Holy flaming cow...is that just some random dude, or someone actually paid to be Hellboy? Because that costume is stupid amounts of amazing.Golem239 said:
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Ha ha, oh man, the DRM essay was hilarious and, if it wasn't abundantly obvious the entire thing was sarcasm intended to be read in the cheerful voice of someone who is absolutely insane and probably holding a knife oh noes, would have itself been grounds for becoming insanely angry. If any company stubbornly insisting on implementing DRM said things like that... oh boy would that blow up in their face.
It's actually quite affirming really, as it illustrates that our collective nerd rage about DRM is totally justified - the only way to spin DRM as something positive is to lie through your bloody teeth.
The other perspectives on polarizing issues were far more well-reasoned and less "obviously sarcasm and filthy lies", and on the whole I largely agree.
It's actually quite affirming really, as it illustrates that our collective nerd rage about DRM is totally justified - the only way to spin DRM as something positive is to lie through your bloody teeth.
The other perspectives on polarizing issues were far more well-reasoned and less "obviously sarcasm and filthy lies", and on the whole I largely agree.
I'm surprised nobody tackled the things that seemingly everyone hates on this forum (i.e. Motion Controls and 3D. Every friggin' time these topics comes up, people come and bash them).
I myself didnt find most things in there that I disliked. Except for the "misuse" of quick time events.
I would say that horrible tie in's to games, like a horrible movie version of a game (probably made by a certain director that must be financed by satan. Its the only thing I can think of, since almost every game movie he has made has been constantly flamed) or the horrible game tie in for a movie. They are usually mediocre at best, and electronic vomit in disk form in another.
Sure, some game movies are good, maybe even great. But when 90 percent of them fail for lack of plot or imagination of writers, or they try to "reinterpret" so much that its just a horrible, horrible mess that is more like spitting on the game its supposed to be inspired by.
I would say that horrible tie in's to games, like a horrible movie version of a game (probably made by a certain director that must be financed by satan. Its the only thing I can think of, since almost every game movie he has made has been constantly flamed) or the horrible game tie in for a movie. They are usually mediocre at best, and electronic vomit in disk form in another.
Sure, some game movies are good, maybe even great. But when 90 percent of them fail for lack of plot or imagination of writers, or they try to "reinterpret" so much that its just a horrible, horrible mess that is more like spitting on the game its supposed to be inspired by.
He's right. Wait for the photos so your infatuation will blow up into full, deeply satisfying love. XDSonicWaffle said:
Some of them work, but others really don't. DRM is good in theory but the current DRM is shite. I never hated Cosplayers or Ten Dollar, but there is no excusing Quick Time Events and Console vs Pc. Console Vs Pc arguments are stupid, besides, everyone knows PC is best anyway.
*EDIT*Just to clarify, Quicktime events can be done well, but it's unlikely they ever will be.
*EDIT*Just to clarify, Quicktime events can be done well, but it's unlikely they ever will be.
I'm going to answer this because the other person to answer it didn't understand the concept at all. Cosplay is when people dress up has characters from fiction, or non fiction if they like that sort of thing. So people who dress up has Iron Man, Masterchief, Darth Vader, Anime characters and all that shit are cosplaying.ike42 said:
Nobody said anything about Fanboys or Bobby Kotick. I guess there's no reason to defend those because Kotick is the chosen physical form of all evil, and fanboys are lifeless shells of people filled only with hate for those who don't agree with them.
Interesting article, though. A lot of it makes sense.
Interesting article, though. A lot of it makes sense.
People hate cosplayers more than larpers? I was unaware there was any stigma against cosplayers atall; at least within the nerd community.
Well, something will blow up to become full and deeply satisfying when you see my photos...AngelBlackChaos said:
Um....popcorn? That's the only thing that I have, unless you were meaning yourself.SonicWaffle said:
Project 10 Dollar is a proper brilliant idea, as long as the money go where it's supposed to. I didn't know people hated it... =/
Wait, people hate cosplayers? I thought the hate was sent directly to the old guys cosplaying Sailor Moon? Oh well, I for one enjoy watching people's costumes and such, as long as they're well made and fitting.
Edit: Whoo, 400 posts, and it only took me a year (and two days) xD
Wait, people hate cosplayers? I thought the hate was sent directly to the old guys cosplaying Sailor Moon? Oh well, I for one enjoy watching people's costumes and such, as long as they're well made and fitting.
