KFC is no more in control of the meat in their restaurants than McDonald's is in control of the wheat in their buns. They BUY the chicken, they don't grow it themselves. From big-ass factory farms that are also responsible for pretty much every other form of chicken you eat. The chicken you buy at the grocery store, the chicken in your McNugget, so on and so forth. So, either we're all eating mutant birds all the time, or maybe it's just a stupid Urban Legend, along with Arby's meat being made of space worms, or liquid, or schools getting the same "grade" of meat as prisons.
So on the subject of fanboyism, I have to say, in the interest of disclosure, that I'm more or less what many would consider a Nintendo fanboy. I own a DS, a Wii and nothing else. I tend to choose Nintendo because I have a limited budget and they make the games I like to play. I'm not against other consoles, in fact I borrowed a friend's 360 for awhile so I could play GTA IV. It was a lot of fun. But nothing has convinced me that the HD consoles are more over-hyped and overrated than that game. Let me explain.
All people really ever seem to praise these new consoles for are creating games that are "so good" that it's not like a game anymore. It feels so real, the characters are so life-like, and of course, the graphics are fantastic. So when I actually got a chance to really get an in-depth look at a 360, I was struck by just how little things have changed in the new generation. Dumb A.I.? GTA IV's full of it. Clipping? Weird physics? Unresponsive, mushy control? All those little spots in a game that suck you right back in to the reality of the fact that you're playing a game still very much exist. And GTA IV didn't have nearly as many of those moments as some of the other supposed "reasons" for why I "need" a 360 or PS3. Assassin's Creed (man that game was disappointing) Gears Of War, and Halo 3 all had enough little technical hiccups going for them to make me truly believe that what we've got in this new generation is the same old problems we've all been irritated by since the N64, with some really pretty looking special effects and higher production value.
What this all means for me, though, is that while the Wii of course still retains all those little gripes, it does so while offering something unique, that can't be done in quite the same way on a computer, and all at a reasonable price. And that's the big kicker for me. So don't pity me, folks. I'll stick with my "Gamecube 1.5" (is that what the HD fanboys call it?) and my "gimmicky" little handheld while you guys can keep telling me how "real" Halo 4 or Gears Of War 2 or GTA V is, all while your computer partner runs into a wall and your dead girlfriend keeps calling you.
Topic: Fanboyism, or Cutting off Your Nose to Spite Your Face (Read 52511 times)
