• 11Aug 08

  Man, I miss the good old days......

  I miss the good old days in gaming. When I first started gaming there were a very select few people who were gaming as well. We were considered weird. We would sit and talk about games like Super Mario World, or Megaman X 1-10 million. We were a small group who enjoyed a rare hobby. Then I wake up and everyone and their f'n grandma is a gamer, and all I ever see is people arguing about systems, and games for systems, and betrayals by manufacturers, and when someone brings up even a preference in music they are bashed on a gaming forum for not agreeing XBOX or WII or PS3, even though the attack goes out to the music. I miss the cool people I used to discuss this stuff with before everyone became consumeristically mental. Not a single person thinks it is cool that XBOX is getting FF XIII on the PS3 side, even though it is awesome that they are. This game and many other multiplatform excursions should bridge gaming gaps, not widen them. I remember when being a fanboy meant you like gaming, not sold your grandma out to defend MGS over GoW. People need to get into the community instead of the small extremist groups, and have fun. That is what it was all about last I checked. I applaud anyone who can realize that competition breeds innovation in a market like this, and can applaud others for liking what they like without infringing on what others like themselves. If you would bash a system whole-heartedly without a care and call yourself a gamer, you are a liar. The people playing them may be ignorant, but the system is an inanimate object that has done nothing to you. Do you yell at a rock when someone hits you with it? No, cause that would be stupid. Just as stupid as bashing a peice of plastic because you meet ignorant people who like it. I am 23 years old and have been gaming since I was 5 years old. I started back on the Atari 2600, and no matter how sad it is, I am proud of that. I am not proud of calling myself a gamer when other "gamers" are giving us a terrible name with people because they are ignorant pricks. Enjoy what YOU have, and leave everyone else to what THEY have.
  • Posted Aug 11, 2008 11:23 pm PT
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• 6Jan 07

  The problem with misguided fanboyism

  This is a little bit of a rant, so please bear with me. Fanboyism is great, loyalty to the things one cherishes or finds worthy is great, but misguided fanboysim isn't. I am tired of people like Smoothbrother1, who create topics to draw people in to a conversation where they can openly bash them. If u like X-360 awesome, great for u. If u think a gaming company like Capcom cares about serving n e one but Capcom, u r wrong. If i am correct, and as a human being i am subject to error,  when RE 4's director said he would kill himself if RE 4 ever went to PS2, jokingly of course, that didn't stop Capcom. Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong of course, because this blog is about the disgust of ignorance, and i wish not to b ignorant. 

   

  • Posted Jan 6, 2007 8:06 am PT
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