Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Spark Of Spirit]

Complaining about a game being what it is is the game industry's favorite whining point.

Back in the PS1 days I remember someone scoring Strider 2 low because it was "an arcade game". Which is, you know, what it is.

[gunswordfist]

  People complained about Strider 2? I'd kill to have that game.

[Foggle]

Another nail in the coffin of gaming "journalism."



I seriously can't believe this shit and I'm seeing it with my own eyes.

[Nel_Annette]

And the comments section is hilarious. "This article is really insightful, why don't the game developers think about these things."

Jesus effing Christ, it's a video game dragon, you morons. Just slay the damn thing and collect your loot.

[gunswordfist]

I had a feeling the comments had enablers

[talonmalon333]

If something sounds like it could be intelligent, regardless of whether it actually is or isn't, people like those commenters will eat it all up.

[gunswordfist]

that's what i was thinking. lol

[Spark Of Spirit]

Some people take their gaming WAY too seriously. Do they really not know the difference between a video game dragon and the real world?

This would be as silly as someone writing an article in the early '90s condemning Double Dragon II because you can throw people out of a helicopter in stage 3.

"Why don't you try to reason it out with him? Maybe he wasn't a bad guy, you don't know!"

It's a video game, moron. They're ALL bad guys!

[gunswordfist]

what makes it funnier is the game is called assassin's creed. what do you expect?

[talonmalon333]

Journalists like that might as well join PETA. Yeah, I said it. That's how bad it is.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

The worst of these lot are the feminist group:

"Super Mario Bros. and Zelda are sexist because you have to rescue a princess"

-Because, you know, Peach was never a playable character in any Mario game ever....

"Hitman Absolution is sexist because there was this one trailer where the main character kills off all of these female assassins who are trying to kill him"

-How dare he; he should have just let himself be killed because they were women, which automatically makes them incapable of being wrong or unjust in any possible way; of course if it were a woman killing a bunch of guys just minding their own business, it'd be perfectly OK, just because she's a woman, and thus by giving her special treatment it's not being sexist....

"Batman: Arkham City is sexist because thugs yell derogatory and demeaning terms and phrases at Catwoman"

-Well, shame on Rocksteady for making a bunch of thugs talk the way that they would actually talk; they should have made them gentleman who would compliment Catwoman on the scent of her perfume as she bashed their faces in....

"Bayonetta is sexist because she's a female who is sexualized in the game"

-Nevermind the fact that she's the most powerful being in her entire fucking Universe who can kick all kinds of ass; because fuck gameplay in a video game when there is (completely fabricated) sexism that we could all be bitching about instead....

Seriously, these people need to be educated or something

[gunswordfist]

this reminds me, i wish i could post a link to a kotaku article that says blood dragon could be homophobic. the author plays gay rights activist and asks a dev if the game is homophobic in a long, painful interview.

[Spark Of Spirit]

this reminds me, i wish i could post a link to a kotaku article that says blood dragon could be homophobic. the author plays gay rights activist and asks a dev if the game is homophobic in a long, painful interview.

I think that was the last straw for a lot of people from what I've gathered from comments about the site since then (not that people were pleased with it beforehand). These "journalists" have lost touch with reality.

[gunswordfist]

i had no clue it possibly received that strong of a reaction. that being read not too long after the gamasutra article about how real gamers should not call video games video made me lose a lot of faith in these journalists

[talonmalon333]

Pokemon should be banned for encouraging you to beat up and capture one of a kind Pokemon.