The man says between 29:45 to 29:55 that "you don't even need to make a movie, you can do it in a game..so **** movies". I would let that comment pass, if this were a Saturday night discussion over a few beers but this isn't. This is a discussion between senior journalists at a very reputable games news company. Even if he said "for me" at the end of his sentence, that doesn't make it right.
Dismissing an entire medium of entertainment, when acting as representatives of another form of entertainment, is not only extremely immature and arrogant, it devalues the speaker's opinion and brings the standard of discussion down. I really don't mind potty humour or crass language; what I can't stay silent about, is dismissiveness or oppression towards an industry, and hence of the people who are attached to said industry.
"Who give a shit about movies?" Really? I mean really?! After Batman, The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, Gladiator, the Lion King, Finding Nemo, Monstors Inc., Jurassic Park, American Gangster, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Forest Gump, The Green Mile, The Pursuit of Happyness etc. etc., you're telling me which should do away with movies because games can be more cinematic and hence serve the former's purpose in its entirety?
Last of Us got ruined for me by the people commenting on Tom's review on GS. For me, the game's I play are a direct reflection of my personality and the way I see this world. That's why I loved Mass Effect and Halo Reach. And I frankly can not bear to be associated with a bunch of raving lunatics that make up the fanbase of The Last of Us. That comment section was Medal of Honor: Warfighter all over again.
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