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>you will never spoon
well yeah you don't need to be good to enjoy them. why is that controversial?
>>338259450
>I’ve not played Dark Souls 3, because I detest boss fights at the best of times.
>>338259450
Who else does this shit?
>There needs to be an end to people saying I'm bad at basketball even though I travel constantly and can't shoot. It's toxic waaaah
This sort of autism is only permitted in vidya apparently
I'm ashamed I used to read RPS in the past.
>>338259676
It's funny that he got so butthurt over people telling him to git gud that he had to write a serious article about a meme joke
>>338259732
>comparing vidya to actual sports
kek never change /v/
>>338259901
>playing FPS on a pad is good they said
>>338259676
You don't even need to be good to finish hard games. I suck at godhand yet I played it, beat it and enjoyed it. "git gud" is more of a response to people blaming game mechanics on their own failures. even on /v/ you don't get derided with it unless you're being a lil bitch and unfairly blaming the game
>>338259901
like this is a meme right? nobody plays that badly who has played vidya before...
RIGHT?
>asking that reviewers not be complete garbage at video games is the same as demanding they be the best in the world
These people are paid actual, real currency in exchange for their writing.
>>338259543
If we can't trust people to write honest fucking video game articles any more what the fuck
>>338259901
This gave me physical feelings of helplessness and discomfort.
>>338259901
What game is this?
>>338260160
Could you say you have beentriggered?
>>338260235
D44M
>>338260009
its real anon, he suck as much as me playing hitman 4 on ps2 at requiem.
like 10 years ago.
>>338260040
that's what happens when you try to appease these people; you never satisfy them and the only thing you accomplish is alienating your own audience
>>338260235
Halo 5: Revenge of the Spartans
>>338259450
>read the title
>"I bet it's by..."
>yep it's by John Walker
what a fucking surprise
>>338260253
KiD has some problems, but it's a pretty good action game, seeing that really disappoints me. I wonder if sort of stuff is why they dropped lily for LiD instead, can't have a cute girl as a protag, but violence is OK.
>>338260345
>get assigned as a nigger
>everyone shoots you
literal artificial difficulty
>>338260040
>two news posts
>an opinion piece by a different author
That's not really that bad.
It's not "gaming journalism" that's the problem, it's the nature of journalism as a whole. I'm a professional journalist and honest to god the climate of the industry right now is fear and loathing (no pun intended). The older generation looks at us younger guys and shouts "save us!" Like we've got the magic bullet to competing with sensationalist bullshit and STILL being profitable.
You can't fix "gaming journalism" without first fixing journalism as a whole.
God almighty what a time to be alive. I picked the wrong time to love journalism, that's for sure.
>>338260419
sounds p based desu
he's not even a reviewer
also he created JAZZ JACKRABBIT
game was fun as fuck
>>338260485
User score isn't any more objective. People who think that the game has inflated positive score just try to outweight it with minimal scores, they don't post the score they think the game really deserves.
>>338259450
i guess that's true, you don't have to be good at vidya to enjoy them
but when its shit like this >>338259901 you're better off with a different hobby
>>338260624
>also he created
Not actually a Polygon employee, I just like the filename.
>>338260676
>>338260379
Stop posting these fucking wallpapers. They formatted by retards and are a pain to even look at, let alone read.
>>338260736
pretty accurate
>>338259450
He's not wrong, but there should be a level of competence when a fucking "video game journalist" site plays a fucking video game and sucks at it.
excuse me i though gamergate threads were banned?????
>>338260684
This is the best one in the whole thread.
>>338259543
Destroyed
>>338260892
hahahaha
>>338259850
>best horror games
>"isn't really a horror game at all"
Good fucking christ
>>338259450
it blows my mind that people get paid for this stupid shit
I don't think every game need to be dark soul. The new Kirby game is easy as fuck but I'm still having fun with it. On the other hand I don't think every game has to compromise to conform to every skill level.
People need to remember not every game has accommodate you 100%. It's ok to walk away from a game that's too hard for you to beat.
I fucking suck at RTS games and I hate that I can't get into a entire genre but I don't expect every new one to have a super casual difficulty
>>338259450
anyone is welcome to be shit at video games
but if you post videos of you playing and pretend to be an expert on video games, then expect to be called out for being a retarded shitter
>>338260707
that is a well reviewed dildo fist
>>338260785
Here is a fucking wallpaper fagget.
>>338259850
>gone home is a horror game
I want to get off mr bones wild ride
>>338260253
The KID one, like, okay there are weird mini games that could be seen as dodgy by some people but the surrounding game wasn't that great.
The Bayo 2 one pisses me off more, they fully acknowledge that it's "better than the first" and how fantastic the mechanics are, but give it a 7.5 because it has a sexy woman in it. That's the main negative point in their conclusion that they stress three times, apparently enough to knock the game down to a 7.5
>>338259901
Does polygon released their Doom review yet ?
>>338259850
The only horror about Gone Home is the impact it had.
>>338259450
Is there anything more pathetic than someone who hates video games spending his time playing video games so he can write angry articles about video games?
>>338259901
>stormtrooper plays fps
>>338260379
So much shit going on, I don't wanna read it
>>338260684
Fucking amazing
>>338260008
This. My gf can't stand dark souls and Bloodborne, but when I watch her play she has no patience to learn the spacing, the timing, all the tools and weapons available, and the essence of those games is you have to learn to play them on their terms. The games aren't bad: she just wants to do whatever she wants because that's what she wants out of games, and these are games that demand you learn them, rather than just letting you stumble through.
I think a lot of these "journalists" are really just frustrated and embarrassed that they aren't the target demographic for a change, and they are so accustomed to touring through games however they want that they can't comprehend what people could possibly enjoy about a game that's more than an inch deep. They like the amusement park Zelda adventure, not the challenge of exploring and mastering something through exploration and patience. They can't imagine resistance and delayed gratification are satisfying because they just want to "play a game," not expend effort.
>>338260771
Read The Great Divide sometime.
>>338259450
>You are a beautiful flower that doesn't have to listen to all the idiots.
I know, senpai. :3
Seriously, though. Who the fuck is this article for? Why write it in the first place?
>>338261094
True, I gottahandit to them there/
>>338259450
i'll do you one better
>>338260009
It's gameplay footage from Polygons site. All real. All sad
>>338261306ill do it, have this
>>338261050
People will feel like they wasted their time and/or money if a game is too hard for them and they're unable or unwilling to get good enough to enjoy it. I don't personally agree with that mindset, I quite enjoy the process of learning and overcoming a game, but especially for casual players I understand where they're coming from.
>>338260235
Where have you been?
>>338261131
>but the surrounding game wasn't that great.
Yes it was. The game is fantastic, the only real criticisms you can level at it is it's not DMC and it's not 60fps (solvable on PC).
>>338259450
But I'm terrible at DS3. I'm not enjoying the game because I'm not good at it. I need to get good before I can enjoy the game.
How can one cock slobbering faggot be so wrong?
>>338261309
Its for you. The "Gaymer".
>>338260009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3pQ0oO_cDE
>>338261446
Who seriously takes the time to put all this shit together?
>>338259803
>comparing activities to other activities
yeah what a moron lol
>>338260785
the message is more important that the presentation.
>>338260485
That's because autists fucking bombed the fallout 4 page with 0 scores
Don't act like the user score is any more reflective of the game than the critic score
These threads always make me sad.
In my childhood I dreamt of a video game related job. In my ignorance I thought I had to learn to program to accomplish that.
Back then I didn't realize that making video games has many different aspects to it, and game developers are more than just programmers, for example there are artists involved too.
And even in my wildest dreams I couldn't imagine there would be a time, when some people are PAID TO PLAY vidya and write about it.
I could have been one of those people, instead of those bitter entitled nu-males, who hate the very games they're supposed to play.
And here I am now, working at a nuclear research institute, coding some high voltage module controlling software.
>>338261446
Here is the problem when you get famous, you are to afraid to speak your mind any more. Hes probably thinking "oh my fan base will leave if I rip the new ghost busters"
>>338261446
Now I have to go watch the Windrammer video again.
>>338261512
People with a lot of time and a lot of anger.
>>338259450
>entire thread based off of a pretty decent editorial that nobody bothered to read
>>338259850
>reader retention is down
>need to write a story that keeps readers on the site for much longer
>lists are always good
>top 100 with 10 pages sounds even better
>want to put a game on the list that doesn't fit at all
>shoe horn it in anyway
>employ gold medal mental gymnastics
>>338261725
oh gee what a shame for youI could have been playing video games too ;_;
>>338261367
>the problem with 'playing to win'
Videogames are supposed to be a challenge. You vs the game. What the fuck is the point if you're just going to let the game win?
Thanks for this /v/. I woke up this morning feeling like I might be a retard but I'm really not that bad.
>>338261463
The combat wasn't particularly fleshed out with it being pretty lacking in combos, the plot was a confusing mess but not in a cool usual Suda 51 kind of way, just largely incoherent, bosses weren't great.
Is PC gamer the last good video game "publication?"
They are pretty based
>>338261748
I'd argue that you can fit Gone Home on a horror list
If you play it without knowing the plot it makes you think the game is a horror, gradually ramping up the dread until you realise that all of the horror stuff was just incidental details
There's the ghost stuff, the red hairspray in the bath that looks like blood, the secret passages, the dark lighting
A big part of what actually works about GH is playing with your expectations
>>338259450
This guy is a faggot, but I will say that the opposite end of the spectrum is just as bad.
