Author Topic: The smartest person on the Internet (Read 108470 times)

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #250 on:** June 22, 2009, 03:45:33 PM »

Quote from: KDR_11k on June 22, 2009, 05:01:49 AM

Quote from: Kairon on June 21, 2009, 05:38:29 PM
I think a more inclusive look at FPS' and TPS' together might be better, since the gameplay limitations that kept these traditionally distinct genres apart are starting to get fuzzier.

Yeah, I call 'em xPS when I remember it because it really doesn't matter whether you can see your whole character or only his gun when aiming with dual analogs.

You say that as if there's a difference between them when aiming with a mouse or the Wii remote, either way you just point it at the enemy and shoot.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #251 on:** June 22, 2009, 04:07:20 PM »

Desks hold mice.

People hold WangMotes.

Kairon · « **Reply #252 on:** June 23, 2009, 01:05:59 AM »

Quote from: DrewMG on June 22, 2009, 07:45:32 AM

I can't help but feel here that people are dismissing entire genres of games just because they don't enjoy them, and are bothered by the fact that they're so popular.

I agree. What's with all the Imagine series hate?

Deguello · « **Reply #253 on:** June 23, 2009, 03:33:50 AM »

The Imagine games aren't popular though. Only like, 4 or 5 have sold anything respectable, and they were released years ago.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #254 on:** June 23, 2009, 04:31:29 AM »

Quote from: insanolord on June 22, 2009, 03:45:33 PM

You say that as if there's a difference between them when aiming with a mouse or the Wii remote, either way you just point it at the enemy and shoot.

Well, the Wiimote makes turning a bit harder but I don't think I've seen many xPS games use a third person view on the Wii or PC.

NWR_DrewMG · « **Reply #255 on:** June 23, 2009, 08:33:11 AM »

Quote from: Kairon on June 23, 2009, 01:05:59 AM

Quote from: DrewMG on June 22, 2009, 07:45:32 AM
I can't help but feel here that people are dismissing entire genres of games just because they don't enjoy them, and are bothered by the fact that they're so popular.

I agree. What's with all the Imagine series hate?

*shrug* I don't really make fun of them, although I wouldn't hold it against anyone who did. They're kids games, and not aimed at anyone I ever talk to about games.

Deguello · « **Reply #256 on:** June 27, 2009, 07:39:15 AM »

I really really don't want to have these bones to pick with Malstrom, as he is a very intelligent fella. But his recent comments about the new Zelda game reveal a pretty hard double bind for the series and reveals himself to be a bitchy hardcore gamer, at least in this respect.

He commented that, for the new Wii Zelda game, that the chick on the front looked like a Zora. While at this time it is laughable, it's an honest mistake really. You could see where he would think that. He also commented on "sword-less Link" because Link is empty handed in the piece of art. (Apparently sword-less Link doesn't violate mythos)

An email later a person informed him of the theory that this chick is a sword, maybe the Master Sword, and then Malstrom goes on a tirade about how the "narrative is going to be bad" just because a whole internet's worth of Zelda fans parsed the entire game's history of artwork in about a day. And saying if your game's narrative is this "predictable" then you have no idea how to author a story.

But wait, didn't he say earlier about not "violating the mythos?" People play Zelda not for laser beams, right? They did something unpredictable with Spirit Tracks, right? And that's bad, too?

Sounds like an unreasonable hardcore fan to me. Maybe the kind Malstrom advises not listening o?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #257 on:** June 27, 2009, 08:59:00 AM »

I don't bother with his talk about what he liked in a particular game series, I prefer the bigger picture stuff. Like his article about momentum which sounds a bit like my "stop making core games" rant.

ThePerm · « **Reply #258 on:** June 29, 2009, 10:48:01 PM »

over the years iv developed Nintendo-itus, i can't look at ANYTHING without thinking of a way to improve it. Subtly or Drasticly

Peachylala · « **Reply #259 on:** June 30, 2009, 07:50:46 PM »

Nintendo can NEVER please the Zelda fanbase, no matter how much they try.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #260 on:** June 30, 2009, 10:38:54 PM »

Quote from: True Blue on June 30, 2009, 07:50:46 PM

Nintendo can NEVER please the Zelda fanbase, no matter how much they try.

