Sullla said:
I couldn't agree more. Malstrom's stuff is always interesting to read, but ye gods! What an insufferable ass. Like his 2008 election posts, where he called all of the pollsters who were predicting large Obama victories "hacks" - and then refused to apologize afterwards when he was wrong and they were all right. I'm not sure why he goes so far out of his way to insult people... I guess he's deliberately trying to stir up reactions. Not my style. I think the overall point, that core gaming is stuck in a perputual "counterculture" that views any attempts to go mainstream as "destroying the industry", is substantially correct. Nintendo's not the savior Malstrom makes them out to be, however, and they're not all that much different from the rest. His line about "I feel like I'm perpetually stuck in the 16 bit console generation" resonated with me - it's one reason why I get so tired of all the fanboy garbage these days. Malstrom's right about one thing: gaming needs to grow up, and that doesn't mean more games like Metal Gear Solid. Grown up means a game that your parents would enjoy, not what a 17-year old anime fan thinks is the greatest thing ever. |
I'm sure there are movies that your parents don't enjoy so why is it that videogames have to be different? I just don't understand the people that feel all videogames should lack any real depth. Or that a game is flawed if it's not suitable for everyone.
In my opinion it just shows ignorance of what videogaming has truly become (much like the ignorance we witnessed in comic books when many people once equated them with children, and some still do). Growing up is exactly what videogaming is doing and I think Malstrom is off the mark just as much as his 2008 election predictions.
