twesterm on 09 May 2008
| donathos said: Everybody likes good graphics, and most men that I know think Paris Hilton is pretty hot (though some disagree). At the same time, some people have more on their mind than looks. To those, good graphics do not a game make, and we might actually turn down a date with Paris. (Well... maybe not....) It happens everywhere and in every genre, and I don't want to over simplify things, but it tends to have to do with a person's intelligence (or perhaps wisdom). Children eventually graduate from books with pictures to those without; the smarter can make this transition more quickly. There are those movie-goers who can't see past special effects, and those that can (and some who don't mind when a film is in black and white). The ability to imagine, and abstract, enable some to get past the surface of things... but there are others who lack in those abilities. This is a wild presumption on my part, but I would guess that the same people who consider graphics the most important aspect in video games, are usually uncomfortable with black & white movies and are drawn to looks over all else in dating. I would guess that they don't read much, and generally skew on the younger side of gamers. This has nothing really to do with "the console wars" -- there are all kinds in every camp -- but is a general trait. Some people can see past the surface and some can't. "Graphics whores" are how 'those who can't' show up in video games. That's it. |
Dude, I think I would get herpes just from being within 20 feet of Paris Hilton. She is everything that isn't hot.