I used to play a small indie halo-like shooter, which had a small group of 12-year-olds who thought themselves hardcore competitive gamers. The developers used to be pretty open about taking criticism and suggestions for the game, but eventually it reached the point where every post on the forums would be shouted down by a horde of elitist faggots who thought their shit didn't stink. One of the children in particular literally refused to consider your points in an argument unless you could beat him in a 1v1.He spoke in 4chan jargon too so I know he's one of you faggots. Today the forums are dead because the competitive kiddies chased everyone else off and then moved to CS:GO.
Again, I'm definitely not defending the mouthbreathers who think every game should have skippable everything, but the YOU'RE NOT A PRO-LEVEL PLAYER SO YOU DON'T GET AN OPINION mentality really needs to fuck off. Surely there is middle ground between the two.
>>338259450
I see Walker is still mad about Hyper Light Drifter.
>>338259450
This is unfortunately how a lot of kids these days are raised. They are not taught about failure and the fact that some people are just bad at some things. Most of them never fail anything (even when they do) and even if they actually do fail they're just told they got an A for effort or some other bullshit to hide the fact that they failed.
It seems the people raised like this are starting to become adults now and are trying to apply this same logic to video games. They need to fuck off.
>>338260490
>Get assigned as a nigger
>Suddenly have an incredible urge to shoot people, rape them and each fried chicken
Playing as a nigger is hardmode.
>>338259901
Literally me when I first played an FPS with a controller. Man, fuck this, why do people put up with that?
>>338261896
OP and this are essentially the same problem.
Games having watered down mechanics and games catering only to a small part of the community are both the result of the failure of the developers' integrity.
Instead of simply making the game true to their initial vision of the game, they start to please a certain demographic, or even worse, trying to please everyone.
>>338261892
How real is this?
>>338259901
To be honest, this is how I would be playing too if I had to play with a controller.
>>338261725
Back in the day, being a programmer and a game dev were pretty much the same thing, but obviously visual expression has gotten so complex simple art won't cut it anymore (unless you're indie, and even then it's a toss up), so yeah things change. Kinda like space invaders, shoot where they're going to be, not where they are, not so easy though.
It's hilarious how people hate RPS because that blacklist told people they aren't journalists but love the actual journalism they've done like that Molyneux interview
>>338261885
For the perceived horror elements of the game to work you have to go in absolutely blind. That doesn't make it a horror game, that makes it false advertising. P.T. is horror, any of the first person exploration games are horror, classic resident evil and silent hill are horror - gone home, just like dear esther and everything else by the chinese room, are guided museum trips.
>>338262152
How's the cerebral palsy?
>>338261446
>First trailer hatred 4:1 ratio
>Second trailer hatred 5:1 ratio
This movie is going to be such trash I'll gladly sit outside the theater with a bag of popcorn to laugh at the people leaving after watching it.
>>338262208
>That doesn't make it a horror game, that makes it false advertising
Don't be a moron
>>338262117
>>338262152
MGS V was the first time I had to play a shooter with a controller, and it was nowhere near as bad as that video.
>>338259450
This entire bullshit mistakenly stems from one misguided notion that games are made for everyone. They're not, it's why genres and target demographics exist.
>>338260490
you realize rust is basically race war: the game right?
>>338262245
>MGS
>shooter
>>338261367
>P2W is now a bad thing cause it implies "Play 2 Win"
What is happening.
>>338260531
Might as well get out and watch it all burn. It's kind of ironic that journalism it at its lowest point at a time in human history when it's most available.
>>338262104
I think it's time to stop posting.
>>338262372
>MGS
>not a shooter
>>338260110
>any more
where do you live anon? Whats that bizzaro world where vidya articles ever held truth and honesty?
deploying some anti-cringe
>>338261832
I guess loving Rin means I want to #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
>>338260624
>CliffyB
>not a total faggot with shit opinions that pretends he's still cool and hip
>>338260345
>popular video game
>many white men are furious
>rust
lmao, who do they think plays those games?
How's about some quality journalism.
>>338262470
It makes me sad, is what it is. Journalism is incredibly fulfilling for me. I'm an idealist, I know, but I still have this vision of this noble truth bringer, this cigarettes and coffee sorta guy who lives and dies by the validity of his word. The kinda journalism you read about in your history classes.
There's still an incredible need for journalism. We saw that with the Snowden leaks, and recently with the Panama Papers. We have a duty so important to our country that there are stipulations in the Constitution that apply specifically to us.
And it's all changing. I don't know where this ride may take me, or if it will ever end, but I'm not ready to get off Mr. Jefferson's wild ride just yet.
>>338262530
Jesus man, fucking beautiful
>>338262241
But it is, just like The Evil Withins marketing campaign showing only the mansion bits and forest exploration which fooled me into thinking the game was set in a slightly science fiction'y reality like the classic Resident Evil titles. I felt completely betrayed when i realized that the whole game is set in the angsty teenage killers mind where nothing really makes sense and the whole level can change at any time.
>>338262139
The game didn't cater to them, that was the thing. The developers wanted something fun and casual like Halo 3, and the vocal majority wanted a Halo 1/2 clone where every fight is a boring long range pistol or sniper duel. the developers tried to balance the two visions, got so much shit for it that they practically got chased off of their own forums.
>>338262774
At one point in the recent past I thought that Vice could be the gonzo journalism of our generation, but boy, was I wrong.
>>338262530
I understand, should have been fired for being his passive aggression.
>>338261446
Didn't he say that he just wasn't interested in the movie and pointed out stuff that wasn't just "I dislike female ghostbusters" and said that he doesn't see a point in watching the remake so he wasn't going to see it? Because that's not a boycot, that's not seeing something because it has no interest in you...
>>338262530
Do you have the other one, too? I think it was Ikea?
>>338262868
For awhile I really thought Vice was bringing some decent journalism to the table (because it's not just about breaking news stories, but telling stories), but much like you, THAT dream died.
>>338262934
He didn't even mention the female cast, at all.
>>338262549
I want to kissthe back of her knee
>>338262372
MGSV is way more "shooter" than "stealth"
>>338262690
And people wonder why there is mass shootings and killings the whole time.
>>338262657
They literally made that up. I'm sure a few people were upset, but there wasn't some huge outcry from white males.
I think it's kind of a dumb feature, but I would still play the game if it was good. It's not like I really would see myself anyway.
>>338261832
DON'T YOU EVER RELATED MOMO WITH DRUMPF!!!!!!!!!!
>>338260531
That seems dumb. Any single editorial could be really nice, so why aren't they?
What is expected?
>>338262949
sure thing
>>338259850
>But that's not a horror game at all! What's horrifying about this?
>This article, for one!
>>338261150
http://www.polygon.com/2016/5/18/11706108/doom-review-PC-xbox-one-PS4
>blah blah blah good graphics
>blah blah blah gun play
>blah blah blah 8.5/10
I read the first 3 paragraphs and i can tell you its not worth reading. However I do recommend you check out the fast facts video they posted with the review, where you can learn all sorts of fascinating facts about the game such as the fascinating fact that it came out on friday may 13th
The fact that "writers" have made "articles" on that subject is fucking embarrassing in itself. There is nothing more clickbaity than "This person you may or may not know has an opinion about this controversial topic"
>>338262724
Rooney's hair transplant really was money well spent.
>>338262774
What big outlets are there that even bother now, is it just the Guardian?
>>338263212
does anyone expose such blatant moneygrabs nowadays?
>>338259901
honestly I would play like this one a gamepad, haven't touched one in yonks
>>338263212
fucking kek
>>338263386
What seems to be the issue here?
>>338263212
Oh, that's fucking great.
I need more fun journalism pics.
>>338263241
DOOOHOHOHOHO
>>338262530
but what about that 5 at the bottom?and what about this 7
>>338263320
Guardian has some really good stories and exclusives but you can really feel a certain element of emotional writing behind a fair few of the articles.
>>338263518
5/100 if you watch the other article.
>>338263212
>>338262530
The absolute madmen.
The Ikea one is beyond saltiness.
>>338263518
nvm it's 5/100
>>338263212
>>338262724
top kek underrated
>>338263172
It was enough to trigger /v/ into spamming dozens of threads for days with this stupid shit.
>>338263420
People got bored of being told about it.
If you bang on about an important issue now rather than serving to constantly highlight it so that it's eventually fixed you just get a backlash from people who are fed up of you repeating the same point over and over.
>>338263562
Sure, I always think of it as being a bit like 4chan in a way. There's nowhere else to really get the good stuff but you're getting a load of shit along with it.
Their football coverage is great though if you're into that sort of thing.
How come there is no alternative to these shill / clickbait based blogs that is also a sustainable business model?
At least one site?
Same is with movies. Look at how Rotten Tomatoes pushes the agenda of cultural marxism by giving extremely low 'metascores' to doubleplus ungood crimethink works. In advance.
What's worse, now ecelebs are starting to have more clout than sites that didn't put personality in front of the video game.
This whole thing is ridiculous. If someone was know for being awful at cooking, would you accept them as a food critic? No. In fact, most food critics are former chefs.
If you're bad at video games, find something else to critique.