I LOVE QTE's!! I really don't get the hate for them. I allways laugh at the hillarious situation should I end up failing a QTE (be it from poor reaction, or because I was tricked by thinking it was a normal cutscene). Resident Evil 4 had a lot of brilliant QTE's that allowed Leon to look more badass that he normally would (anyone remembering that Hall of Lasers, where Leon backflips and all that? Hell yes, that was awesome! Hell, when I first heard about Heavy Rain and how it was filled with QTE's I knew I just had to get it (yes, the QTE's were as big a selling point for me as the story itself).
Edit: Whoo, 400 posts, and it only took me a year (and two days) xD
Most of the article was good, but I have a few problems with it;
DRM;
It's good that the industry wants to protect itself against the dirty pirates, but... it DOES cause a lot of problems sometimes. I have a copy of Bioshock that I need to be online to install, and while that isn't always a problem, it is when I'm in University. The game can't access the server and I couldn't install it. Extremely annoying.
There are also ways in which DRM can be implimented extremely poorly (I'm looking at YOU, Ubisoft!) but if it's done well I don't have a problem with it. I love Steam, after all.
PC versus Gaming debates;
There IS NO 'best' way to play them. Only ways which you as an individual prefer.
Everything else;
Well put together, actually. I didn't know people hated Cosplay full-stop though. Maybe it's because there's some really bad ones out there, but the same is true of everything and that reason smells quite strongly of Hasty Generalisation/Affirming the Consequent fallacies (All cosplays I've seen are bad, therefore all cosplays are bad/A bad cosplay is still a cosplay; That is a cosplay; Therefore it is bad.) to me. I've seen some pretty damn nice ones, actually. Besides, I can see how a good number of people would have fun doing it.
EA's project 10 dollar is a FANTASTIC idea if you ask me. People who don't want the little bit of extra content that comes with a new copy can still buy it used to save money, and the company still gets a little money from used game sales if said person decides they want it after all later on. I don't see the problem.
QTEs... well, as said in the article, it depends on how they're implemented. I absolutely loved Heavy Rain (the game that finally pushed me into getting a PS3) and the QTEs there felt pretty natural, but some other games are really obnoxious with them too.
DRM;
It's good that the industry wants to protect itself against the dirty pirates, but... it DOES cause a lot of problems sometimes. I have a copy of Bioshock that I need to be online to install, and while that isn't always a problem, it is when I'm in University. The game can't access the server and I couldn't install it. Extremely annoying.
There are also ways in which DRM can be implimented extremely poorly (I'm looking at YOU, Ubisoft!) but if it's done well I don't have a problem with it. I love Steam, after all.
PC versus Gaming debates;
THIS is the very reason I hate those arguments. People who confuse opinion with fact. People who cannot see that some people might not agree with them, and doing so in itself isn't wrong.
There IS NO 'best' way to play them. Only ways which you as an individual prefer.
Everything else;
Well put together, actually. I didn't know people hated Cosplay full-stop though. Maybe it's because there's some really bad ones out there, but the same is true of everything and that reason smells quite strongly of Hasty Generalisation/Affirming the Consequent fallacies (All cosplays I've seen are bad, therefore all cosplays are bad/A bad cosplay is still a cosplay; That is a cosplay; Therefore it is bad.) to me. I've seen some pretty damn nice ones, actually. Besides, I can see how a good number of people would have fun doing it.
EA's project 10 dollar is a FANTASTIC idea if you ask me. People who don't want the little bit of extra content that comes with a new copy can still buy it used to save money, and the company still gets a little money from used game sales if said person decides they want it after all later on. I don't see the problem.
QTEs... well, as said in the article, it depends on how they're implemented. I absolutely loved Heavy Rain (the game that finally pushed me into getting a PS3) and the QTEs there felt pretty natural, but some other games are really obnoxious with them too.
My mental EEEEEEYYYYYYEEEEEESSSS! AUUUUUUUGGHHH!SonicWaffle said:
I can't tell if you just won an internet or should be crucified...
Well... That was some smarmy bullshit from Steve, wasn't it?
