Millennium on 06 December 2008
For anyone who actually calls themselves 'hardcore,' no, because Mario games don't provide a rush of sex, aggression, or domination hormones. Worse still, kids enjoy it and the content is actually suitable for them, and so playing it can make you seem less masculine to other self-described "hardcore gamers".
For pretty much everyone else, on the other hand, Mario is most certainly a core franchise.
Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.
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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.
