Millennium on 06 March 2010
What a disgusting and immature viewpoint the TC has, both in the idea that games "need" "deep" storylines to "progress," and the not-so-subtle implications that the storylines of games not rated M are not "deep." As if "violence and sex" were "mature" topics for games, when the overwhelming majority of games that deal with these topics do so in the least mature possible way, and that of those few games that do deal with them in mature ways, most are not rated M. The only example I can even think of with an M-rated series that actually deals with this content maturely is Drakengard, a series I doubt the TC has even played, and which he would probably faint if he knew even half of what it contained.
This is just another adolescent fratcore craving content he clearly cannot handle -as evidenced by craving things that mature people find repulsive- just for the sake of the hormonal rush. I hope his parents get him professional help before allowing him near a console again: he evidently needs it.
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.