gunsmoke on 4/5/2009 at 21:59
Especially the new trailer for Modern Warfare 2. It shows NOTHING. Zero. (well, save for the date of release and green static).
june gloom on 4/5/2009 at 22:39
Gee, it's almost like it was a teaser.
gunsmoke on 24/5/2009 at 15:33
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Gee, it's almost like it was a teaser.
Well, yeah, but it just seems pointless to me. All they manage to do it make me feel let down, instead of hyped.
BEAR on 29/5/2009 at 12:13
So, are they really not aware that metal people seem to = PC people for the most part? Being metal isn't what it used to be, but I cant say I really know anyone particularly into metal that isnt on PC.
june gloom on 29/5/2009 at 15:50
Blame Guitar Hero.
catbarf on 29/5/2009 at 16:44
Quote Posted by BEAR
So, are they really not aware that metal people seem to = PC people for the most part? Being metal isn't what it used to be, but I cant say I really know anyone particularly into metal that isnt on PC.
It seems like a strange characterization to make, but as I think about it, none of my console friends are as into metal as I or some of my Steam friends are.
june gloom on 29/5/2009 at 17:34
As an aside, can I just say how much I hate the metal scene? Honestly, a wardrobe that is 90% black t-shirts went out of fashion when Megadeth broke up. You don't need to look like a stereotypical douchebag to enjoy metal. Metal is a diverse and creative genre that continues to choke on an obsession with poor fashion choices, poor attitudes and this bullshit notion that if it's not exactly like the stuff that came out in the 80s it sucks. Case in point would be the people who won't listen to any Iron Maiden made after 1989. I'm sorry, but while Maiden's 80s stuff is timeless, completely dismissing Brave New World or A Matter of Life and Death on the basis of them not sounding like Number of the Beast is ignorant and dumb and you should feel bad if you do it. Worse than that are the obnoxious, domineering assholes who only listen to obscure, poorly produced garbage nobody ever heard of.
Speaking of poor production, there are only 5 bands that can get away with having shit production and all of them are Darkthrone. A lot of early black metal was ruined by the absolutely shit-terrible production values, and I'm really getting tired of black metal kids acting like getting a good producer is somehow selling out. People are still acting like that 10 years after black metal realized it needed to sound good if it wanted to survive and it's just fucking irritating now. But the only thing worse than poor production is overproduction. Let me tell you right the fuck now: the Loudness War is the most insidiously evil bullshit to happen to heavy music since grunge. This habit of making shit as loud as possible until the fucking medium (CDs) can't even handle all the highs and lows anymore is the Cancer that is Killing Rock n' Roll.
Seriously though, fuck the metal scene. I'm fucking sick of it. I love metal, but I cannot stand 90% of its adherents. These are the retards who like to wave their fucking metal penis and talk about how fucking metal they are when the fact is that metal isn't about how loud or obnoxious you are, it's about bucking trends and breaking the "rules" that the fucking music scene seems to have established. Being metal isn't being some pretentious fuckwad who only listens to obscure 80s thrash, and it's not about how many peoples' legs you can break in a mosh pit. It's about not being like the dimwitted scene kid who's so busy being "edgy" and "original" he fails to notice he looks like every other dipshit. When you can say "FUCK YOU" and go off and do what you want without having to worry about what the asshole in corpsepaint thinks of it, that's the most metal fucking thing of all.
Toxicfluff on 29/5/2009 at 18:41
Quote Posted by dethtoll
This habit of making shit as loud as possible until the fucking medium (CDs) can't even handle all the highs and lows anymore is the Cancer that is Killing Rock n' Roll.
Or rather the commodification of image and retread of older styles you referred to. The loudness war is bad, but it's hardly the
most pernicious thing going on in music.
While I have my doubts on the balance of action and adventure in this and even more about the potency of internet petitions, I signed the port-to-PC one anyway.