>>338261367
someone post the counter article
>>338263471
half the review is complaining about stuff, yet it gets perfect score
reminds me that Quantum Break review on Metacritics, giving the game a 100 and starts with "this game is not perfect, but..."
>>338263735
What's up with this webm?
>>338263735
>How come there is no alternative to these shill / clickbait based blogs that is also a sustainable business model?
There are two sustainable business models for written content:
Ad-based (which means you have to generate as many clicks as possible to even be profitable) and subscription-based.
Nobody wants to pay a subscription for quality written content, so in the end I guess we get what we deserve.
>>338262142
the one on the left is the real article, the one on the right was an article that used the wrong photo
>>338263878
Yeah and the half not shown is relentlessly positive
>>338263878
Ah so you're a fucking moron. Please don't post anymore.
>>338261446
'How Can The . . . . Guy Be Masturbating If We Can See Both His Hands'
I don't get it. Someone explain?
>>338261446
>we live in a day and age where not wanting to review something causes half the media in the western world to get mad at you
never even bothered to watch or follow angryvideogamenerd/cinemassacre but I got to say that he literally dindu nuffin wrong and it's completely unfair for people to shit on him like this
on the other hand he probably would have avoided most of this if he'd just not had bothered with a response video of why he doesn't want to review the trailers, the more you react to something volatile the higher the chances of shit backfiring at you
>>338263735
>genuine jazz hands at 0:22
christ
>>338259850
>Top 10 X of all time
>#8
>"ok this one isn't actually X, but..."
EVERY.FUCKING.TIME
>>338263914
>no activated almonds
>>338263735
You have no idea what half the words in your post mean
>>338259450
>the current year
>reading Rock Paper Cis Scum
Get out.
>>338263960
How is he a moron? Aren't you the moron here, you ugly cunt?
He only stated the truth.
>>338263195
>drumpf
boy you sure have a high standard for political discourse
>>338263925Jim Sterlingkind of gets around this by producing decent written reviews funded by his fucking obnoxious youtube content.
>>338264058
But it's the sjws who won't engage with any other opinions
right???
>>338261730
But i think everyone thinks it's shit that has a common sense.
>>338261446
Why are people so angry at him? He's not actively calling people to boycott it.
>>338264085
No he doesn't
Look at his homefront review for instance, it's literally just him moaning like a baby
>>338264085
1. Nobody pays for his written stuff, they all pay to see him spout memes at terrible steam games
2. He's one famous youtuber. Good luck financing an entire writing staff + video editors via this model
>gaming """""""journalists"""""""" say that fun doesn't matter
>gaming """""""journalists"""""""" say that skill doesn't matter
Why can't these maggots go start a walking-simulator game publication and write for that instead?
>>338261131
>weird mini games
if you mean the gigolo missions
>wait for woman to look the other way
>stare at her tits to gain confidence
>give her gift she likes to raise hearts
>woman will fuck you on max hearts
damn, who knew the art of pick up was this easy?
>>338263842
Gaming skill has nothing to do with it, and I guarantee you 99 percent of /v/ has no SKILL to accurately understand a video game. You don't know how orthogonal projection works, you have no idea what anisotropic filtering is, how the parallax model in a certain video game was made, how the animation influences response etc. It's a highly technical medium so people sidestep it into "feels" and "30fps lol" nonsense.
Structuralism is the only objective approach to video game criticism, this is - in terms of symbolic significance, literary, aural, whatever merit - an infantile medium with extremely simplistic "messages". It needs to be judged by the umbrella term TECHNOLOGY and when you educate yourself in things that matter you can clearly see that games are getting worse and have less features than those released 30 years ago; look at western indie scene who didn't quite reach the lofty heights of fucking NES video games.
>>338264179
Shills, mostly. The movie is getting flack from a popular reviewer with lots of followers so they're using sexism as a shield.
>>338264218
>getting mad at shit opinions on the internet
how the hell do you even survive browsing this website
>>338264121
>blatant clickbaiting = valuable opinions worth reading about
Get out.
>>338263705
What about The Times
>>338262934
>has to justify not watching a movie
this is where it's wrong, nothing more.
He shouldn't have to justify himself or his opinions and beliefs to others that think it's wrong.
>>338263925
That's not true, sperg. If people wanted to read introspective articles about video games there would be enough clicks to make money.
Subscription based model is instant suicide and it takes a special kind of retard to pay to read stuff online that don't bring him material profit in some way.
>>338264059
Here's the part he left out.
>>338263914
No activated almonds it's shit
>>338264296
It's dead. Another Murdoch casualty.
>>338263953
>>338263960
Do you understand what "perfect" means?
>>338262173
I just use RPS these days because I'm used to them, been visiting them for years. And they actually write some really pretty good articles and editorials, most of the time.
>>338264247
Read less books and instead self-reflect, you are a literate retard who has too much self-worth. After you get over yourself, then go back to studying, but as it is, you're holding yourself back.
>>338261080
I still can't believe these people have jobs as gaming journalists.
>>338264434
Okay I guess no game deserves a perfect score by your retard logic.
>>338262117
>>338262152
>>338263425
The question is, why are you playing with a controller?
>>338264447
>I just use RPS these days because I'm used to them, been visiting them for years. And they actually write some really pretty good articles and editorials, most of the time.
You're a retard for using a sjw site.
>>338264073
>not being a redditor
seriously man?
What's stopping you from changing things?
1. Start a wordpress blog or even a tumblr, whatever format suits you best
2. Write five pages in Word EVERY DAY on ANY topic that's video game related
3. Don't falter; 5 pages it is, you have to finish it.
4. Publish it daily
5. Enjoy your ~10 readers in the next two years.
>>338264440
Just the title has at least 3 red flags
>>338263918
They're reacting/watching to the latest GoT episode.
>>338261446
>How Can the "I Refuse to See the Ghostbusters Reboot" Guy Be Masturbating If We Can See Both of His Hands?
>>338264380
Really? I don't read it but I thought they were still alright. At least they don't just consistently support one party.
How about Reuters
>>338264531
Don't forget to turn off your adblock
>>338264462
I didn't say I'm capable of accurately criticising a video game though, I have no idea what some of the settings do even after I read the wiki.
>>338264313
>If people wanted to read introspective articles about video games there would be enough clicks to make money.
Did I ever say otherwise?
>>338263212
This is one of the funniest things from him. He went to visit Wargaming office in Russia http://www.pcgamesn.com/world-of-warships/wargaming-saint-petersburg
>>338264616
>Don't forget to turn off your adblock
Adblock can't save you for the horrible clickbait articles and bullshit narratives.
>>338264520
definitely not GoW form that review
>>338264635
Lol, I love how he tried to be clever with that grammar remark.
>>338264536
>these people don't realize that by buying these parody hats they support the worst of capitalism (outsourcing) which is more damaging to their welfare than anything else.
Always makes me kek.
>>338264531
Well, it's mostly just Walker, really. Rossignol, Meer, Smith, and Gillen aren't that bad.
RIP Gillen ;_;
>>338264046
Those words are a reference to the Orwellian concept of language changed with cognitive dissonance. The SJWs make up these oxymoron phrases because their ideology is at it's core hypocrisy only meant to support their 'side' and no one else.
>eg: I can call you a disgusting white male and keep you out of this company, but I'm not racist for judging you by your skin color. That's "reverse-racism," and it doesn't exist!
>>338264714
>Adblock
>not using uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger
wew
>>338263914
>2:30
>just screaming
>>338262142
100% real, was all over the kangaroo news a few years ago
>>338264650
You didn't really say anything, true.
These faggots think games are nothing more than interactive experiences. An interactive experience isn't a game. I can go to the Discovery Science museum and have an interactive experience about how earthquakes work. That's not a fucking game.
Games have lose conditions. These lose conditions create skill curves. That's the point of them.
>>338264536
> being a redditor, or what ever the fuck you call yourselves
inb4 not greentext cause i suck at it
>>338264635
What game is this?
>>338264537
How's life, icycalm?
>>338264805
Cultural marxism is one of those phrases.
>>338264803
Do yourself a favor. Start going to nichegamer.net and gematsu.com from now on instead of RPS.
>>338263735
>Look at how Rotten Tomatoes pushes the agenda of cultural marxism by giving extremely low 'metascores' to doubleplus ungood crimethink works
What
>>338264635
I-I also missed that Ruby the first time around.
But at least I didn't make a big deal out of it.
>>338261446
>Guy says he won't watch it because he doesn't think it will be good
>Says he's not even going to give it a bad review
>FFFFFFFFFFFFUCK YOU WHINY MANBABY
Oh christ my sides
>>338264816
That still won't save you from the sjw clickbait articles and shitty narrative.
Anyone have the gif of anita sarkeesian flailing a controller around try to use it?
>>338264901
Cultural marxism wasn't in full vogue when Orwell was around, its current form mostly stems from continental "philosophy" embodied by various French shitters that gained foothold in America. Its original form is Jewish intelligentsia emigrating to the USA but most of it today was formed by the frogs.
>>338264572
Reuters is news, not so much journalism.
And perhaps I'm being too harsh on The Times, it's not complete shit at all. But if you chose to read it exclusively you'd experience strange gaps in your knowledge of current events where major news stories that conflicted with certain interests simply wouldn't make it into print.
