LOL! The translation is so bad that people (including Jess and USA Today) tend to internally correct it to be "...set us up...", but the actual line (you can read it on the screen) is: "Somebody set UP US the bomb." I think that one is as funny as "All your base..."
EVERYTHING is better seen first-hand rather than recounted. If you have video, SHOW IT.
And @brainiac1988 , the terrible voice acting was the best part! My roommate didn't have a memory card, so I had to sit through unskippable dialog like:
Male 1: "Barry! Where's Barry?!"
<awkwardly long pause while everyone stands perfectly still>
Male 2: "I'm sorry, but he's probably..."
<awkwardly long pause while everyone stands perfectly still>
Jill: "*gasp* NO!"
It all fed into the whole cheesy classic horror movie vibe I'm pretty sure they were going for. The only thing they were missing was an up and coming actress exposing herself during a pace-killing sex scene.
I have been known to unexpectedly spout "Barry! Where's Barry?!" despite (or perhaps because) no one gets it to this day.
@Koozwad Well, first, she forgot to point out that this type of raid (or whatever the proper term for it is) spawns very rarely, so the whole clan planned to be there at the same time, they worked out a detailed battle plan, and were in the middle of going over the details while Leeroy was AFK. When he came back, he immediately ran inside, triggering the start of the event before everyone else was ready.
If the producers/editors are listening, you should know that it's important to EXPLAIN the meme if you're going to do a historical look like this one. The entire point of the Leeroy Jenkins thing is so underserved here that Koozwad (and I'm sure others) have no idea what's going on.
Analysis is cool, but there's a certain level of skill one needs to engage in an analysis. Beyond that, he's right. I've been longing for a slower-paced build-up to power in fighting games since Soul Calibur (whichever)'s Mission Mode showed me that I didn't know everything about how that game worked.
Let's not lose sight of the fact that the point of this article is not that current games do a poor job of teaching a player how to perform moves in the game, but rather how each move fits in the grand scheme of a battle strategy. For instance, when I first started playing SFII, I had no love for the Jab or Short buttons -- why would I waste time with such weak attacks? Eventually, I learned the power of combos, cancels and feints. That's just a small example of the kind of evolution of understanding that can not be learned through constant failure and negative feedback. If I didn't believe that those buttons were there for a very good reason, I might never have figured it out. Nowadays, so many new concepts (e.g., juggling, in-air combos, follow-ups, character-switch attacks, cancels, super meters, variable strength attacks, false attacks, taunts, etc.) are layered upon the core mechanics that the correct usage of those core principles is overshadowed and misunderstood. In short, the article isn't about how tutorial modes should inform the player of WHAT to do, but rather WHY and WHEN to do it.
I just read the first three paragraphs of the article and before I forget to say it, I believe there's an interesting parallel between the idea that DRM assumes the worst from consumers, leading to an atmosphere of dissatisfaction that can turn otherwise honest folk toward the very piracy DRM is meant to prevent and the idea that the last 50 years in American history has seen more violent and criminal behavior than the 50 years previous despite, or possibly due to more and stricter laws, more lawyers and more lawsuits. They're punishing schoolkids for stuff like "holding hands" or "bringing a (large) purse to class" or "taking an aspirin" under so-called zero tolerance policies for goodness' sake. You can't restrict creativity and variety like that and get away with it forever. You know what happens when human beings are subjected to totalitarian rules? They rebel. Every time. The internet just lets it happen faster.
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