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How it's not common knowledge that drugs and alcohol is what fuels rocks stars is the real mystery.
Well another Game Sack episode came and went. So can we get back to derailing with Skyrim or whatever, as it beats staying on topic and no forum activity. (This is what I don't understand about those that cry off topic, as it this topic will ever die with new episodes always coming out in the first place)
No!
Most GameSack episodes remind me of games I need to play. I remember not getting Call of Duty: Black Ops III when it came out, waiting for the obligatory price drop. 'Not exactly the kind of game I rush to get day 1, even at 20% off from Best Buy. I'm just in it for the single player campaign. But it was refreshing to see super clean graphics. Same thing happened with Infinite Warfare for me, which I'm even more stoked to play. They should both be insanely cheap this Black Friday.
What do you think happens when you talk with others in real life? You derail from topic to topic is what. That's the chemistry chit chatting.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
I don't think it's the Off topic posts that people mind from time to time. It's when it goes waaaay off topic is when they start to get a little annoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief
So when we talked about another video game, Skryim, that was considered way off topic? This is like the only thread that basically covers all kinds of video games and video game topics, and frequently derails into that. Just because some dude doesn't like one particular game or game topic doesn't mean they have to be selfish and ruin it for the rest of.
Make an RPG thread then.
Everyone wants to be the police, yet they forget nobody wants the police at parties.
Of course (and I know you know this), the flip side is that a lot of people who are 100% into mainstream stuff view anything they haven't heard of with contempt. They assume that people who are into something obscure are losers who are solely into it for hipster showoff reasons -- and OTOH, they often mysteriously become fond of something (or someone!) just as soon as that thing or person becomes popular, and not a second before.Quote:
Originally Posted by zetastrike
For me, I don't begrudge anyone for being what they're into; I can imagine that COD marathons with friends would be fun if I were more into FPS games. That said, everything takes up cultural space, and when I think that space is becoming dominated by things that are stupid, counterproductive or even harmful, I'm going to be looking for ways to resist -- if only so that other voices I value more can also be heard.
Things become mainstream by blunting the edges, watering down the flavor, and dialing the violence way down. It is financial suicide to do anything else. Shareholders demand returns on their investment, and they want everything to be as common as Angry Birds or whatever the rabble play on their iPhones. A naked breast, a severed leg, someone shouting the fuck word? NOPE! Make it all PG-13 at best, pad out the length of the new game with tutorials or forced exposition, simplify the interface, and throw in some political drivel as your masters command. Bam, million seller. The nine or ten thousand people who loved the first game in the series, and helped make it popular? Fuck them, and the old staff that made the first game. We're trying to be progressive, damnit, and we don't need that dead weight holding us back. Now, let's get to making the next game in that series where you stab people in the heart for dubious reasons, while stealing everything that isn't nailed down, and then stealing the nails, so you can steal everything else.
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Originally Posted by Thief
I'll take a site like this and guys like Game Sack over that idiot Video Game Critic.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenband
On topic, the last episode was okay. I do find it a little weird to think of Black Ops III as a polarizing game. I would think Modern Warfare 3 would be one to tackle as polarizing.
Hey, not just me. Otherwise a derail wouldn't work.Quote:
Originally Posted by sull56ivan2010
All these posts about being off-topic are... off-topic. Who'd of thought!
Oh yeah Game Sack, yeah the episode was alright. I don't know what it is but the latest episodes haven't really grabbed me and usually I love me some Game Sack.