One word I never want to hear from anyone in the gaming community again.
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I expected "Epic".
People don't even use it in the right context anymore. It has virtually lost all impact and has been degraded into a general buzz word.
But no, I support the term rehash. I have yet to play a genuinely inspired and original game that wasn't released by an indie developer for a ridiculously long period of time. You'd think with all the leaps in technology, physics and the like, we'd be playing more than just a prettier version of the same game we've played 10 years ago.
People don't even use it in the right context anymore. It has virtually lost all impact and has been degraded into a general buzz word.
But no, I support the term rehash. I have yet to play a genuinely inspired and original game that wasn't released by an indie developer for a ridiculously long period of time. You'd think with all the leaps in technology, physics and the like, we'd be playing more than just a prettier version of the same game we've played 10 years ago.
BathorysGraveland said:
But rehashing is a bad thing. For instance, from what I've heard the later CoD: MW games are just rehashes of the first MW.itsmeyouidiot said:
re·hash (r-hsh)
tr.v. re·hashed, re·hash·ing, re·hash·es
1. To bring forth again in another form without significant alteration: rehashing old ideas.
I think you're the one that just can't cope with the fact that sometimes use rehash because that's all they need in order to criticize a game.
"Noob" and "Fag" Because that's all i get called on xbox live. Because i beat someone, "I am a noob, and a fag."
Seriously people. Cut it out. Normally being insulted becuase i'm beating someone amuses me, but I've got bored of people using it. Think of somthing new. not that hard.
Seriously people. Cut it out. Normally being insulted becuase i'm beating someone amuses me, but I've got bored of people using it. Think of somthing new. not that hard.
Unoriginal.
Just shut up. Shut the fuck up. If a game is good, it's good. Doesn't matter if it's not 100% original.
Just shut up. Shut the fuck up. If a game is good, it's good. Doesn't matter if it's not 100% original.
Innovation, immersion, hardcore, casual. These terms have nebulous, at best, definitions and people use them whilly nilly without even trying to define what they mean leading to misunderstandings and bad things.
Well, not completely irrelevant. In fact, one of its best uses is gaming when it's cold inside; the sleeves let you hold a controller or use a mouse and keyboard while otherwise being wrapped from head to toe. You'd think a robe would work just as well for that, but snuggies are a good six or seven feet long, while robes tend to stop somewhere between your ankles and your shins.lacktheknack said:It's a sleeved blanket.Daggedawg said:
It's completely irrelevant to gaming.
The reverse is also true; people complaining about the bonus single player content in a traditionally multiplayer series. If you're still buying CoD exclusively for the single player this late in the game, it's your fault, not the developers'. It's even worse when games that usually don't have single player at all, and are made by devs with little experience making campaigns, are pressured into including one because of that vocal minority. It's like complaining that Star Trek doesn't have lightsabers; no duh, go watch Star Wars if you want that.kiri2tsubasa said:
I only ever use noob when it's a player that thinks they're better than everyone else and yet they lag somewhere in the mid-section or bottom of the scoreboards at the end. Kinda thought that was the whole point of "noob," when someone was being a total moron because they thought their way was the best way and refused to use teamwork or take advice.Fleetfiend said:
Or, y'know, the people who openly use mods and hacks.
Yeah, I'm definitely agreeing with rehash and all it's synonyms.
Were we complaining when the first 6 Mega Man games came out? Hell no, because they were (mostly) good games. We've had three MW games and people are going "ZOMG TEH FORMULA IS SO STALE NO ONE CAN EVER MAKE A SEQUEL OR MAKE ANY GAME THAT USES ANY IDEA FROM ANOTHER GAME".
Listen, people. Look at it from the publisher/developer point of view.
Let's say you write "I grow watermelons in Yugoslavia", give it to a group of random people, and they enjoy enough to give you $500. Then you write "I grow carrots in Djibouti", do the same, and they give you $100. What the hell do you think you'll keep writing?
Were we complaining when the first 6 Mega Man games came out? Hell no, because they were (mostly) good games. We've had three MW games and people are going "ZOMG TEH FORMULA IS SO STALE NO ONE CAN EVER MAKE A SEQUEL OR MAKE ANY GAME THAT USES ANY IDEA FROM ANOTHER GAME".
Listen, people. Look at it from the publisher/developer point of view.
Let's say you write "I grow watermelons in Yugoslavia", give it to a group of random people, and they enjoy enough to give you $500. Then you write "I grow carrots in Djibouti", do the same, and they give you $100. What the hell do you think you'll keep writing?
I agree. Although I do think the origin of the word gamer lies with gaming enthusiasts themselves rather than the media.BrionJames said:
It probably stems from the time games where most adults, aside from the aforementioned enthusiasts, wouldn't dare to admit playing video games. By now however, most people play video games in some form or another, so the term gamer has become pretty meaningless.
Actually, it stems from the time when videogames were in their infancy, and tabletop wargamers ruled the circle of nerds. People just dropped the "war" from "wargamers," and called themselves "gamers" for short. It really annoyed me when the term shifted from referring to people who played tabletop games, who may or may not play videogames, to including people who exclusively play videogames, removing the need to partake in tabletop gaming completely. This happened somewhere around 2001.Aardvark Soup said:
Edit: But yes, it was originally a self-identified term of pride. Same thing with "hardcore," for that matter; it used to mean gaming was one of your primary hobbies. The marketers picked up on both terms later.