>>338264887
I believe it was Ys: The Oath in Felghana. Right at the start of the game too.
>>338264440
more like ellen degenerate
>>338261495
>>338259450
I haven't followed this shitty drama but now I really want to know who played for Polygon.
>>338261320
ayyy
>>338264913
Already have, mate. That's my trio of vidya news: RPS, nichegamer and gematsu (/v/ too, obviously). RPS's coverage is significantly different from the other 2, so until I can find a better substitute I'm sticking with it.
>>338264531
I only look at Tim Stone, infact if I try to find a wargame he's usually written about it. Don't browse the site regularly though.
>>338262372
You point a gun using an aiming reticle and then click on the trigger button to go shooty shooty.
Although it's not a first person shooter. It's an over the shoulder shooter. Why are over the shoulder shooters so comfy on controller?
>>338264938
1. Cherrypick 'critics' with an anti-art agenda
2. Set yourself up as an industry standard in movie reviews
3. Consumer thinks "should I watch this movie?" and see that it's 90 percent "Rotten"
4. Some "criticism" of the movie states that there are too many white men in it. Some states that men shouldn't make movies.
5. Consumer watches something else
>>338259901
I can forgive being bad at the game, but that was just hilariously bad.
>>338265036
>Reuters is news, not so much journalism.
Yo what
Also BBC is pretty good
>>338265020
The phrase, not the supposed phenomenon.
>>338264359
>Hulk Hogan proceeds to give Gawker a $140,000,000 swirly
>>338264772
Good. Gamer is a retarded term for teens, I consider myself a video game player.
>>338261446
I thought people in professional positions were above shitflinging and bullying.
I'm honestly baffled. Isn't there a standard of conduct?
>>338259450
>John Walker
He is a waste of space and led RPS to SJW levels, don't bother this hack
>>338265145
RottenTomatoes is just an amalgamation of movie critic reviews from all over not a review site in and of itself.
>>338265020
Many people on this board would benefit from reading Adorno or Horkheimer. "Cultural marxism" is widely regarded as a conspiracy theory and nobody outside /pol/ and some fringe academic circles considers it a threat.
>>338265154
The BBC is only good when whatever the current government is gives into their funding demands.
As soon there's talk of cuts you get this war of passive aggression breaking out.
>>338264289
learn what clickbait means dipshit
But /v/ told me Rolfe was a cuck, what happened?
Why is he so based?
>>338265145
Dude, Rotten Tomatoes literally just collects reviewer opinions, and while yes, there are some reviewers with a social justice stick up their ass, they form a small fraction of the reviewing body.
Show me one GOOD movie that's 90% rotten that was primarily criticized for too many white men.
>>338264738
Why not? I could point out a ton of flaws in game like Dead Rising but for me personally that game is a 10/10.
>>338264537
>Tfw you want to do this.
>Tfw you know you'll never be recognized for what you've done.
>>338265230
And it has bigger userbase than imdb.
Remember how Obsidian didn't get bonus pay by Zenimax because Metacritic score was one point lower?
>>338265319
Harold Bloom is fringe?
Sokal is fringe?
Searle and the whole Analytical Philosophy is fringe?
>>338259850
>tags:psychological horror
>>338265416
If you write opinions I agree with and subtly viral on /v/ I promise I'll give you one page visit every 2 days or so.
>>338265154
I think what he's referring to is Reuters operating as a wire service.
Wire services generally do very little fact checking and shit like that, they expect the actual journalists to do all that.
Time and time again wire services have been show to distribute any old bullshit, even blatant bullshit, without much care and that journalists rarely bother to fact check what they find on the news wire.
>>338260626
>>338261703
The true score of a game is between those two, always.
>>338265387
It's almost as if people are flip-flopping opportunists that would side with the most pathetic individuals on this planet if they could make a political point
>>338263735
All these Hipsters, i want to puke
>>338265469
>Harold Bloom is fringe?
Actually yes he is
why is it that when printed video game magazines gave way to online video game journalism, the journalism part went away?
does it have something to do with no longer working at a more conventional office but being an over glorified blogger? (thus allowing a broader selection of potential employees besides the well adjusted ones who can commute to an office every day)
because while VG journalism may still have been full of shilling before, it still had a more professional air about it. games felt like they were actually reviewed.
>>338259971
>stop shaming pedophiles
Where did that one come from? The hell?
>>338265537
Used to be
Now I can't trust userscore on meta because of all the score bombing
Shame really
>>338259850
This is the failure of impressionistic criticism - you can interpret anything ANY way you like if you choose to stay away from the OBJECTIVE approach.
And yes, there is objective approach - technical side, comparison with other adventure games's mechanics and the method of storytelling, not flowery phrases, but true storytelling through interaction. This is why western video games avoid TECHNOLOGY based criticism like the plague.
>>338265479
Should I shill myself anon? How do I get my voice heard?
>>338265469
Yeah, except Sokal mocked people like Derrida and Lacan, who I personally view as nigh charlatans as well. Seriously, read Adorno's pop music criticism and you'll see how it could apply to video games as well, especially in context of casualization, skill and design.
I'm not interested in buzzwords and I've actually read and studied the works you consider a threat to the Western world, and believe me, you fell for a meme.
>>338261080
This person should literally die
>>338265636
Money.
>>338265604
You do realize that calling a professor at Yale fringe makes you objectively wrong by any societal standard of the term? That's before I start mentioning his awards and followers.
>>338259450
>I am 'intentionally' bad at video games
>>338260345
I always thought this fit the theme of Rust's overall goal of fucking with other people, but I rolled a white man so whatever.
>>338265685
Read again, he's not saying to trust user scores or reviewer scores, 6.8 is definitely a fair score for Fallout 4.
>>338265726
I specifically mentioned French intellectuals, I have no interest in Frankfurt Jews or wherever they came from.
I defined Cultural Marxism through the shift French Marxists made after Marxism died as an economic theory. And it is an attack on western culture. You should read preface to Bloom's Western Canon.
>>338264247
i just fapped to this webm
ask me anything
>>338265778
Howard Bloom has not contributed to the academic world in any significant way in the recent years, sorry. It's not 1975 anymore, anon.
>games journalism
not vidya, not even tertiary
>>338265886
>I have no interest in Frankfurt Jews or wherever they came from.
Cool, now go back to /lit/, /pol/ or /cuck/ and don't come back.
>>338265685
>>338265537
>trusting scores
>>338265660
Allison Rapp.
>>338262530
True hard hitting journalism. Press for the people. 10/10.
Does stuff like this exist anymore?
>>338265778
Mate he's totally on the fringes of the discipline
Everyone know of Bloom and you won't go through a literature degree without being told about him but he's generally taught/seen as a contrary point of view
Not as in "lol ignore this idiot" but "Here's someone who goes against the general views of criticism, read them to see an alternate opinion". That absolutely is the fringe of the discipline.
Bloom's valuable as a critic up until about the 19th century, however once you go beyond that period his opinions tend to become less justifiable and more deliberately outlandish.
>>338265660
Probably allison rapp
>>338264635
I missed the ruby and beat the boss without it. Came back through and killed the enemies and got the Ruby.
>>338265701
Easy as fuck, use this simple guide :
1.Find your target audience.
2.Pander as much as possible to them.
3.Now this is the most important part so listen up, make NEGATIVE threads about your website. Something like "am I the only one who finds this website problematic as fuck?" or "this asshole is shitting on Uncharted 4 for not being video gamey enough , ugh, let's ddos him"
Enjoy free publicity and rake in all the dosh. Think of me at night when you hire a 10k $ prostitute to suck your dick.
>>338265636
Honestly, not a lot has changed as far as the quality of the "journalism" has gone.
I've got a lot of old game review magazine I occasionally flick through for nostalgia purposes and all the shit we bitch about today was around back then too, e.g. blatant shilling, personal politics getting in the way of objective analysis, talking about your personal life in the middle of reviews, etc., etc.
I think the only really change has been the dramatic political shift to the "left" and that's just due to the times we happen to live in.
>>338265660
Google Sarah Nyberg. Whiny Twitter feminist tranny who ended up having his history of pedophilia dug up (including sharing swimsuit creepshots of his 8 year-old niece on IRC, her parents were contacted and are considering going to the authorities). The usual gang defended him to the death.
>>338265778
Bloom made himself a fringe voice in 1994, since then he's been surpassed and given less focus.
>>338261495
>>338260009
>>338265084
https://youtu.be/uwg6RTjCH7g
>>338265997
Oh, I'm sorry for waving away the amazing Adorno. There is only so much time for reading and if I'm going to read a philosophical work I certainly won't go into pop culture shit. I already mentioned continental "philosophy".
>>338266087
Again, you have no idea what fringe means. I do agree (if you postulated it at all) that Cultural Marxism, or what he perceives as such is and has been a mainstream for the last 30 years.
>>338266061
I actually read Rapp's work.
It was shitty and poorly done, but she isn't really advocating for pedophilia. Her arguments were more along the lines of giving teenagers body autonomy - and pointing to other countries as examples of where it works.
I can't believe these journalists are baiting the fuck out of you guys
You fall for it every time too
Pretty pathetic desu
>>338266236
>"cultural marxism" is the mainstream (lol u moron)
>he's not a cultural marxist
>but he's also not fringe
make your mind up buddy
>>338265752
what about it? money has always been part of the equation.
