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Topic	A Geektivus For The Rest Of Us
Zeus 03/31/18 2:32:11 AM #366:	ParanoidObsessive posted... The only other game to ever engender such a seething hatred within me was Morrowind, which was mostly prompted by its shittastic controller scheme - but which never really carved as deep a furrow into my soul because I sold it back to GameStop like less than a week after I bought it (for a single dollar, and I still felt like I got the better of the deal). Huh. I tried the PC version once, but couldn't get used to playing with a mouse & keyboard. Meant to try it with a controller. Plus it looks like shit now. ParanoidObsessive posted... I'd be hard-pressed to name a single aspect of the game that I like at all. (Actually, I DO sort of like Quistis, except her role in the story and her pining after Squall sort of ruins any potential she has, so she winds up being a zero-sum character as well.) I liked some of the character designs, but hated the characterizations. And in general I liked the game except for the characters and story. ParanoidObsessive posted... Werewolf: the Apocalypse game forever and a day ago (which I ironically also hated, because I kind of hate Werewolf). Which was a franchise I liked purely for the werewolves (and I picked up some of Rage -- the CCG -- as a result). ParanoidObsessive posted... Art CAN be entertainment, and entertainment can be art, but the two are not mutually linked, nor do they share the same intent or obligations. No, all art is entertainment. Unless you're arguing for some non-aesthetic purely practical form of art, which doesn't exist last I checked. Granted, entertainment can be broken into multiple categories, as can art, but it doesn't stop it from being entertainment. ParanoidObsessive posted... He was also completely correct at the point in time he made the statement. He's arguably still correct now for the vast majority of games. He's wrong on every conceivable level, and hypocritically so given his attempts to validate film. Granted, much of his complaint could be based on an ulterior motive since diminishes other media elevates his chosen media --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:898804894] in A Geektivu... [t:76102111]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>The only other game to ever engender such a seething hatred within me was Morrowind, which was mostly prompted by its shittastic controller scheme - but which never really carved as deep a furrow into my soul because I sold it back to GameStop like less than a week after I bought it (for a single dollar, and I still felt like I got the better of the deal).</quote> Huh. I tried the PC version once, but couldn't get used to playing with a mouse & keyboard. Meant to try it with a controller. Plus it looks like shit now. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>I'd be hard-pressed to name a single aspect of the game that I like at all. (Actually, I DO sort of like Quistis, except her role in the story and her pining after Squall sort of ruins any potential she has, so she winds up being a zero-sum character as well.)</quote> I liked some of the character designs, but hated the characterizations. And in general I liked the game except for the characters and story. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Werewolf: the Apocalypse game forever and a day ago (which I ironically also hated, because I kind of hate Werewolf).</quote> Which was a franchise I liked purely for the werewolves (and I picked up some of Rage -- the CCG -- as a result). <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Art CAN be entertainment, and entertainment can be art, but the two are not mutually linked, nor do they share the same intent or obligations.</quote> No, all art is entertainment. Unless you're arguing for some non-aesthetic purely practical form of art, which doesn't exist last I checked. Granted, entertainment can be broken into multiple categories, as can art, but it doesn't stop it from being entertainment. <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>He was also completely correct at the point in time he made the statement. He's arguably still correct now for the vast majority of games.</quote> He's wrong on every conceivable level, and hypocritically so given his attempts to validate film. Granted, much of his complaint could be based on an ulterior motive since diminishes other media elevates his chosen media --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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