Jimquisition: Better Does Not Mean Good
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"It could be worse."
Response: "Of course it could be worse! That's why I'm complaining! To make sure it doesn't become worse!"
Response: "Of course it could be worse! That's why I'm complaining! To make sure it doesn't become worse!"
You know I can handle extreme arrogance and a monumental god complex when the man spouting such words knows what he's talking about. Bravo Jim Sterling, may your god-like reign continue ever more.
Again with the "pick random forum post with weak argument, slay weak argument" routine. Between that and reflecting common gamer attitude towards exploitative business practices, there's not much else, is there?
Also, I know where your name is from and I'm not sure that's a good thing...though I'm gonna go listen to Chase the Morning again.
Oh come on, most obvious joke in the world, I was just waiting for which product it wasZydrate said:
Also, I know where your name is from and I'm not sure that's a good thing...though I'm gonna go listen to Chase the Morning again.
Laughed my ass off at the cereal box. And you're absolutely right. Jim Sterling 2012! Thank God for you!
From my experience, "It could be worse" is the clearest indicator of someone who thinks they're acting mature and even-handed, when in fact they're just lazy and apathetic but still feel the need to say SOMETHING.Adam Jensen said:
I'd argue that the phrase is a modern platitude.
Of course, the real danger of that attitude en-masse, is that with mass-apathy comes a lack of resistance to change; including change for the worse.
When the Horse Armor DLC was revealed to be on the Oblivion's disc, people would legitimately outraged. Now, it's part-and-parcel for the business. Few fought against it and so it became legitimized not through mass-approval, but through minority approval and mass-apathy.
...which now that I think about it, mirrors voter turnout and the general public attitude in real life. Scary.
Teehee!deth2munkies said:Oh come on, most obvious joke in the world, I was just waiting for which product it wasZydrate said:
Also, I know where your name is from and I'm not sure that's a good thing...though I'm gonna go listen to Chase the Morning again.
It did honestly catch me off guard. I'm not sure why.
I'm surprised your not outraged that the publishers are nickel and diming us Australians by jacking up the prices far beyond the profit point simply because it's "the norm" (And thus not newsworthy).
Well... Guess I'll just stick to ozgameshop.com
Well... Guess I'll just stick to ozgameshop.com
That was a french accent. Please don't confuse the two; my accent is better than the french.daxterx2005 said:
Pretty sure that was the point....Gather said:
He was doing a crappy job and it was hilarious.
Just had to pipe up about Extra Credits / Jimquisition
I fundamentally like both shows, but I've begun to realise that EC is probably
always going to go down the 'properly educational' route whereas J tends to be
more free to vent and pour scorn on the really nasty parts of the industry. (and
press, and communities...)
That's fine, and there's a place for them both. I can just see that EC has the
benefit of hordes of wannabe game developers (no shame in that) as their audience;
J is more likely to take the view of the consumer - again - only a complete chump
would ignore one at the expense of the other. I find game dev interesting but have
no plans to do it as a career, so J is generally more entertaining for me: if only
because he doesn't take the softly softly approach of EC that feels like you're
being lightly lectured to sometimes - probably intentional, and fair enough!
It hurts my academic brain to suggest it, but sometimes outright scorn is more effective than objective criticism. The more I watch of J the more I see what kinds of dirty tricks
the industry gets up to and gets away with! Things that have never personally affected me
like day one DLC, but I still get narked about. For game devs I guess J is usually 'what not to do' and EC is more 'what to do better'.
I fundamentally like both shows, but I've begun to realise that EC is probably
always going to go down the 'properly educational' route whereas J tends to be
more free to vent and pour scorn on the really nasty parts of the industry. (and
press, and communities...)
That's fine, and there's a place for them both. I can just see that EC has the
benefit of hordes of wannabe game developers (no shame in that) as their audience;
J is more likely to take the view of the consumer - again - only a complete chump
would ignore one at the expense of the other. I find game dev interesting but have
no plans to do it as a career, so J is generally more entertaining for me: if only
because he doesn't take the softly softly approach of EC that feels like you're
being lightly lectured to sometimes - probably intentional, and fair enough!
It hurts my academic brain to suggest it, but sometimes outright scorn is more effective than objective criticism. The more I watch of J the more I see what kinds of dirty tricks
the industry gets up to and gets away with! Things that have never personally affected me
like day one DLC, but I still get narked about. For game devs I guess J is usually 'what not to do' and EC is more 'what to do better'.
Nice vid, nice point, but you're missing a rather major point here.Jimothy Sterling said:
To stick with your own analogies, it's always (or almost) going to be really fucking sad when your mother dies, and you're allowed to cry over it all you want - just don't go whining about how unfair it is to those African kids whose whole family died.
And that's the thing. As someone born overseas (or at the very least someone incredibly gifted in the foreign accents department) you're better qualified than most to recognise that there's a whole world out there beyond America. You're well aware that your audience is comprised in no small part from this "rest of the world" place. And yet here you are, complaining to us about expensive games and even including the gas argument.
Lampshade it if you like, put up a disclaimer even, but as it stands you're just whining to the African kids, or at least in front of them.
I could not HATE the phrase "first-world problems" any more and I'm glad Jim addressed that. It's a bullshit phrase from intellectually lazy people who are DESPERATE to sound cultured and worldly at best and a battle cry to never doing anything to help yourself or anyone else at worst.
