IGN: "Wii Music a Hit: We Have Failed"

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Gnizmo said:

BTFeather55 said: 

      Yeah, but I don't like to have to pay $50.00 to have to think for myself. And what you're saying, have you ever heard of the social psychological principle of cognitive dissonance?  It basically says that if you are compelled to do something, then you will say that you really enjoy it more because you want to have a justification for why you enjoy something other than admit the truth about it.

 I have done experiments on it in fact. It does not in anyway apply here though. At least not in the way you seem to want to apply it. Unfortunately for you the reason people are defending the game is likely because they actually enjoyed the game. Unless the people here are somehow compelled to respond (which they are not) this is just a genuine reflection of their personal views.

 

Famousringo said:

Wiistian? That's terrible. Even Wiitard was a better word than that.

Try something that actually rolls off the tongue, like Wiipublican or Wiiligious zealot.

 I think Wiiastines would be the best. A subtle play on Phillistines. The added a is needed to make the word roll off the tongue though which slightly diminishes the immediate connection. Still I think it conjures the desired imagery and is far less directly insulting than wiitard.

     But according to cognitive dissonance, you can convince yourself that you enjoy something, and not even know that you don't enjoy it.  In effect, if you're working at a factory where you have to work at a very boring task like sticking paper clips together all day and you have to do it for very low wages, you will convince yourself that you really enjoy the job rather than admit that you hate it because by believing you enjoy it, you are fulfilling your own feelings of self worth.

    Wiistian is the best word because it rhymes with Christian and Nintendo fans that say that Wii games can do know wrong are the Nintendo version of Christians.  Most people don't know the word Philistines, but everybody knows the word Christian and what one is talking about when they make a statement about Christians.  Wiiligious Zealot is pretty good, but I was trying to be less insulting than to say "Wii cultist" which I would say is about the same thing.