I guess the difference is the more diversified writers you can hire when its a stay at home job, (or do you think Patricia "the gorilla" Hernandez would have ever worked for a videogame magazine a decade ago, when it was still an office job?)
and the fact that magazines are a paid thing. you buy it or subscribe to it, thus making that the source of income. online magazines though, require ad funding, which leads to click bait and obvious paid reviews by that shitty staff of hipster bloggers
I miss videogame magazines
>>338266236
Sam Harris and Wittgenstein finished philosophy, 420 blaze it muh black science mang.
>>338266124
I got your back anon. Thanks!
>>338266232
>A gun in the home makes me feel less safe, not more
He sounds like the kind of person to commit suicide.
>>338260345
For some reason I'm cracking up at the sentence "Many white men are furious."
>>338266312
1. Bloom is not fringe
2. Bloom is not a cultural marxist
3. Learn to read
4. Sokal finished structuralism, post structuralism and post modernism in one fell swipe but he didn't make them fringe
5. "Liberal arts" have comitted suicide and that's what Bloom laments
6. Video game bloggers made me realize how weak American University education is, and not only American
>>338259850
I got spooked by Gone Home when I first played it, though I knew nothing about the game. it came with a steam bundle.
When I realised nothing was going to pop out at me and it was just a comfy simulator, the horror was gone.
meanwhile in the 1990s...
>>338265469
this nigga only ever read sokal
he has fucking nothing else to discuss lel
>>338260235
Call of Duty: Infinite War
>>338266643
Actually to "read Sokal" means reading direct quotes from
>your
favourite "philosophers".
>>338265921
What the fuck is wrong with people.
>>338266708
are shekels drying up, dear? Twitter not paying a living wage? Having a meme campaign are we?
>>338263735
Cultural Marxism doesn't exist. You've either invented, or more likely, got bought into believing in a non-existent social boogeyman.
As for your questions and statements.
>How come there is no alternative to these shill / clickbait based blogs that is also a sustainable business model?
>At least one site?
Clickbait works. Outrageous headlines catch people's attentions better than mundane ones. The alternatives, a lot of traditional news outlets, are dying out.
> Look at how Rotten Tomatoes pushes the agenda of cultural marxism by giving extremely low 'metascores' to doubleplus ungood crimethink works. In advance.
Present evidence of them doing this. Because, largely, it seems that the scores are derived from critical opinions.
>>338259450
I agree completely, that's why Sony exists.
>Uncharted
>The Order: 1886
>Heavy Rain
>push the analog stick forward and occasionally press X for 8 hours
>you did it champ :^)
>you're the winner!
>>338263735
>How come there is no alternative to these shill / clickbait based blogs that is also a sustainable business model?
RPS literally runs off of a supporter model
The fucking site you're accusing of clickbait has the alternative model
you really are dumb
>>338261832
but nothing in that article is about videogames and it's about this thing that happened.
>>338266827
>invented
stopped reading right there.
>>338266906
I didn't mention RPS specifically, learn to read.
>>338260707
>I have the same shirt he's wearingBut in a medium, not XXXXL
>>338266852
>push the analog stick forward and occasionally press X for 8 hours
>>338266827
Spotted the Marxist.
>>338265145
>1. Cherrypick 'critics' with an anti-art agenda
Metacritic doesn't cherrypick.
>2. Set yourself up as an industry standard in movie reviews
Or hey, maybe people would like to be able to go and find general opinions quickly and Rotten Tomatoes was the best source for it.
>3. Consumer thinks "should I watch this movie?" and see that it's 90 percent "Rotten"
Maybe you should stop thinking garbage like God's Not Dead is worth watching.
>4. Some "criticism" of the movie states that there are too many white men in it. Some states that men shouldn't make movies.
A minority of opinions. Most of them are critics from local newspapers.
>5. Consumer watches something else
The problem is you think garbage should be watched.
>>338260379
Go to any front page reddit post, look at the second or third comment or its children and it'll be a quote from a popular TV show, or even a link to a youtube clip of that show. It's clear that the media giants have been astroturfing and naive commenters do their work for them when they see le funny references get upvotes.
>>338261080
Wow I can't believe they can get away with this shit. His review is literally
>I don't like these kind of games
>some people do and that confuses me
>>338266990
I'm actually a capitalist.
>>338259901
Please tell me the person playing is disabled because this is just pitiful.
>>338267078
You can't cherrypick in video game medium, all blogs with viable business model and accreditations have the same agenda.
Less strawman, less sticking your head in the sand and you will notice a shifting trend.
>>338263212
>deep abyss instead of a soul,
>>338259901
I think I'd be the same if I had to play a fps with a controller again desu.
>>338265295what's the bucket for
>>338261367
That article is like where people give younger kids who've been playing phone games an old school console game, only to ask "How do I pay my way through to the next level" then they get confused when told you can't.
This, walking simulators and sony's movie """"""games"""""" honestly scare me for what is going to be popular. They sell far too well for a non-game
>>338259676
You don't need to be good to enjoy vidya. I expect someone who makes a living out of critiquing video games to understand mechanics. I bet if you went to the average reviewer and asked them about momentum inheritance, i-frames, etc they would goggle at you like a fish.
It'd be like asking a film critic about basic film techniques and them responding with "I'm sorry I have a life"
>>338260707
Explain to me what I am supposed to be upset by here? A guy didn't like a video game, and he either owns an absurd sex toy as a joke or likes to shove a fist shaped dildo up his ass.
Am I supposed to give a fuck what he's into sexually?
You people still mistake actual journalism with the paid blogs of what you call gaming journalism. Most of these people never saw an university from the inside. Most of them are just a bunch of muppets.
What also annoys me is that important games often only get tested by a single person, this is just the wrong approach. Something you talk more about should be displayed with different opinions and then not only opinions, but also for what kind of people this game might be good for, even if the reviewer doesn't personally likes it.
>>338259850
It was a bit spooky the first time through, not one of the best by a long shot though.
>>338266827
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>>338267447
Ethan Lathi has such a punchable face he makes Phil Fish look alright
>>338265660
>stop shaming pedophiles
Unless they're cishet white males who only like 2D, in which case they're creepy and need to be imprisoned.
>>338260771
It's always been like this. When the printing press got famous everyone printed their own version of the bible with minor tweaks, in different languages and called each other shitlords (heretics).
>>338260771
>>338260771
The fucking scary part is that the same thing is happening here. Legit video game journalism still happens, but we only want to see the later part.
Fuck, I'll be the first to admit I enjoy reading about this drama, it pleases me, makes me feel like I'm right about something.
>>338263657
>what is shitposting
>>338264681
What a disgusting piece of self-absorbed writing. Narcissism is seeping between the lines. I really hope he fakes it for effect, because it really makes me want to beat him up.
>>338265084
>>338266232
It was more likely to be Arthur Giles (or something) since he twatted about getting a gam eplay vid of doom up before it was released
he denied it and said he'd totally prove everyone wrong if he felt like it
>>338263968
He just wanted to explain himself to his fans.
>>338260684
Big irony here is that Warren Spector is one of the old devs I most respect. He seems to get things.
>>338264464
Video game critics are probably the bottom rung of the hipster ladder.
>>338266827
This pic i thought it was the quake engine ramifications, its why it actually exist, and has a name.
>>338264247
>when you educate yourself in things that matter you can clearly see that games are getting worse and have less features than those released 30 years ago
I don't even need to educate myself to notice that. It's blatantly obvious to anyone who is a fan of video games.
>>338267841
Yeah I'm sure that's all it was.
>>338268021
>tfw once thought, man, videogame reviewers have a great job, they get to review videogames!
>tfw the profession is now just tumbler blogging with a different name, full of the worst kind of hipsters and numales
>you will never have a fun relationship with fellow reviewers at an office, hanging out and talking about vidya after work or during lunch
feels super bad man.
i want old vidya journalism to come back
>>338264464
Reminds me of the Polygon reviewer who refused to finish his review of Star Fox Zero because he was so bad at it.
>>338263735
>man kills woman
>*disgust*
>woman kills men
>*fingers snaps of joy*
I have become nothing but rage.
>>338267509
I'm guessing it's because it's hypocritical of him to be flaunt his sexuality so openly, while shaming others for doing so in private in a way that doesn't affect real people.
>>338268217
Right, because all of /v/ cares passionately about an unfinished, mediocre game.
There's never any shitposting here, never!
People like you are the reason these "journalists" still have an audience.
>>338267210
Nice monitor outline
>>338268219
I think what happened is that games journalism is filled with people who were so shit, they couldn't make in any other industry in Cali, even as a video games writers, which has a not insignificant amount of failed Hollywood writers.
>>338259901
I don't know what's worse, the reviewer's inability to control the game of the game's inability to give that consequence.
>Haven't read anything by gaymen journalists in what seems like years
>Want to see how D44M is received
>All the reviews are pretentious verbose garbage with ridiculous metaphors, alliterations and "sophisticated" French loanwords in italics
Between obvious clickbaiting, fedora tier pretentiousness and outright stupidity, these people seem more and more like total vapid losers to me, like bottom feeders of society. So does the whole "geek culture", for that matter; kids screaming, retards attention whoring and people who overanalyze video games in hour-long videos seem all as bad as each other. Maybe that's how growing up feels.
