I Hate Videogames (Because I Love Them)
Those who love videogames deeply enough will learn to hate them.
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Those who love videogames deeply enough will learn to hate them.
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Jimquisition: I Hate Videogames (Because I Love Them)
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I have a friend who's convinced that she's not supposed to criticize any sort of art because she thinks it makes her a jerk. I'm showing her this video. I don't know if she'll be able to get past your initial crudeness, but thank you so much for articulating this so well.
I prefer to think of it a little differently, I'm not mad at a certain game...I'm just disappointed.
Good episode and while some would call loving and hating something the basis for a unhealthy relationship, I'd call it rational.
Good episode and while some would call loving and hating something the basis for a unhealthy relationship, I'd call it rational.
I personally loved this video. I can't wait to see how he wraps it up next week or if we'll get another 3 part series. 
Kind of how I feel about Bethesda, their games are brilliant such as Skyrim and hopefully Dishonored will be good, but i hate their bias against the PS3 and not releasing Dawnguard for the PS3.
Also on a short side note, love the hat Jim
Also on a short side note, love the hat Jim
There's the particular concern, however, that supporting a game you love whilst criticizing its marketing smacks a bit of--albeit unintentional--hypocrisy.
The inherently modular nature of the business allows for certain aspects of a game to vary in quality, but by supporting that game you support -every- aspect of it, regardless of who did what right.
Now, from a pure gameplay standpoint, this isn't necessarily a problem; developers love their games, and they'll make every effort to improve upon what works (Ideally), but this doesn't quite apply to a game and it's business practice.
Using day-one DLC as an example, we'll call upon Mass Effect 3, which is a decent game, but even if you criticize the implementation of day-one DLC you're still approving it through your wallet, and the marketing team can very easily not care about the game beyond it as a product--so as long as they make money off of it what reason do they have not to continue practising it?
The inherently modular nature of the business allows for certain aspects of a game to vary in quality, but by supporting that game you support -every- aspect of it, regardless of who did what right.
Now, from a pure gameplay standpoint, this isn't necessarily a problem; developers love their games, and they'll make every effort to improve upon what works (Ideally), but this doesn't quite apply to a game and it's business practice.
Using day-one DLC as an example, we'll call upon Mass Effect 3, which is a decent game, but even if you criticize the implementation of day-one DLC you're still approving it through your wallet, and the marketing team can very easily not care about the game beyond it as a product--so as long as they make money off of it what reason do they have not to continue practising it?
I was expecting you to do the Chinatown bit, "I hate them! I love them! I hate them! I love them! I hate and love them!"
Or maybe the Gollum one, "We loves our precious yes we do. No we hates the precious!"
Thank you for not going obvious.
I hate the must love it all mentality that most people have. I've experienced with Whedonites most, but other fan groups are just annoying.
Or maybe the Gollum one, "We loves our precious yes we do. No we hates the precious!"
Thank you for not going obvious.
I hate the must love it all mentality that most people have. I've experienced with Whedonites most, but other fan groups are just annoying.
Great does not equal perfect and perfection isn't possible.
There will always be a way that something can be improved, pointing out imperfections does not equal hatred (even if the internet says otherwise). Love your games, but demand that they keep raising the bar so that we can play even better games in the future.
There will always be a way that something can be improved, pointing out imperfections does not equal hatred (even if the internet says otherwise). Love your games, but demand that they keep raising the bar so that we can play even better games in the future.
Is it though?Marohen said:
I mean, loving something doesn't mean you have to love every single thing about it or you don't really love it.
That's sort of like saying that you can't really love someone if you complain when they fart.
OT: Really liked this one, I think many people now have a love/hate relationship with games themselves and game business..
There are great aspects and then shitty ones, doesn't mean I don't still love games.
EDIT: Had to edit that twice because I type like a moron now.
Constructive criticism, a term most fanboys don't seem to comprehend.
You'll need more than one video on it to explain it to some people out there Jim.
You'll need more than one video on it to explain it to some people out there Jim.