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On Videogame Journalism
Michael_Blessed writes "The most incisive critique of games journalism currently out there. I would say that as I participated, but there's some real illuminating stuff in there. And it's all true - I should know, being a games 'journalist' myself." It's a whole long series - read all 11 parts.
Damnit, I could think of something to say, or get first post. Oh well modded down either way.
it's the main 'weapon' of choice when dealing with corepirate nazis, & the walking dead also.
.asp for va lairIE's whoreabull pateNTdead PostBlock(tm) devise?, used against the truth/to protect robbIE's payper liesense stock markup bosses/corepirate nazi 'sponsors'. yuk.
that's right, after the walking dead finish exterminating themselves, & sadly enough, some of us, it won't take long to clean this cesspool of greed/fear execrable up.
we're calling it the planet/population rescue program (formerly unknown as the oil for babies initiatve).
the Godless wons are helping by continuing to show where their hearts lie.
what's wrong with folks selling their kode? if it causes convenience, & interoperates with all the other kode on the planet, we say, no harm, no foul, so long as you fail to employ gangsterious/felonious practices to asphyxiate the 'competition'. sabotaging your free version of anything is a tad dastardly. if there's value added, without FUDging up the compatability, we'll pay. same with music. no more gouging dough though.
fortunately, mr stallman et AL, etcetera, is now offering comparable/superior software, to the payper liesense spy/bug wear feechurned models, in almost every circumstance. there'll be few, if any more softwar billyonerrors, as if there's a need for even won. tell 'em robbIE. you are won of the last wons whois soul DOWt, right?
back on task.
what might happen to US if unprecedented evile/the felonious georgewellian southern baptist freemason fuddite rain of error, fails to be intervened on?
you already know that too. stop pretending. it doesn't help/makes things worse.
they could burn up the the main processor. that would be the rapidly heating planet/population, in case you're still pretending not to notice.
of course, having to badtoll va lairIE's whoreabully infactdead, pateNTdead PostBlock(tm) devise, robbIE's ego, the walking dead, etc..., doesn't slow us down a bit.
that's right. those foulcurrs best get ready to see the light. the WANing daze of the phonIE greed/fear/ego based, thieving/murdering payper liesense hostage taking stock markup FraUD georgewellian fuddite execrable are #ed. talk about a wormIE cesspool of deception? eradicating yOUR domestic corepirate nazi terrorist/gangsters will be the new national pastime.
communications will improve, using whatever power sources are available.
you gnu/software folks are to be commended. we'd be nearly doomed by now (instead, we're opening yet another isp service) without y'all. the check's in the mail again.
meanwhile... for those yet to see the light.
don't come crying to us when there's only won channel/os left.
nothing has changed since the last phonIE ?pr? ?firm? generated 'news' brIEf. lots of good folks/innocents are being killed/mutilated daily by the walking dead. if anything the situations are continuing to deteriorate. you already know that.
the posterboys for grand larcenIE/deception would include any & all of the walking dead who peddle phonIE stock markup payper to millions of hardworking conservative folks, & then, after stealing/spending/disappearing the real dough, pretend that nothing ever happened. sound familiar robbIE? these fauxking corepirate nazi larcens, want us to pretend along with them, whilst they continue to squander yOUR "investmeNTs", on their soul DOWt craving for excess/ego gratification. yuk
no matter their ceaseless efforts to block the truth from you, the tasks (planet/population rescue) will be completed.
the lights are coming up now.
you can pretend all you want. our advise is to be as far away from the walking dead contingent as possible, when the big flash occurs. you wouldn't want to get any of that evile on you.
as to the free unlimited energy plan, as the lights come up, more&more folks will stop being misled into sucking up more&more of the infant killing barrolls of crudeness,
Get a grip!
Heres what pisses me off with modern games, and someone tell me when this started:
Manditory "training" missions at the start of the game. You know, you go into some empty room while your annoying sidekick/boss/trainer tells you inane bullshit like "Press A to jump!", "Push the joystick to move", or my favorite "If you run, you will move faster!" as if you never could have figured it out for yourself?
I remember figuring out special moves and combos in Street Fighter II back in the olden days, without a "training mode". Half of the fun back then was figuring stuff out as I went. Oh hey, if I jump while rolling, I go super far!
A training mission might make sense on something with a really complicated control layout, like a mechwarrior game where every button on the keyboard does something else. Even then, if I'm confused I'll read the manual. But if you cant figure out which button makes Spyro jump, then perhaps video games aren't your thing.
And thats how I feel about it. I do, however, love iPods and would vote iPod for governor if I was californian.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
It's an amazing piece of Stream of Conciousness. If you didn't make it to Chapter 3, he/she/they (not clear on that part) attempt to criticize writing styles. Or even better, complaining about other writers being "just a boring son of a bitch" or "You fill up your review with unsuccessful attempts at humor".
How did this make the front page? And what's "incisive" about it? The definition is "Penetrating, clear, and sharp". I didn't read far enough to judge if it was penetrating, but it was neither clear nor sharp.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.