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"Fact is "He made himself look ignorant and hypocritical for not only including it, but misusing it and ruining his point with the crude parody he thought was funny."" I fail to see how this is fact, Sterling chose a video that he felt would illustrate his point, how tasteless the video is on...

The video description state that the video is made with another piece of work in mind: http://kotaku.com/5576332/who-cheers-for-war This sets the context of the video, and I find that it matters,(although I should probably have posted the link first time around, so my bad there). "_There...

From your link: Released games: Nintendo DS ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (2007) co-developed by Racjin Blue Dragon Plus (2008) co-developed by Brownie Brown and feelplus Away: Shuffle Dungeon (2008) co-developed by Artoon Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow (2009/2010) co-developed by...

In the Video description: This week, Jim Sterling talks about Leigh Alexander's "Who Cheers For War?" (erroneously named in the video because of unscripted bollocks) and counters the claim that gamers want realistic violence. From the video: "Were you at all disturbed by that? if so...

I like it, I think comparison to other shows are a decent starting point, but I also think he is trying to do his own thing, Yahtzee reviews games, Moviebob reviews movies in one show and dissects pop-culture in the other, Extra Credits have a very meta-feel to me, they go into the industry and...

Without providing a definition of the word 'Art' this statement makes very little sense. Wikipedia: Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items (often with symbolic significance) in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect. In...

I had to look up both hyperbole and strawman to understand these points, and found this on Wikipedia: "Hyperbole ('exaggeration') is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant...

Alright, thank you for the info. And no it's not that confusing, I just get like this because I have been pumped full of english from so many different places (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, Southafrica, western US, southern US..... and so on)I am just insanely intrigued by the...

Thank you, still a bit confused though, when you say "while 'well-paced' is good, 'wonderfully-paced' is great" that sounds to me like it is a question of preference (Good < Great). Pacing in and of itself does not note this difference as one can pace slowly or quickly ("He paced nervously back...

Bit of an off-topic thing here. Something struck me while reading through this thread concerning the pacing issue, he doesn't actually say 'well paced', he says 'wonderfully paced'. Unfortunately I am not proficient enough with the english language to know wether or not there is a...

I am perfectly fine with you hating CoD, but this: 'No, he's not just saying he likes it, he IS saying it's actually good and the people who don't like it have no good reasons.' Is just outright wrong. Quote: "Call of Duty is popular, and that means it's shit. That appears to be the common...

.... And wears a stupid tie. Buy a collar. And wears stupid shades. Get a bandana. And is white. Plastic surgery, here we come. This is actually what he talks about for most of the video, arbitrary hatred towards groups of people, like people who hate other people for enjoying CoD, or...

How does he mock the idea of games being anything more than simple entertainment? "Of course Modern Warfare gave us the iconic post-nuke scene, where players get to experience first-hand the results of a nuculear explosion, in a manner that still sends a shiver down most gamers spines almost...

Textblock incoming: First of all, just went through the video twice in a row and he doesn't actually say either of those things, at least not as straight quotes. The 'Artsy fartsy' character he portrays states: "What on earth are you talking about? I understand that videogames are supposed...

While CoD may not need defending, it's players (some of them at least) certainly do. Every time the "kiddies" and "fratties" scream "WIN" and spew bile over all non-CoD players, everyone else screams "FAIL" and spew bile over all CoD players ("an army of millions of frat boys and 13 year old...