Well, let's hope the poll option does not have a failure of epic proportions.
So, just now, completely at random, it struck me. A long while back, in the troll-infested intellectual wasteland that is the YouTube comments section, one person told me the only reason I don't like Final Fantasy 7 is because it's popular.
No, shut up, this topic is not about Final Fantasy 7 and how it does/n't suck. This topic is about something we can discuss intelligently.
Now, I like Mario. I enjoyed the Harry Potter movies. I thought Scott Pilgrim was cool, though I still do want to read the comics at some point. I liked Gurren Lagann and Baccano. I enjoyed playing the Metroid games... Up until I keep getting stuck at about two hours in. (Half an hour, in the case of Other M.)
But, just recently, a thought came to mind. When the flying fuck was the last time I had anything to do with something popular?
I watch Gundam, Getter Robo, and Black Lagoon. I play Shin Megami Tensei, Tales, and Nippon Ichi Software games.
I enjoy EarthBound, Jak, and Monster Hunter. I read Berserk, Rave Master, and Kenshin!
You barely ever hear people talk about these things, if at all. And I'm betting that not one of you has ever even heard of the named "Getter Robo" before.
But, to make my point, this was completely unconscious. I found some of this stuff as a kid, and some of them I stumbled about recently. Heck, I didn't even know how obscure Getter is until I turned 13, and I've been watching it since I was about 11.
Go look at your shelves. See how many of your games and movies are things that everyone talked about for two weeks, and then forgot, or how much of your stuff is that which only a small group of people speak of as though it's a timeless legend.
It's been seven years and Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne is still arguably one of the best JRPGs around. Almost everyone who has played Zettai Hero Project will tell you the game is one of the single most amazing things on the PSP.
Now, fellow Escapists, I ask, where do you lean with your favorites? Are they obscure? Are they well-known? Which part of the scale is your collection on?
So, just now, completely at random, it struck me. A long while back, in the troll-infested intellectual wasteland that is the YouTube comments section, one person told me the only reason I don't like Final Fantasy 7 is because it's popular.
No, shut up, this topic is not about Final Fantasy 7 and how it does/n't suck. This topic is about something we can discuss intelligently.
Now, I like Mario. I enjoyed the Harry Potter movies. I thought Scott Pilgrim was cool, though I still do want to read the comics at some point. I liked Gurren Lagann and Baccano. I enjoyed playing the Metroid games... Up until I keep getting stuck at about two hours in. (Half an hour, in the case of Other M.)
But, just recently, a thought came to mind. When the flying fuck was the last time I had anything to do with something popular?
I watch Gundam, Getter Robo, and Black Lagoon. I play Shin Megami Tensei, Tales, and Nippon Ichi Software games.
I enjoy EarthBound, Jak, and Monster Hunter. I read Berserk, Rave Master, and Kenshin!
You barely ever hear people talk about these things, if at all. And I'm betting that not one of you has ever even heard of the named "Getter Robo" before.
But, to make my point, this was completely unconscious. I found some of this stuff as a kid, and some of them I stumbled about recently. Heck, I didn't even know how obscure Getter is until I turned 13, and I've been watching it since I was about 11.
Go look at your shelves. See how many of your games and movies are things that everyone talked about for two weeks, and then forgot, or how much of your stuff is that which only a small group of people speak of as though it's a timeless legend.
It's been seven years and Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne is still arguably one of the best JRPGs around. Almost everyone who has played Zettai Hero Project will tell you the game is one of the single most amazing things on the PSP.
Now, fellow Escapists, I ask, where do you lean with your favorites? Are they obscure? Are they well-known? Which part of the scale is your collection on?