I have to agree with this. No matter how Nintendo does Zelda a significant portion of the fanbase won't like it.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #261 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:10:20 AM »

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/gaming-used-to-be-a-movement-not-an-industry/

Sean talks about what it would be like if a gamer from 1994 would think about today's gaming landscape.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #262 on:** July 14, 2009, 07:39:16 AM »

I'm sorry but everything this guy writes is utter garbage. This should be titled "Let me set up some ridiculous premise so that I can inject my personal opinions then claim them as truths and get up in arms over nothing."

"Gaming used to be a Movement, not an industry"? Please, pull your head out of your ass and see things for what they are. Maybe in the Atari days there could possibly be more truth to that statement, but even since the days of his beloved NES and SNES it has always been a business. These days the checks are just bigger, and the competition stiffer, but nothing has changed.

I could go through and rip apart every paragraph of his article, but it's too early and he's not worth my time.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #263 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:00:05 AM »

The blog is for unfounded rants, the articles are for researched stuff...

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #264 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:29:35 PM »

People get so worked up about rants, they have to respond with a louder rant.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #265 on:** July 16, 2009, 12:53:27 PM »

100% backwards. Gaming wasn't about movement until Wii.

Peachylala · « **Reply #266 on:** July 16, 2009, 01:05:33 PM »

Quote from: insanolord on June 30, 2009, 10:38:54 PM

Quote from: True Blue on June 30, 2009, 07:50:46 PM
Nintendo can NEVER please the Zelda fanbase, no matter how much they try.

I have to agree with this. No matter how Nintendo does Zelda a significant portion of the fanbase won't like it.

Zelda + Ocarina of Time = Happy Fan Twats
Zelda + Zelda games without the subtitle mentioned above = STUPIDITY

It's like Adult Swim, only with more suck and less funny. =(

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #267 on:** July 16, 2009, 02:31:38 PM »

Quote from: NinGurl69 *huggles on July 15, 2009, 06:29:35 PM

People get so worked up about rants, they have to respond with a louder rant.

Didn't realize there was a difference between his rants and his "articles" since they all read like rants.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #268 on:** July 16, 2009, 05:03:33 PM »

No they don't. Try reading the articles next time.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #269 on:** July 16, 2009, 05:13:17 PM »

http://malstrom.50webs.com/theblueoceanarticles.htm

Go read those Mr.Jack and get back to us.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #270 on:** July 16, 2009, 07:16:52 PM »

I've read them in the past. I can read about blue ocean strategy elsewhere minus the fanboyism.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #271 on:** July 16, 2009, 08:01:27 PM »

That's a separate issue from the rant implication. Quit dodging and stay on topic.

Reading articles fragmented elsewhere for blue oceans and brown toilets is fine, but they don't frame the concepts with respect to Nintendo's actions, which is part of Sean's objectives. The majority of us, the curious, wouldn't give a damn about those `elsewhere` sources and concepts without Sean connecting these ideas from easily-forgotten N-exec speeches in the first place.

NWR_DrewMG · « **Reply #272 on:** July 17, 2009, 01:40:35 AM »

No they don't.

No, they really do. I stopped reading his articles because they felt like rants to me.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #273 on:** July 17, 2009, 04:33:50 AM »

There might be some truth to that only if you can correctly identify who/what the rant is responding to.

...

The hypersensitive Former Nintendo Fan-base is really growing these days.

Peachylala · « **Reply #274 on:** July 20, 2009, 09:08:58 PM »

Malstorm lost my respect when he started to whine about 3-D Mario games not being as good as the 2-D ones.

While he made a good point about 2-D Mario games selling more then the 3-D ones, he carried himself like a whiny fan brat who skipped the N64 because of no freaking 2-D Mario game. WTF?

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Author Topic: The smartest person on the Internet (Read 108470 times)