Old male US politicians who are out of touch with reality... - by EvaUnit02
Kolya on 23/3/2012 at 09:04
Games being recognised as art is certainly handy to defend our hobby against ignorants, but let's be honest here: Most games are not art. And while we're at it: Most books, music and films aren't art either. I suggest putting warning labels on all of them. Here are a few suggestions:
This book sucks. After the introduction nothing happens at all for most of it and in the end they're all dead. Why [insert author's name], why?
This film is clearly cashing in on the gullible women who will watch anything with a bronze tone on the cover and a piano playing in the trailer. If your wife suggests watching it, suggest re-watching the Star Wars saga instead. Remind her how much she liked Yoda.
This band can't play, has no ideas and no energy. That's why they call it shoe gaze. If it were you you'd be looking at your shoes too, ashamed at your own lack of anything. Nice video though.
fett on 23/3/2012 at 14:58
For once, I agree with Koyla. I've just recently started trying to catch up on some of the more popular TV shows, movies, and books. OhMyFuckingGod. You'll probably start to notice that I'm dumber each time I post here, such is the I.Q. sucking retardation that is popular entertainment. Every white person in this country deserves to be interred in labor camps for this shit - either making it, buying it, or not killing anyone who supports it in a homicidal rage.
demagogue on 23/3/2012 at 16:53
Popular culture is shit these days compared to the 90s (sans a few good tv shows this decade), but on the other hand there's a renaissance in indie games & music & fringe commercial stuff, etc -- because people now have the tools to make them by themselves, without a big publisher, and they can just release online -- not as ambitious but not as mind numbing either. If I'm being honest, I'd still rather be playing games in our era than any other... Mount & Blade, Dwarf Fortress, Mirror's Edge, IL-2 & ROF, ok Minecraft too, Defcon, the Total War series, Elder Scrolls series, Orbiter, HL2 & Darkmod levels... We're not doing so bad. But I totally agree the much bigger problem is definitely the vacuity of games rather than violence per se, the fact most of them are disposable cultural douches rather than really saying something to the player that sticks with them.
zajazd on 23/3/2012 at 19:39
dethtoll and an elderly woman are in bed preparing to have sexy time. the elderly woman says:
- just go easy on me, i have angina.
dethtoll replies:
- i sure hope so because these are the ugliest tits i have ever seen in my laife.
not that he has seen many.
behehehehe
Al_B on 23/3/2012 at 22:18
Quote Posted by zajazd
elderly woman says: just go easy on me, i have angina.
No, no, no... she says "go easy on me I have acute angina". If you're going to try to insult someone at least get the joke right.
Jason Moyer on 24/3/2012 at 00:33
Quote Posted by demagogue
Popular culture is shit these days compared to the 90s
It was shit in the 90's too. Also the 80's. Probably the 70's, but I didn't experience enough of it to have an opinion.
demagogue on 24/3/2012 at 00:42
I don't know. There was that whole fin de siècle / millennium vibe in the 90s, the Cold War was over, music finally grew out of its perpetual frat-party-mode, game studios were at the crossroads from being still experimental enough to have cool concepts but big enough (i.e., respectably funded) to finally start having bigger ambitions, indie movies finally became an established thing after Pulp Fiction... I still like our era better just because the boost in computer power & "free" access to most every book & article & media ever made has been so empowering and liberating in potential. Well it's always a matter of perspective anyway. The crap always takes the lion's share; but I don't think it's important how much quality stuff is out there as much as how quality & influential the quality stuff actually is. Every era has its underground too.
Jason Moyer on 24/3/2012 at 00:56
The 1990's brought us Vanilla Ice, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Spin Doctors, The Spice Girls, and Britney Spears. Jim Carey and the Wayans (it's weird saying that, given how funny In Living Color generally was). Boys ][ Men. Probably some other really shitty stuff in the mid to late 90's when I was trying not to pay attention.
Yes it also brought us Squarepusher and The Kids In The Hall and Ren & Stimpy. And other stuff, probably. And now in the 2010's we have huge mainstream "indie" music and film scenes, far bigger than they were in the 90's. We have Tim & Eric. I dunno, I don't see one era of disposable pop culture as being greater than any other. It's all completely interchangable.
