Jimquisition: Videogames Are Not Movies, Get Over It
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Heres an idea. Want to advertise a newcomer to The Escapist? Don't be egocentric and fill the screen and prevent you from clicking on anything else with your advertisement! I'm not going to even give this video a second because of this.
I started off holding my breath on this video. The title had me thinking it was another one of those "Games are toys" people. But I was pleasantly surprised. Heavy Rain was just a giant choose your own adventure quick time event. If you want good character writing (that's what I hear people clamoring on about in defense of HR) Then you should go try Mass Effect 1 & 2. It still has really good character and story writing AND you get to actually play a game.
Hey Jim, finally ditched those losers at Destructoid?
I'm just joking
Nice to see you here though. Hope it's not a one time thing ^_^
I'm just joking
Nice to see you here though. Hope it's not a one time thing ^_^
I'm sorry, I realise there is a lot of mud flung across the isle from both "sides" here, but I feel compelled to address this.VenusInFurs said:
Is it really as simple as that? Can an overwhelmingly negative response simply be attributed to some kind of resident "elitism" without taking the expressed impressions of the users in mind?
I'm not saying every comment here deserves scrutiny (there's been a fair amount too many cheap "fat" remarks to suit my fancy - of course, that also serves to dispute the alleged elitism), but by reducing everyone to that one label, you aren't helping whatever angle you are advocating yourself.
Personally, I think Sterling is a very problematic commentator due to his hyperbole and less than wholesome history of slurs regarding gender politics.
If those objections render me "elitist", point me to the nearest ivory tower.
Admittedly, I don't like him and it's disappointing. He brings up some very good points but the whole "Angry Ranter" persona just doesn't cut it for me.
He's a little like 'Extra Credits' with the word "Fuck"/"Fucking" thrown in.
If he tones down his attitude and gives a much more polite performance, he'll do well. Throwing "Fuck", "Fucking" and "Penis" into an argument makes him lose all credibility and will end with people disregarding every word.
He's a little like 'Extra Credits' with the word "Fuck"/"Fucking" thrown in.
If he tones down his attitude and gives a much more polite performance, he'll do well. Throwing "Fuck", "Fucking" and "Penis" into an argument makes him lose all credibility and will end with people disregarding every word.
Wait if they had stated the "Heavy Rain is the Cadillac of video games" would this guy be making a vid that games aren't cars?
Honestly it's fucking sales hype, Those guys would tell you that Heavy Rain is the new fucking Jesus if they believed it would sell more games, Everybody knows that and the marketing departments knows that everybody knows it, So in the end all there is left is references to Hollywood in a marketing paper.. and you know what considering the game it's not all that weird.
I don't think the gaming industry has any type of inferiority complex to the movies nor do the gaming community get presented as such.
I the end it's seems more like this dude is presenting his own sense of inferiority.
Honestly it's fucking sales hype, Those guys would tell you that Heavy Rain is the new fucking Jesus if they believed it would sell more games, Everybody knows that and the marketing departments knows that everybody knows it, So in the end all there is left is references to Hollywood in a marketing paper.. and you know what considering the game it's not all that weird.
I don't think the gaming industry has any type of inferiority complex to the movies nor do the gaming community get presented as such.
I the end it's seems more like this dude is presenting his own sense of inferiority.
so we reached the point where any generic fat guy can put on a tie, make shit up and call it a day. A part of me just died. That being said, I'll pass this, whether the dude's right or not