Evonisia said:
I thought Yahtzee would've done the Buy and Xbox One Today poem, but he didn't. Is Yahtzee's poem about Knack? It seems a bit like it.
And it seems Jim has gotten his Xbox One? Feelin' happy, Jim? That song was happy, it made me happy.
I thought his poem was about games. As in actual games and changes to them. About how they're just a meaningless race to get to the end, whatever that end is. Cutscenes, levels complete, and win states in general. Games are always about getting there. That's the hole they seem to always want to fill. A need for accomplishment rather than an enjoyment of the adventure. Like People's need for a HL3 even though half life 1 and 2 were great games that ended on an decent note IMO. The story wasn't complete but the story of half life isn't one of complete knowledge, it's about having fun in a new engine valve made.
His ending seems to put the blame on the consumer for game industries direction. Rightly so IMO. But i could just be interpreting it through my own out of focus glasses.
And i liked Jim's song. It was fun, but it was more of a statement where Yahtzee's poem gave me questions to ponder. I would have preferred that they were presented in reverse order.