables doesn't mean those of us who actually passed our english classes in college are wowed by every schmuck who knows some 10 dollar words.
>>338031261
Some of us don't sit here all day using /v/ to sharpen our memes.
>>338035627
>He's fucking right though. Choosing a larger, more complex word when there is a simpler, more concise way of saying the exact same thing is asinine and vapid.
Why didn't you say "stupid and pointless"?
STOP USING BIG WORDS TO LOOK SMART!
>>338030805
Are you actually autistic? Do you not understand the purpose of metaphors?
>>338036431
>asinine
>vapid
>big words
Summer is here.
>>338036609
The point was "big words" are relative. Stupid is big to a 4 year old.
Just because I word isn't in your nomenclature doesn't mean that it isn't common for someone else.
>>338036114
>>338036115
It started out as making fun of a reviewer's shitty prose and devolved into an argument about whether or not "bigger" words = better words. I'm not sure how the third worlders factor into it.
>>338034776
I'm 25 and my life is does just keep improving
>>338036431
>STOP USING BIG WORDS TO LOOK SMART
This may be hard to believe, but some of us actually have those words as part of our standard lexicon. PEEPL SPEEKING BIG WURDS is not a conspiracy to make you feel stupid. You just actually are stupid.
>>338036798
If you actually talk like tycho writes every single day, which you don't, you'd be quite possibly the most insufferable person I'd ever met. Also you'd probably use 75% of the words wrong anyways. People who feel the need to pretend to be smarter by talking like that always do.
>>338036735
>nomenclature
I don't think you're using that right.
>>338033694
Well a lot of them have fallen out of common usage/are archaic
bros, if you can't read his prose you are literally dumber than a 5th grader
pic related, sorry to break it to you
>>338036962
They never do.
>>338037084
>bros, if you can't read his prose you are literally dumber than a 5th grader
This is /v/, the board with the lowest IQ on 4chan. What did you expect?
>>338036798
I was originally on his side, you infantile moron. People who use unnecessarily complex words are underage vermin with undeveloped brains.
I just honestly don't see how "asinine" or "vapid" qualify as complex words.
>>338037337
No that's /x/. /v/ was just embarrassingly low on the scale but there were still a good deal of even dumber boards.
>>338037368
There are less "complex" versions of those words. At what point do we decide a word is "too complex"?
>>338037431
At the point where the words don't have any additional meaning compared to the shorter version, or depending on the audience we're trying to reach.
>>338034525
Who was playing this?
I don't really know who's arguing what anymore, so let me just ask: does using the phrase "paucity of virtue" deserve ridicule or not?
>people honestly don't like Tycho's over the top writing which deliberately exaggerates menial topics just to point out how dumb a lot of the discussion is
>>338037514
>depending on the audience we're trying to reach.
You have to be 18 or older to post on 4can, and every word I've seen in this thread is no higher than high school level.
>STILL literally arguing over semantics
>>338037337
>/v/
>dumber than /x/, /b/ or /tv/
Yeah, no
>>338037612
>and cried into a shaman's arms
>>338037569
When you're trying to address the level of people who read penny arcade? Hell yeah. Most of the people who read that comic are probably too stupid to know what those words mean by themselves, so the only reason to use them there is to make a bunch of retards think you're some kind of high quality author when in reality you just write a shitty webcomic.
>>338037679
>thinking underaged actually care about the age limit
>not realizing summer is basically upon us
>>338034525
Where can I play against controller users with mouse and keyboard?
Why is the collective internet saying Doom is back, this is not even close to Doom. Serious Sam, Painkiller and that little indie game I forget the name of played more like Doom.
>Nonstop gory kills, required to do them for health
>Granade button
>Chainsaw has ammo and is just another cinimatic kill bullshit
>Story shoved down your face
>Slightly slower than Doom
>More linear, with arenas, a base change to how most Doom maps were made. Mostly.
I feel like some pretentious shitter but this isn't Doom at all. Not saying the game is bad, but people claiming it plays like Doom have seriously forgotten what Doom was, or are most likely kids who only played that shitfest Brutal Doom.
>>338038045
So you're mad that it isn't a 1:1 recreation of the original.
Stop living in the past bro.
>>338038029
War Thunder has cross platform players from what I heard.
>>338038216
The PS4 players have * in front of their names.
>>338037863
It's not really a Polygon reviewer, idiot.
>>338035225
>The great empires didn't "earn" their territories, just because the lands where cultivated by some other nations, before they where conquered
Actually she did earn it, she might have earned it in a pathetic female way, but that doesn't change the fact. If you're too dumb/weak to hold unto a thing, you deserve to be parted from it.
>>338038205
That's all these nostalgiafags whine about, if it's not the same exact game it's shit.
>>338038205
>So you're mad that it isn't a 1:1 recreation of the original.
It has far too much modern influence, and that is ignoring the clusterfuck of Cod/Halo that makes up its multiplayer. I wasn't looking for Doom HD, but I was it to play more like Doom and less like Rage.
Oh I also forgot the weapon upgrade system. Yeah that's another thing. Real Doom there. Like I said, I don't think its a bad game at all, but it isn't Doom.
>>338038515
You define Doom by what it isn't, I would rather define it by what it is. For me Doom is a fast paced shooter with a simple story and lots of gore. It delivers that plenty.
>>338038045
You sound like you wouldn't be happy if you could still look up and down in a Doom game
>>338038729
You sound retarded and are retarded.
>>338038216
oh my god, just one more reason to play it...
although hilariously enough, I was thinking of switching off mouse and keyboard to use steam controller with gyro + pad for aim.
>>338038515
>Zelda: Wind Waker isn't a Zelda game because it doesn't have Kaepora Gaebora or the Zoras in it and has a different art style and musical theme.
>>338038729
Obviously that is fine. Not being able to look up and down was a limtiation of the tech, not a design choice. Doom in my eyes is this.
>No preface bullshit. You spawn in level one with a weapon and you go. You don't spawn into a cutscene, then pause for two more story scenes, THEN go.
>The gameplay is simple, you find weapons, shoot things with those weapons. You don't also have on top of that cinamatic kills, granades, weapon upgrade system, suit upgrade system, fuel for what should be your melee attack (Chaingun).
The new Doom doesn't have these things. Instead it wants to be a modern shooter. With story elements, with upgrades to tempt the player into continuing, with a focus on doing quick damage and getting close for a melee kill that looks great in promotional trailers, rather than dodging while killing and relying on health packs.
It isn't Doom, those saying it is are completely kidding themselves. Play Doom (Original), Painkiller, and Serious Sam. Then play the Doom reboot. Anyone who says the reboot is closer to the original Doom than those other two games are, are liars.
>>338038925
Mouse is better for aim in War Thunder, unless you buy a plane controls joystick thing.
>>338037612
>mean while, while
>>338039403
Nice strawman you have there anon, Zelda has changed with every single release, nobody expects them to be the same. Here is you (you).
>>338039447
I was going to respond but then Smug Anime Face.
>>338039546
>Final Fantasy 3 isn't like Final Fantasy 2 because it has a 3 instead of a 2.
>>338029649
I can only assume you're depicting yourself as a confused, fat, fedora wearing twat, as anyone with half a brain and more that 3 seconds worth of attention span knows he built an empire off of being a verbose asshole.
>>338033564
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