Videogames have the same zealotry behind them as religions sometimes do. Anyone will follow something if they believe it will help them somehow, even if there's no evidence to support it. Hope is a very powerful thing
[QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;41701991]Videogames have the same zealotry behind them as religions sometimes do. Anyone will follow something if they believe it will help them somehow, even if there's no evidence to support it. Hope is a very powerful thing[/QUOTE]
Religion and what you described there are entirely, totally, and completely different things
that's why this whole argument falls apart.
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I sometimes wonder if the Kotaku staff want to fire Patricia Hernandez, but they don't out of fear of the fallout that would come, as people claim it's a case of sexual and/or racial discrimination, and not that her articles are fucking terrible.
Or do they [b]actually[/b] think she's doing a good job
[QUOTE=darkedone02;41696593]what are you, a gaming inquisition?[/QUOTE]
Nobody expects the gaming Spanish Inquisition.
[QUOTE=CAS303;41701646]I'm guessing this guy will be the next writer for Kotaku[/QUOTE]
The fuck.
How does somebody even...this guy sounds like an 8 year old.
I'm torn between laughing at this guy and feeling sorry for him.
I feel only genres of games could be a religion. e.g. DotA 2- The Church of Pure Damage
Before clicking the article, I knew this screamed of Patricia's writing, she is seriously the worst on Kotaku.
I'm not kidding.
[url]http://kotaku.com/5985073/what-happens-when-you-accuse-someone-of-attempting-date-rape-in-guild-wars-2[/url]
[QUOTE=Viper202;41697397][img]http://i.imgur.com/mXzxKjO.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I like how Cloud is showhorned in even though he is not relevant. He is the only character on that list not relevant
[editline]3rd August 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Zeke129;41701086]Sometimes I wonder how many people shit on Kotaku and then immediately go read their RSS feed of Lifehacker or Consumerist
That's not to say they're a pinnacle of excellent writing or anything (most of their news is reported a day after it happens and this "article" is completely without substance) but their more well-thought-out editorials get gamers so mad and it's great because it means we're seeing gaming becoming more and more of a mainstream thing and some people just can't handle it[/QUOTE]
Their well thought out stuff still sucks relative to other things.
[QUOTE=Floreum;41703083]Before clicking the article, I knew this screamed of Patricia's writing, she is seriously the worst on Kotaku.
I'm not kidding.
[url]http://kotaku.com/5985073/what-happens-when-you-accuse-someone-of-attempting-date-rape-in-guild-wars-2[/url][/QUOTE]
did she seriously put "rape culture" as a tag? it's a video game.
this kotaku article sucks let me post it on a forum and give it an extra 4000 views
[QUOTE=Agoat;41705359]did she seriously put "rape culture" as a tag? it's a video game.[/QUOTE]
well it's an article about someone pretending to be a rapist
Why does anyone bother reading anything from Kotaku anymore?
I thought it was well established that that blog is just horseshit written by fucking morons, these days.
