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Deanna ([personal profile] dr4b) wrote2003-10-17 05:24 pm
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hahahahahahahahahaha

Someone forwarded this article around at work today. It is the funniest shit ever, no joke. They had a bunch of kids play old videogames and comment on them. Hilarity ensued.

http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1338730,00.asp

EDIT> Dude, I don't care if it's old or stale or not true. The point is that it's fucking funny.
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[identity profile] kawaru.livejournal.com 2003-10-17 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Kids really have to have violence to like games, it seems. "This game sucks, because you can't shoot people in it." They've missed out on so much.

It's funny, and I feel sorry for those kids. And how they skew the sales charts so that it looks like real gamers actually play Madden 'xy. Whee.

[identity profile] ssaiscps.livejournal.com 2003-10-17 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
How many people get shot in the Madden games?

[identity profile] kawaru.livejournal.com 2003-10-17 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
No one. But the point was that kids don't appreciate good games, and if they would quit buying Mortal Kombat and the same recycled sports games over and over, and choosing a piece of crap because it has better graphics than a good game with mediocre graphics, the world would be a better place. At least that's how I see it.

I should've clarified at first that the Madden thing was a slightly different point.

[identity profile] ssaiscps.livejournal.com 2003-10-18 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I realized you were making a different point, I just thought it was funny how it contradicted your first point.

I think the problem isn't with "kids these days", but rather that video games have become a mass market phenomenon, and thus subject to the same forces that produce pop music (to an extent). Not helping matters is that fact that games have become more expensive to produce, making risky games more risky.

[identity profile] shalifi.livejournal.com 2003-10-17 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think it's kids, I think it's any serious gamer.

Violence makes games better, in my opinion. I don't understand how people play racing games where you can't shoot at other cars. If I wanted to drive, I'd go hop in my damn car. Games shouldn't simulate real life events that you could do if you weren't lazy. They should provide fantasy that you can't get in real life.
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