Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular: The Dream of Freedom

[varmintx]

OMG Jim Rhymed board with board. He has no idea how to poem.There is nothing else to say about this Rhymedown!

Actually, it's board and bored.

"What else should I write?
I don't have the right"

 

[Something Amyss]

I think the problem with review scores is that many tend to look only at the grade and ignore the "whys" that formed it, which is ludicrous because the grade means nothing without the context of the "whys".

Also, Pacman.

And when people do look, it's like the comb the review to find phrases to justify their anger at a score they don't like.

Of course, the problem with this is that sometimes the reviews do a good job justifying it. That's why people have discovered the power of making up quotes.

 

[Something Amyss]

Also, I meant to mention in my previous post I loved the play in the final lines of Yahtzee's rhyme.

 

[Britishfan]

Well you heard it here first chpas; Jim Sterling "truly bored" by video game criticism & discussion.

 

[el_kabong]

I hate to be that guy...pretty sure a few of the thees and thous were misused (grammatically speaking).

Yeah, I know...I'm the worst person on the internet.

 

[Infernal Lawyer]

hey won't feel like they fell for the hype and wasted money. It's their own insecurity and naivety that they can't live with and want to vent it on you.

That's giving them too much credit. Clearly you missed the recent "whine out of ten" shitstorms.

It doesn't really matter how good or bad the game is, if someone says that it's fantastic and people get mad at him anyway for not saying it's the second coming of Christ, they're screwed up little insecure shits who need to get some perspective in their lives (like what you said, just worse )

OT: Too bad I already knew Yatzhee was talking about Pacman from the picture and I've already heard a story from Creepy Pasta about Pacman being a cannibal in a constant drunken state where you can barely direct him in one direction. Then again, I'm thankful that Jim's poem didn't make me want to have a shower, as per the norm. Thank god for you both.

And captcha, I don't think that "bunny rabbit" comes after the number four.

 

[Olas]

Yahtzee's made me want to play [a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/briderider/fps-man"]First Person Pacman[/a]. Very appropriate for Halloween.

 

[Nicy]

I particularly enjoyed Mr. Sterling's poem this week and the intelligent commentary it offered.

 

[Crispee]

Anybody else think that Yahtzee's closing words (I have no mind, and I must dream) were a reference to Harlan Ellison's story "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream"? It has a similar plot to the way he describes Pac-Man after all.

 

[Roxor]

Anybody else think that Yahtzee's closing words (I have no mind, and I must dream) were a reference to Harlan Ellison's story "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream"? It has a similar plot to the way he describes Pac-Man after all.

I thought it was a nod to the fact that Pac-Man is completely deterministic. The game has no randomisation at all. With the right sequence of inputs, you can completely avoid the ghosts. I've heard some nutty people can even pull it off standing at an actual machine, too.

 

[madigan]

I think the problem with review scores is that many tend to look only at the grade and ignore the "whys" that formed it, which is ludicrous because the grade means nothing without the context of the "whys".

Also, Pacman.

And when people do look, it's like the comb the review to find phrases to justify their anger at a score they don't like.

Of course, the problem with this is that sometimes the reviews do a good job justifying it. That's why people have discovered the power of making up quotes.

I'm still baffled by the concept of "being angered by a score". I guess it stems from people getting angry when others disagree with them, which I guess can't be helped until those people mature and grow out of that mindset. I mean, that sort of mentality is completely illogical, but I still see it all the time in the comments section of product reviews.

Anyhow, once again both poems were fantastic. I still think Jim's poem from last week was one of his best, but I still appreciate the effort. You don't often get to see much poetry these days (outside of songs that is!) so bravo to Yahtzee and Jim!

 

[Illessa]

Yahtzee's was neat, but does wanting to rewrite it make me a terrible pedant? I spent most of the poem cringing at the thees that should have been thous.

And nice to hear a Jim poem that isn't trolling

 

[Ernil Menegil]

Yahtzee seems to me like the far superior declaimer. His poems are absolutely phenomenal, and he recites them with knowledge of tone and metric.

Jim's are entertaining, tongue-in-cheek, lovely satire.

One is literary gold, the other is entertainment gold.

Both do their jobs magnificently.

Sirs, I doth salute thee.