I still like video games, though.
>>338263030
Only if you choose to play it that way, friendo
>>338260519
I assume they work for the same website, so they should really try not to contradict each other so abruptly.
>>338264085
>Jim Sterling kind of gets around this by producing decent written reviews
If you're gonna lie, make sure it's at least somewhat believable.
>>338259971
Hey fuck you, Pumpkin Spice Lates are my jam
>>338267872
Remember to strafe, you dummy!
>>338268290
To be fair, the first is a hated character killing off someone who had been around since S1. The second is a beloved character pulling off something ballsy.I still think Daenerys is a dumb bitch who is carried by her lucky circumstances, though.
>>338268290
I hate GoT normies as much as the next pedophile from /tv/ but to be honest the man is a villain killing a somewhat supporting character from the first season, while the female is a main character killing "villains" that appeared for just one or two episodes.
The scene itself is still retarded though, especially how they do nothing and just wait for her to push fire down.
>>338268290
>the finger snaps
I literally don't give a fuck about the rest of that webm now, I just want to punch them
how can you be so hipster you can't even fucking bring yourself to clap like a normal person
>>338268495
Just like what you like and fuck everyone else, I say.
>>338266591
What's this from?
>>338268060
This picture is so retarded, that I don't even know where to begin. Relativism became popular because of Einstein and later his debate with Bergson, that's 10-20 years before critical theory became widely known.
"Empiricism" and "common sense" became insufficient to describe the world, that's why Russell began to undermine the axiomatic basis of mathematics, that's why quantum physics were created.
>>338268548
>getaloadofthisfaggot.jpeg
>>338262774
These journalists still exist. Their articles are buried deep to make way for the political drama, social media and celebrity garbage served up to distract you from real issues.
>>338268671
Official Nintendo Magazine SystemAustralia
>>338261832
Shit, guess I gotta vote Trump.
:^)
>>338268431
I didn't notice that. But turns out there was a talk from someone at paradox about marxism in history games or something though.
https://twitter.com/Gangles/status/710633600186601472
>>338263735
Why are they clapping?
>>338263735
Because click bait gets clicks, which means more dosh, which means more clickbait, this is how every business operates and might actually change if you would give money to a publication so they can actually do real journalism.
>>338268060
>Jews are trying to bring down capitalism
>>338265921
I don't really understand why Gamergate became such a big deal. I thought it was just people being angry that some developer slept with a bunch of reviewers? How did that balloon into the shitshow it became?
>>338268290
Feeling that right about nowAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>338268841
Oh yeah, i was thinking it was from around there, my brother can't stop banging on about how they swear on the radio in new zealand.
It's a bit harsh though ain't it.
>>338263320
>Rooney's hair transplant really was money well spent.
Pretty amazing what they can do these days.
>>338259450
>people not understanding where git gud comes from
It's not a way to insult general players it's a way to insult and reply to shitters who come in and start crying about a game that's too hard or unfair when in reality they just don't want to put in the time and effort required to be good at the game.
>waaaah [game] too hard need nerf
git. gud.
>>338268290
>child rapist who murdered his own father and half-brother kills a somewhat likeable character
>mary sue kills a bunch of useful idiots in a political coup
clearly, there's sexism against men at work here
>>338259850
To be fair, if you knew nothing about Gone Home, it felt like a horror game. It had the atmosphere and tone for it.
But it was just lesbians.
>>338269016
It was more of that those journalists closed ranks and decided to attack their readers. There was already an atmosphere of distrust towards vidya journalism, and a growing divide between them and consumers. Them refusing accountability and covering for each other was the straw that broke the camels back.
>>338263735
Why are they cheering, Dany isn't a good guy
The only good Targaryen is a dead Targaryen
>>338268950
Marx was a supporter of free trade.
The more you know.
>>338268950
space jews.
>>338268290
The guy could be a villain anon, or the woman could be a character they like, jumping to conclusions about stuff without context is silly.
>>338266591
Also in that period of time
>reviews that were done based on concept art of what gameplay might look like
>>338269196
>To be fair, if you knew nothing about Gone Home, it felt like a horror game.
Can confirm, was spooked and knew next to nothing about it.
>>338265851
i dont think she knows how annoying adding all those accessibility options would be, and how little of an audience it would capture.
It's frankly, not worth the man-hours to get a ~.1% larger audience. And a lot of those would probably break underlying existing elements (larger text and menu buttons, for example)
>>338268609
>>338268632
It's the over the top reactions that get me.
Ramsay killed someone again, as he does every episode this season. It was a supporting character that was missing for quite a while.
That does not deserve gasps and tears.
Danny killing the khals was fine, but not worth applause. Especially not finger snap applause.
Then again, I'm the kind of person who hates people visibly reacting to TV shows and the like, so the whole webm was poison to me from the start.
>>338263735
Fucking hipsters
who the fuck goes to a bar to watch game of thrones
>>338269202
But how did it spread into the mainstream? When it was still a thing I saw a shit ton of stuff about it in places that normally wouldn't give videogames the time of day.
>>338260040
Edward Smith isn't Ben Skipper though, two different journalists can have two different opinions, that's why we have multiple journalists, lots of opinions on a single subject.
And if you ask me just from the sound of the headline Edward's a bit less naive than Ben but there you go.
>>338259450
Gitgud is used as a criticism deflection, not a legit measurement of someones poor skill. That is the problem, it became a meme.
>>338269162
>cherry picking definitions makes their overreactions seem valid
>implying sexism was the complaint
Man, you are trying way too hard to defend finger snapping. I'd applaud, if that wouldn't actually trigger you.
>>338260253
It's not about explicit sex conent. Sexual content in GTA is only the background, while the main theme of Bayonetta is the fact she wiggles her butt around in weeb costumes while fighting shit.
>>338268060
divorce rates are because of progressivism?
i think its just normal for couples will just start to get sick of each other after a while
some couples will still stick around just for their kids despite everything so at least a family figure is still present
>>338269446
Hipsters had friends in high places, since so many of them come from rich families. And there was that episode of CSI.
And you had Anita the Witch getting spots on Colbert Report, and Zoe and Brianna getting news interviews.
>>338269016
>people complaining about Reddit mods deleting almost every discussion about Quinn
>suddenly tumbletard feminists join the party out of nowhere to spew their "muh mysoginy" bs
>people tell them to fuck off
>"there you have it, they just hate us stronk womyn!"
GG went to shit pretty quickly but at the beginning it was literally SJWs shitting on people out of nowhere for literally no reason and journos buying their bs.
>>338268950
they dont need capitalism to make money you know.
who do you think has all the money in a communism state?
the people in command
who is in command (behind the curtains) in American (and especially european) politics?
>>338263735
>Character audience like is lose
>Audience feels bad
>Character audience like succeeds
>Audience happy
SJWs a shit, but this isn't a gender thing. There are far better examples of in in GOT as it is.
>>338260645
Kind of just looks like a pc masterrace using a controller for the first time.
Source: im almost that terrible at shooters with controllers but im decent with keyboard n mouse
wait what
finger snapping is applause now?
>>338269683
No-fault divorce is seen as product of progressivism, which is a big reason divorce rates have gone up.
Baby boomers got into stupid marriages, so they ended earlier. Any form of parental input into who you marry tends to make marriages last longer. Mothers can smell bullshit from another woman a mile away.
>>338269310
>villain kills long absent supporting character
>*visible disgust*
>hero kills group of antagonists who have a combined 15 minutes of screentime
>*cheers and applause/finger snapping*
Gee, it's still fucking stupid!
It's almost as if the complaint wasn't some far fetched idea about sexism, but about a bar full of hipsters acting stupid around eachother!
>>338260008
I tell people to git gud even if I don't own the game. It just another way of telling people that they suck.
>>338269953
It could be something akin to this shit I remember reading about a while ago where they had you do jazzhands instead of clapping because clapping was too loud and they were pussies or some shit like that
>>338262530
i take exception to this article. At standard earth pressure have a bowl of "molten diamonds" would be impossible. At standard pressure carbon sublimes. Theoretically you could melt carbon at ten times standard earth air pressure but it would require a tempurature of over 3500° celcius. Everyone at that party would be vaporized.
>>338269683
divorces shot up when no fault divorce was introduced
>>338269501
>not a legit measurement of someones poor skill
it never was like that though
it was always used as a non-descriptive response to how to deal with a situation
and it usually means "try again until you get used to it"
id agree that is has become a meem though
>>338269953
Clapping can trigger people. It can be too loud, or remind them of other loud/unpleasant sounds, or even remind them of a nasty memory that involved clapping sounds.
So, finger snapping is used instead.
>>338267518
>tested by a single person
Yes we should review by committee, this way we can make sure that anything we write is as watehred down and far from a real opinion as it is humanly possible to be!
>>338265886
>I have no interest in Frankfurt Jews or wherever they came from.
>I want to critique someone but I refuse to read them or understand them.
You can't critique someone without reaidng them.
>>338269953
has been since the beatnik era
>>338265660
Sarah Nyberg, probably.
We've reached the point where people will smash their moral compass just to be politically correct and part of the cool kids club.
>>338264247
>look at western indie scene who didn't quite reach the lofty heights of fucking NES video games
Who needs to reach any kind of 'height standard' when you have FEELS and MEMES?
