Shadow Boxing...FROM MATEL!
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So not to sound crass or disrespectful to the 'shadow boxing' arts (sorry, sorry, I couldn't resist, I mean good lord, SHADOW BOXING?!), but if you had two of these things going at it and one of them hit the other in the head, does it's head go "SPROING!", extend another foot and suddenly stop moving?:D
What kills me, are all these self proclaimed 'advanced' developers making all these crappy games like GTA. What they don't seem to get is that their games aren't selling because they make good games. Their games are selling because the masses don't/can't/won't look beyond surface imagery. It's the same reason why television in North America is so 'blue collar', why books are a dying breed, why movies may as well just be porn for all the quality that exists in them.
Miyamoto's games shed the simple trappings of 'image' and give you substance. THAT's why they're so successful in the longterm. In 10 years, will anyone even remember GTA except as another flash in the pan violent-and-gritty-to-get-publicity games? Not likely. Will they remember Zelda, Mario, etc? Absolutely.
Console markets are cyclic (just like everything). Eventually the kids playing GTA will grow up and see that there's more to life than appearance (whether it be looking cool, glamorous, dark, etc.) and that it's the fun-factor that makes them play games. Of course, then we'll see a flood of cutesy games that suck...
I completely agree that language is not forever, nor are (or should they be) the rules be so inflexible that they require precise usage to garner any merit. A perfect example of this is just as you pointed out. Another is the induction of the phrase "D'oh" into Oxford's (I think it was Oxford's, I could be mistaken here) next revisioned dictionary.
What I cannot agree with, nor do I consider it acceptable, is the sloppy or lazy use of written language, when one attempts to convey information to a large number of people. It's one thing to instant message a friend and another entirely to post to/. where thousands of people will read your words.
The shift of mentality that it's OK to be sloppy and lazy in presenting information is the problem I have. Change is fine, as long as it's acceptable in my eyes, I guess;)
Oh, and I definAtely shudder at the thought of *that* day coming;)
Well, if you ask me, presentation says almost as much as the content of your words. If you can't even be bothered to check something as rudimentary as spelling, I'm sorry, but anything you have to say is moot, because your opinion and the validity of your words comes into question.
I'm not saying you need to be perfect, everyone makes the occaisional spelling meestakes;) But when there will be great numbers of people viewing your words, it says something that you couldn't even be bothered to try. It doesn't matter what the forum is. I miss the days when at least *TRYING* to sound coherent was the norm, rather than the exception.
As for English not being the writer's native tongue, that's entirely possible, but if so, then the onus is still on the writer to make that fact clear so that the reader doesn't infer anything. Again, just another laziness/sloppiness factor if you ask me.
Gotta love that;) Oh and last time I checked, "definately" was spelled "definitely".
I hate to be a grammar/spelling Nazi, but it's a pet peeve of mine when people can't be bothered to check their own spelling, it certainly diminishes the importance of anything they might have to say.
I mean, let's face it, when you hear a car alarm go off, do you even *LOOK* in that direction? I know I don't.
And even if I saw someone with a jimmy, the hood up, wires sticking out and a.45 in his back pocket, would I do anything? Of course not. Why should I? It's not *MY* car.
All car alarms do now is annoy people.
Oh and give kids a something to throw snowballs at during winter;)
Maybe it's a regional thing, but if I want to find an X-Box, all I have to do is look on any street corner collecting dust with it's ludicrous pricetag.
But I *STILL* can't get my hands on a Gamecube. Every store I call has sold out within the first 2 or 3 days.
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While I would personally agree that this is 'wrong' (as arbitrary a word as that is), just who do you think you are to think that your view is any more right than these governments'? By your own words above, you're now just as guilty of "perverting the Net" to your own views.
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So not to sound crass or disrespectful to the 'shadow boxing' arts (sorry, sorry, I couldn't resist, I mean good lord, SHADOW BOXING?!), but if you had two of these things going at it and one of them hit the other in the head, does it's head go "SPROING!", extend another foot and suddenly stop moving? :D
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What kills me, are all these self proclaimed 'advanced' developers making all these crappy games like GTA. What they don't seem to get is that their games aren't selling because they make good games. Their games are selling because the masses don't/can't/won't look beyond surface imagery. It's the same reason why television in North America is so 'blue collar', why books are a dying breed, why movies may as well just be porn for all the quality that exists in them.
Miyamoto's games shed the simple trappings of 'image' and give you substance. THAT's why they're so successful in the longterm. In 10 years, will anyone even remember GTA except as another flash in the pan violent-and-gritty-to-get-publicity games? Not likely. Will they remember Zelda, Mario, etc? Absolutely.
Console markets are cyclic (just like everything). Eventually the kids playing GTA will grow up and see that there's more to life than appearance (whether it be looking cool, glamorous, dark, etc.) and that it's the fun-factor that makes them play games. Of course, then we'll see a flood of cutesy games that suck...
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It's the small spiteful things like this that just make life bearable from time to time
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I completely agree that language is not forever, nor are (or should they be) the rules be so inflexible that they require precise usage to garner any merit. A perfect example of this is just as you pointed out. Another is the induction of the phrase "D'oh" into Oxford's (I think it was Oxford's, I could be mistaken here) next revisioned dictionary.
What I cannot agree with, nor do I consider it acceptable, is the sloppy or lazy use of written language, when one attempts to convey information to a large number of people. It's one thing to instant message a friend and another entirely to post to
The shift of mentality that it's OK to be sloppy and lazy in presenting information is the problem I have. Change is fine, as long as it's acceptable in my eyes, I guess
Oh, and I definAtely shudder at the thought of *that* day coming
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Well, if you ask me, presentation says almost as much as the content of your words. If you can't even be bothered to check something as rudimentary as spelling, I'm sorry, but anything you have to say is moot, because your opinion and the validity of your words comes into question.
I'm not saying you need to be perfect, everyone makes the occaisional spelling meestakes
As for English not being the writer's native tongue, that's entirely possible, but if so, then the onus is still on the writer to make that fact clear so that the reader doesn't infer anything. Again, just another laziness/sloppiness factor if you ask me.
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Gotta love that
I hate to be a grammar/spelling Nazi, but it's a pet peeve of mine when people can't be bothered to check their own spelling, it certainly diminishes the importance of anything they might have to say.
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Does anyone even use those things anymore?
I mean, let's face it, when you hear a car alarm go off, do you even *LOOK* in that direction? I know I don't.
And even if I saw someone with a jimmy, the hood up, wires sticking out and a
All car alarms do now is annoy people.
Oh and give kids a something to throw snowballs at during winter
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Maybe it's a regional thing, but if I want to find an X-Box, all I have to do is look on any street corner collecting dust with it's ludicrous pricetag.
But I *STILL* can't get my hands on a Gamecube. Every store I call has sold out within the first 2 or 3 days.
While I would personally agree that this is 'wrong' (as arbitrary a word as that is), just who do you think you are to think that your view is any more right than these governments'? By your own words above, you're now just as guilty of "perverting the Net" to your own views.
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