Calvin couldn't be more right, though I think the intention here is that of laugh inducement, though, one questions it's success to be honest.BlueHighwind said:As Calvin of "Calvin and Hobbes" once said: "I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!"
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u mean aside from his misuse of several psychological terms and the fact that it is completely wrong and intended to be a joke.Sonicron said:Dont't have a PhD (yet), but from a scientific viewpoint there's nothing wrong with this article. Of course, it still feels like a written joke, albeit a high-brow one. Fun!
I always thought it was 'a menstruating leper'. Oh well, both make sense in a way, I suppose.
my_ledge_ends said:I'll save you time, marioman - it's a joke article. He's basically saying that Yatzhee accuses Dragon Age of encouraging genocide while simultaneously critiquing the male ego as insecure and homophobic. It's a load of hogwash obfuscated by turgid dialogue intended to infuse the reading with a certain sense of highminded sophistication befitting the cultural descent into the ascending integration of highmindedness befitting the proper age we are now entering as demonstrated by said article (c wut i did thar?).
Ok this article just gave me a headache. How is this a joke per-say? And put it into layman's terms please, thank you.Knoxy said:When I first started reading I literally face-palmed at the idea that this was a serious article.
Thank christ it turned out to be a joke.
ssgt splatter said:my_ledge_ends said:I'll save you time, marioman - it's a joke article. He's basically saying that Yatzhee accuses Dragon Age of encouraging genocide while simultaneously critiquing the male ego as insecure and homophobic. It's a load of hogwash obfuscated by turgid dialogue intended to infuse the reading with a certain sense of highminded sophistication befitting the cultural descent into the ascending integration of highmindedness befitting the proper age we are now entering as demonstrated by said article (c wut i did thar?).Ok this article just gave me a headache. How is this a joke per-say? And put it into layman's terms please, thank you.Knoxy said:When I first started reading I literally face-palmed at the idea that this was a serious article.
Thank christ it turned out to be a joke.