:^)
>>338268060
critical theory part is spot on and proves cultural marxism
>You don't need to be "good" at games to enjoy them
>John Walker
Ahahahaha
AHAHAHAHAHA
>>338265660
Alison Rapp
Sarah Nyberg
Site-wise, Salon has put out 3-4 articles that are basically #NotAllPedos. Neogaf has several mods that express sympathy for pedophiles, one that went so far as to declare child molestation "just a slip up" and told a victim of child rape they were too biased to discuss pedophilia.
>tfw neve rgave a fuck about "gamergate"
>tfw people have blogs dedicated to gemrgate
>tfw people STILL make posts daily about gamergate
>tfw people treat gamergate like a huge civil rights movement
>tfw people are treating gamergate as their proud fight which will have a legacy bearing their name as one of the key people
>tfw people actually get riled up about gamergate
>tfw it doesn't matter, gamergate wasn't relevant, isn't relevant, and nothing has changed because of it
>tfw meme magic produces more results than gamergate ever will
>>338269864
>goes on gender-defense
When did this webm go from "stupid people doing stupid shit" to gender politics?
Why is everyone so deadset on defending these people against a claim that hasn't even been made?
>>338270284
Good thing I talked about French Academia then. I know what the Frankfurt School is about, it's shit philosophy, if you think you need to devote your life studying things you don't like just so you can say you have no interest in them...
>>338270401
He's not wrong on that statement. That said, whether or not someone is a good at a skill-based game will determine if I listen to their opinion about it.
>>338270558
>You should read this
>no fuck off
>proceeds to talk as if he has read them and made judements about them from an informed perspective.
>>338269016
gamergate because a big deal because right after the "gamers are dead" articles, journalists finally found a way to blame a whole demographic of consumers as sexist psychopaths
like usual, it was pretty obvious and there's plenty of proof they are lying assholes
but then mainstream media fell for it and turned the baby war between /v/ and game journos into an actual cultural war
>>338270435
fucking marcusean demons
>>338270558
>if you think you need to devote your life studying things you don't like just so you can say you have no interest in them...
But how can you tell something is shit if the only impression of it that you have is from biased sources?
>>338265660
It's been a big thing on Tumblr.
Note that they're defending "pedophiles" not "pedosexuals".
The stance is that pedophiles are simply people that are attracted to children.
As such, they are constantly judged, mistrusted and simply have to fight their urges at all times. Even when they know what they feel is wrong, and refuse to act on it.
Pedosexuals are pedophiles who act on their urges, and thus have sex with children. These people are hardly ever defended, even on Tumblr.
It kiiiiiinda makes sense, but people tend to push too far and act as if pedophilia is the most natural thing in the world and should be accepted etc.
>>338263735
>the girl in the Drumpf hat snapping her fingers
>>338269978
Is the joke about Americlaps applauding to a screen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WemeC8Do7l4
>>338270757
>Biased sources
You mean direct quotes. And why do you pressupose I'm not familiar with Marxism? Do you not think it's sort of absurd that you continue reading 20 tonnes of books written about a subject you found ridiculous after reading its core tenets?
>>338270726
Same question. Would you call John Searle ignorant for outright refusing to delve further into Derrida?
>>338267627
This. Trannies who look at real children are fine though.
>>338269594
>the main theme
Somebody post the nu-male or whatever image that shows that all the men who support radical feminism and gamergate and all that shite look the fucking same.
>>338264803
Meer and Gillen were PC Gamer, right?
Always preferred Zone myself but fuck knows what the writers are up to now. I know Jon has a surreal blog of occasional hilarity but that's it.
>>338270401
>You don't need to be "good" at games to enjoy them
But you need to understand them to review them.
>>338269954
>>338270163
ive never heard of this no fault thing
but i guess i can attribute that to high divorce rates
but my point was on rare occasions a couple will still try to stick around for their kids and only for them probably because of strong sense of obligation, religious and/or financial reasons
sometimes the paternal/maternal instinct will save children from a broken family (or at least a single parent family)
>>338270936
That, and the fucking asinine way it's done in this instance.
>>338270851
>Colbert has already stopped calling Trump Drumpf because he realized how fucking childish of a "joke" it was
I have no idea how him and his entire producing team decided that was a good idea. It didn't even make sense
>>338271071
It was John Oliver, but I can't fault you for mixing them up.
>>338271018
That's what happened with my mother's family. Their parents stuck together until the last kid graduated high school. Apparently the eldest saw what was coming and got the hell out of dodge by joining the military.
>>338271018
>on rare occasions a couple will still try to stick around for their kids and only for them probably because of strong sense of obligation, religious and/or financial reasons
thing is, it doesnt. not anymore. that is incredibly rare, and only happened BECAUSE divorce had to be backed up with a reason other than 'we dont like each other anymore"
nowadays, couples say 'fuck the kids" and separate anyway.
and the mother gets the kids because of course she does.
>>338263735
I dont get it. Why are they gathered there, why are they clap/snapping
>>338271152
My bad. I don't actually watch either of them anymore because of their insane views, especially regarding immigrants. I just caught the Drumpf episode to figure out what the hell everyone was talking about.
How was it even meant to be a joke?
>Haha, this guys ancestors changed their name generations ago!
>>338260707
>He imported a game just to give it a bad review and show how progressive he is
I don't really care about the dildo, whatever floats his boat.
>>338270963
>And why do you pressupose I'm not familiar with Marxism?
Because several posts earlier you admitted that you don't need (i.e. did not) to read them? Jesus Christ.
Also kek @ "20 tonnes" of books. Adorno has maybe 3 really worth reading and they total around ~1000 pages. Unless you read a book a month I don't see how is that "20 tonnes". That's like reading secondary literature on a topic but not the actual foundational works, but not even that, as you clearly mentioned "direct quotes", which could be easily taken out of context.
>>338271306
>>338271152
>>338271071
>tfw feel kind of bad because some of these guys are talented, funny people who have a real good insight into politics and all sorts of shit but are also the knights in shining armour of retards who know fuck all about anything and support whoever tumblr tells them to
>>338269162
A minor character, that's been absent for well over 2 seasons, getting killed in a quick 5 minute scene does not warrant any of the reactions they've shown.
>>338269016
Underage and/or ignorants just realising that vidya journalism is a joke. Combine this with their first encounter with /v/'s godawful moderation and you've got a hell of a shitstorm
Hey guys I'm glad we can have pol-ish threads with actual discussion sometimes but this shit is still making me depress.
Bringing in some funny
>>338267949
>He seems to get things.
He completely changed his outlook after Dudesex though, saying that the presence of violence in ANY game is an indicator that it's childish. That's why he went on to make fuckin Mickey.
Whereas I think that a more robust statement would be that violence should be a last resort, just like war, but it's still there. And it's still used by adults. So an ideal game system would have some sort of parallel system that rewards nonviolent and violent solutions to contextual problems simultaneously.Sort of like Deus Ex, which he's spurned.
>>338270763
So what are virgins heterophiles now? Making a distinction is stupid. Pedophiles wanna fuck young prepubescent kids. Whether they do or not is entirely separate.
>>338264635
To be fair, why is the chest transparent at all? If it's so important, why do anything to make it harder to see?
>>338271546
How has he spurned Deus Ex? Other than saying all violence is bad?
>>338271230
>divorce had to be backed up with a reason other than 'we dont like each other anymore"
im not really speaking for personal experience just from a friend and her spouse who both did stick around for their kids
i dont know why they broke up but i know they stuck around for their kids because both were very religious christians
>>338270478
You missed
>tfw cripplechan are still producing autism gold on the definition of the modern gamer
>>338265997
Nah instead I'm gunna rape ur mum europoor thanks for letting me in and giving me free things
>>338271856
Here's your (you).
>>338271521
We all knew it was incompetent, but collusion is another thing.
>>338271471
I feel bad everytime I talk to someone who honestly believes Trump is racist, yet can't actually give one correct reason as to why.
Like shit don't like the man if you don't like him, but don't invent reasons just to slander him
>>338270763
I agree with them in that there needs to be a more rational discussion when discussing those issues. I think that if pedophilia is classified as a mental illness, then people suffering from it should have the ability to seek treatment for it, anonymously.
If someone wants to fix a part of them self, they shouldn't have their life ruined.
>>338271524
It's nothing to be depressed about. This kind of extremism in society is normal and tends to die out sooner than later. That's why we don't have orgy sex clubs in the middle of cities like they had back in the 70's. And if we did, it's certainly not as accepted as it was back then
>>338271071
It may also be because it may have been historically inaccurate, some sources say the family name was actually Trumpf. Oh well, they made a little money off idiots who can barely put food on their table because of student loan debts and donations to Bernie Sanders.
>>338271606
Wasn't he the guy who changed sides in the end?
>>338271704
I forget where I read it, but he said something like 'my wife can't even finish the game due to the level of violence' and feels regret over it
I mean, if I were to make a game, I'd probably want my family to be able to play it.Unless it were some sort of h-game
>>338271995
>This kind of extremism in society is normal and tends to die out sooner than later.
Any unsustainable behaviour does, thankfully.
>>338272063
ian got his prescription changed and is now more or less an ok guy
he was on some shit that would turn anyone into a retard
>>338271936
>people unironically give (you)s to shitty posts
>they just give them want they one even if they know it was shit and even intentionally shit
>posts with effort and good intentions get ignored
What happened to not feeding the trolls?
