Recent content by FrueDestruction

I think that the basis for this criticism of pokemon stems from Yahtzee's admitted lack of familiarity with the series. It is an understandable, common, and easily forgiveable misconception. The "Gotta Catch 'Em All!" tagline was pushed extremely heavily during the first edition of games...

Oh quit whining Bob. I'm sorry The Social Network and Scott Pilgrim aren't likely to win Oscars, even though they were your favorites (and that obviously makes them the best movies EVAR). Scotty Pilgrim was... a bit shit. Even with the extra-special 1up and geek references. Sorry. Social...

Troofus. It'd be nice, but come on. Besides Bob, why should the world start doing nice things for you, like pandering to your (and mine, and lots of other people's) nerdy dreams about space cities? You might start by doing something nice for the world first.

Yes, I was a bit childish and self-indulgent in my phrasing of that last part, which is why I mentioned/implied that it was unreasonable. Its funny, you can actually see my grammar degenerate as I descend into puerile bile spewing. Mind you, this is the guy who gave Piranha a recommendation...

Well, that might be a tougher argument to make, because it can so easily cut both ways. The members of the Fellowship are all assumed to be white. Furthermore, the word "white" is so frequently associated with goodness versus the evil "black" that a trend starts to develop. Now of course...

Of course, it's completely impossible that any of that design was created that way for gameplay purposes. Because, you know, it totally wouldn't make any kind of sense for an enemy force with several levels of strength (which is incidentally more interesting to play against) to make each of...

"We've had enough. Stop it. Stop blurring the genre lines. Stop expanding the reference pool. Stop growing beyond the constraints of reality. Stop asking us to think. Stop blowing our minds!" Y'know, I'm really not sure that this line of logic is in any way valid. Quite amusing really...