Greg's article was thoughtful and decent
Lauren made a good point, though missed that a lot of the vitriol about cosplay may be the Sailor Bubbas and Man-Fayes.
The other two I have no problem with. I don't care too much about either PC-gaming (until Civ V) or about QTEs, so I'll move on.
So... Let's focus on Steve.
Has the debate on the issue of DRM gotten to the point where we can't discuss these problems maturely and reasonably? I mean, Christ, it's just disrespectful to anyone who actually does think that DRM is an overall good, that piracy is theft, and that it's possible to believe in DRM as a form of copyright protection (and as a right of a group of people who made a product to actually profit from it).
I get that it's sarcasm, and meant to be funny, but the straw-man argument and reduction to absurdity of his damnation by faint praise is simply bullshit. If you can't man (or woman) up and actually debate the issue itself, please don't resort to petty "look how stupid I can make their argument sound, Fnar, Fnar". In fact, let me make the same logical fallacy in reverse:
We all know how evil DRM is, and that it's completely unreasonable for any games company to try to make a profit from the investment of time, manpower, and money, into making a product. Don't they know we're struggling to pay our bills, and they definitely don't need the money because games don't actually cost anything to develop. Something like Gears of War deserves to be pirated because any truly good games developer would want people to play their games, profits be damned. I know I do the same thing, I just tell my bosses they don't need to pay me, because I know that they would if they could, and that I'm doing a good thing by working for free. It's not like I have my own bills to pay, and I can always pick up a second job so I can provide all this work I do here for free... Unless they want me to work for free at my second job, in which case I should do that.
Pirates are wonderful freedom fighters, helping us shake off the yoke of oppressive copyrights, and make sure that all information is free. Or, at least, free to the consumer, but who cares about anyone else, right? And, by god, if I ever write a book, I hope they'll pirate it, just to make sure that I never have to worry about actually being rewarded for my time and effort.
Besides, there's no reason to try to make DRM work, because they'll just get around it, kind of like there's no reason for a law against murder, or to send murderers to jail, 'cause people can still commit murder.
Do you see how much you now want to slap my face?
That's how you'd feel about Steve's bullshit sarcasm if you didn't agree with him
Greg's article was thoughtful and decent
Lauren made a good point, though missed that a lot of the vitriol about cosplay may be the Sailor Bubbas and Man-Fayes.
The other two I have no problem with. I don't care too much about either PC-gaming (until Civ V) or about QTEs, so I'll move on.
So... Let's focus on Steve.
Has the debate on the issue of DRM gotten to the point where we can't discuss these problems maturely and reasonably? I mean, Christ, it's just disrespectful to anyone who actually does think that DRM is an overall good, that piracy is theft, and that it's possible to believe in DRM as a form of copyright protection (and as a right of a group of people who made a product to actually profit from it).
I get that it's sarcasm, and meant to be funny, but the straw-man argument and reduction to absurdity of his damnation by faint praise is simply bullshit. If you can't man (or woman) up and actually debate the issue itself, please don't resort to petty "look how stupid I can make their argument sound, Fnar, Fnar". In fact, let me make the same logical fallacy in reverse:
We all know how evil DRM is, and that it's completely unreasonable for any games company to try to make a profit from the investment of time, manpower, and money, into making a product. Don't they know we're struggling to pay our bills, and they definitely don't need the money because games don't actually cost anything to develop. Something like Gears of War deserves to be pirated because any truly good games developer would want people to play their games, profits be damned. I know I do the same thing, I just tell my bosses they don't need to pay me, because I know that they would if they could, and that I'm doing a good thing by working for free. It's not like I have my own bills to pay, and I can always pick up a second job so I can provide all this work I do here for free... Unless they want me to work for free at my second job, in which case I should do that.
Pirates are wonderful freedom fighters, helping us shake off the yoke of oppressive copyrights, and make sure that all information is free. Or, at least, free to the consumer, but who cares about anyone else, right? And, by god, if I ever write a book, I hope they'll pirate it, just to make sure that I never have to worry about actually being rewarded for my time and effort.
Besides, there's no reason to try to make DRM work, because they'll just get around it, kind of like there's no reason for a law against murder, or to send murderers to jail, 'cause people can still commit murder.
Do you see how much you now want to slap my face?
That's how you'd feel about Steve's bullshit sarcasm if you didn't agree with him