>>338272063
Yeah, he basically chilled out and cleaned up his act.
>>338272068
If I were to make a game, and I also had a child, I would just wait until they were old enough to play it as it is.
Then again I would also operate under the assumption that my kids would think whatever I worked on would be too nerdy and uncool.
Gaming journalism:
>I spend lots of hours playing video games because it's the easiest job I could get, but I'm not bright enough to figure out the controls. I also don't really care about video games very much, so I don't bother becoming skilled in any of them.
Now, my assignment for you today is this: Find someone who is bad at video games and tell them they fucking suck. You can go straight to DSP's youtube page to accomplish this, but I'll give extra points for creativity!
If you're bad at basketball, yet you make money playing basketball, people are going to tell you that you suck. If you're bad at typing, you're not getting the desk job that you want.
>>338271964
Yeah.
I don't like Trump, and I don't know if he'll make a good president, but by fuck do I respect how he came out of fucking nowhere in the political game and now apparently has a very real chance of being president.
"He's racist" no, many of his supports maybe lean that way but I'm pretty sure about from "Mexico are building my wall" he hasn't said much racially related things.
>>338271650
I refuse to take a stance on the topic.
Because while I can sympathise that you have to restrain yourself at all times as a pedophile, it's something all humans do.
You do not deserve any special care/applause for it.
I, myself, am quite dominant sexually. I like nothing more than rapeplay, when done correctly.
But I know what's right and wrong, I know I can't just go around raping people, and I don't expect people to praise me on the fact that I refuse to actually rape people.
It's a weird issue, and taking hard stances just puts a target on your back for arguments fueled by nothing but emotion.
>>338271071
>childish of a "joke"
i think it was less about that and more about people running it into the ground
i mean anyone can tell a bad joke but its different case when a kid, who heard the bad joke, brings it to the playground and starts spouting it nonsensically over and over thinking it was funny
>>338271471
The one good part about Colbert's interview with Anita was the last question
>Colbert: Do you think video games cause violence?
>Anita: No, I do not.
>Colbert: Then how do they cause misogyny?
>>338271967
I feel that's a very rational way of thinking about it, it's a shame that when it's discussed online people tend to take extreme stances and the whole thing turns into a shouting match.
Especially on Tumblr, where every discussion mostly starts as an echo-chamber (as your posts are likely first read by your followers, who probably follow you because they agree on your views) and only gets challenged by people with radically different views on the issue.
>>338268486
The guy probably put it in babby mode. There were more imps spamming fireballs in harder modes in that section.
>>338272427
STRANGELY ENOUGH Anita became pretty against violence in video games as well after that interview.
>>338261080
>hello, I'm a sheltered anxiety machine with a bias against social do's. Here's a review on a party game that I dont like.
>>338272672
kill yourself frogfucker
>>338266852
You've obviously never played uncharted.
>>338262549
>liking the blandest girl
>>338271460
Because I know where they're going with it.
It seems you don't hold them in high regard since you got them down to a thousand pages, or don't exactly know much about the topic. After all it was you who brought the strawman of "knowledge" about the subject into the "discussion". How very continental of you.
In fact, see? I don't need to read anything you intend to write after only reading several of your posts.
>>338272802
>uncharted is hard
Lol
>>338272427
>people say Colbert lost to Anita
>people say she made him look like an idiot
>At the end he gives her a pleasant outro and goes on with his successful career while she will be forgotten extremely quickly
>>338271306
Trump accused Jon Stewart of being ashamed of his Jewish heritage for changing his name. Calling him Drumpf, because that's what his ancestors were called, was to show his hypocrisy.
>>338262851
Is this murder miners?
I remember reading my country's biggest newspaper online. Headline of an article was: "People get older than ever before", and in the sidebar it said the following:
"New research shows that people are roughly 30 years older today than they were 30 years ago."
3 years of journalism school.
>>338265406
And that's why everyone thinks your opinion is shit
>>338272947
his opinion is good, back to plebbit you go. inb4 such a newfag that you cannot even check for samefag and make dumb accusations.
>>338260008
>I suck at godhand yet I played it, beat it and enjoyed it.
Literally me. except I liked the game so much I... got gud. It's neat the trailer whatever say "It's hard, it's hard, it's hard.... but fair. But fair. But fair."
>>338272912
>New research shows that people are roughly 30 years older today than they were 30 years ago
That's deep, yo.
>>338272872
But Trump didn't change his name, his grandfather did.
Jon Stewart did chang his name himself.
There's a huge difference.
>>338272872
thing is, it's different if John Stewart changed his own name, or Trump, who's grandfather or great grandfather changed the name
>>338271471
>some of these guys are talented, funny people who have a real good insight into politics
>>338261725At least you have a job. Can't say the same for myself.
>>338261080
>Politics in the Philippines.
How very enlightened of you. I'm sure you just didn't say the thing that you think makes you sound smart.
>>338272912
>this people stopped aging
>>338261446
>they are somehow angrier than the angry video game nerd for not choosing to review
kek
>>338273264
>>338273269
Well yeah, I didn't say it made a whole lot of sense. Just explaining his rationale behind the whole thing.
>>338272912
>people are roughly 30 years older today than they were 30 years ago
Is this a subtle astrophysicist joke?
>>338262172
When did the paradigm for vidya change when being a programmer wasn't enough?
>>338273420
I wasn't attacking you, if that was the impression.
I just think the main rationale behind the whole "joke" is massively flawed.
>>338268486
They're playing on super babby mode. On nightmare the game is actually really fucking hard
>>338273473
You need to be pretty intelligent and multi-talented to successfully create entertainment media
The video game industry currently lacks such people
>>338273057
Nice samefagging.
>>338273584
Couldn't you substitute multi-talented with leadership skills to bring together people who have that talent and get them to work together?
>>338259901
For fuck's sake, someone get this guy KB+M.
>>338272947
who is this misdeed of seed?
>>338265180
fucking kek
>>338273774
might as well burn all biology books and human anatomy model
>>338272264
>bad at basketball
>make money playing basketball
?
>>338273774
>people with rape and voyeur fetishes don't even need to interact with real people any more to enjoy their fetishes
>WAAAAAHHH BAN IT
Way to drive up the sex crime stats, genius.
Also almost half the guys are /fit/ gods I'll never be, creating feelings of inadequacy in me. I'm being oppressed.
>>338272291
People keep bringing up that he wants to ban muslims as him being racist, except the muslim isn't a race. Also you'd have to be pretty cucked to see all the terror related attacks coming from muslims and not think we need to temporarily ban them and figure this shit out
>>338261832
>Anime porn
ITS CALLED HENTAI YOU FUCKING NORMIES REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>338273779
No
Same reason why George Lucas can gather several technically-talented people but still make the Prequels; you require a visionary and several people to temper that vision with their own expert input (and ability to do more than just sculpt an alien)
>>338259687
I'm guessing you didn't see the article claiming boss fights are just an archaic holdover from the old days, and that nobody actually enjoys them lol
>>338272872
I realize his reasoning behind it, but it still doesn't make sense seeing as Trump wasn't the one to make the name change. And literally everyone who supported the joke completely ignored this because he made such a huge spectacle of it with fireworks and selling hats
>>338274126
The only part that was bad about the prequels was the actual character writing, and even then it was only Anakin and Padme. And those were the parts Lucas had his actual hands on.
>>338273774
>oh look it's that Shitaku cunt again
>>338273879
>he doesn't know LARV OH LARV
>>338274257
There was a lot wrong with the Prequels, including but not limited to everything in the movie
>>338274318
I really didn't. Cute as fuck though.
>>338274407it's hernandez not fernandez
>>338262604
Underrated post
>>338270284
You don't put several opinions in one text. Every pc magazine is having one big review and then in boxes the authors tell their own final thoughts on the game. Did you only grow up with kotaku or what?
>>338274215
You could say it was supposed to point out that every modern American is a descendant of immigrants, so it's dumb to shit on the immigrants of today. But it's still retarded since all Trump wants is reasonable immigration controls.
Alsoas an archaeology graduate, the "we wuz immigrants" and "we wuz the first natives" fight is really stupid, since there's a good chance Homo Sapiens wiped out Homo Erectus when the former spread out across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
>>338260253
god i love hideki kamiya as a creator though
his response to criticism is usually "no fuck you" because he almost always knows better than whoever is bitching at him.
>>338274407
what is it with that monkey's obsession of throwing fucking everything
>>338268451
What is it with the videogame industry being a dumping ground for shitters? It used to be a big deal that famous actors would voice characters, licensed music and composers doing the soundtrack, and writers typing up a story.
Now, if you failed it's "Oh well, I guess I'll have to go to GASP SOB videogames! I can't believe I have to lower myself to these standards"
>>338274623
Can someone really try to assassinate himself, fail, and report it to his liege lord in CK2?
>>338261367
>Video games should be easy, because not everyone is good at them.
Holy fuck. How retarded are these people?
>>338264887
Ys: Oath in Felghana
Do you see the unlit torch in the background of the screenshot? You need to use the Fire Magic you aquired minutes ago on that single torch to trigger the chest and get the Ruby and be able to use larger fire balls to kill the boss.
It's still possible to beat the boss without it.
