When the fuck did gamers get so jaded?

[Abraham Smashington]

I'd also fucking kill for a new Sega system. My dreamcast is still hooked up and I still play it.

[Captain Russ]

LBP is a step toward something grand and ambitious, even though it is a platformer and thus is hampered in scope as well as gameplay mechanics. Also, it is a victim of console exclusivity and therein lies a fundamental problem with fart/commerce when it comes to vidya. I say fart because the debate on games as art is for some academic to conduct in between smelling their own farts and is not something constructive for the neckbearded negative nancies to engage, but I digress. LBP has ambition that will hopefully move beyond a single system, and maybe adventure games could get a revival too (like that would happen...*sees InFamous2* *PS3 Exclusive Title* GODDAMMIT).

As far as tech goes, new ideas and hilarious failures are still being conducted in the name of progress, and the sheer number of different experiences one can theoretically derive from the new tech is something I could never have envisioned as a little dipshit kid playing Maniac Mansion and being disappointed I couldn't pick up the chainsaw in the kitchen, but again I digress. The danger here is that in terms of innovation, the tech should be a tool to be utilized in service of innovative gameplay (as far as I define innovation in the context of vidya, anyway), and as such, should slow the fuck down and allow for progress on the other side of the developmental coin. AND GAMERS SHOULD BE PATIENT FOR THIS RELATIONSHIP TO FLOURISH ACCORDINGLY.

It is completely unrealistic in every way possible, but it is how it should be and not how it is, so of course, gamers are jaded.

I come to worship at the altar of the new, but only if the new offers something fucking new. If it is a bait-and-switch, I will revert to my neckbearded alter altar ego, No Gustaface.

[Abraham Smashington]

Adventure games will never have a proper revival due to the fact that kids today aren't used to them. They will continue to be a niche genre that older gamers and people seeking out new experiences will hunt down.

I'd fucking kill for adventure games to make a comeback, and they are trying but in my mind they are still not as great as the original SCUMM stuff or even Sierra's stuff. Case in point that Back to the Future series and the even the new Sam and Max stuff. Are they capable? yes. Good? eh.

And yeah, the console turnaround times are fucking ridiculous that as soon as they get to a point where a few games take advantage of the current tech, they are already working on the new.

And you'll always have console exclusivity. IT's been a staple since the beginning.

[Captain Russ]

TANGENT POLICE: STOP, CRIMINAL SCUM

Getting back to the original question, the jaded attitude for me (and other mes out there) boils down to understanding the bottom line sans Stone Cold saying so: profit.

"We need to sell new shit because everyone's bought the old shit so lets make some new shit for those shits to buy at the expense of fun shit on our current shit because we can't get as much money from this shit as we could if we had new shit to sell."

We gamers forget this all the time and bitch accordingly when we should be grateful that there is even an industry devoted to interactive entertainment.

I understand it, but I'm just as hu-mon as the next Bill Cosby, so I find some catharsis in bitching about how things are (and it serves as a trivial distraction to the boredom everyone experiences every day).

GIVE IN TO THE MYOPIC ANGAR, ROB.

[Shit Dickface]

*picture of the Virtual Boy*

[Abraham Smashington]

I fucking dug that piece of shit too. Pinball and Tennis were awesome.

[B_Metal]

Power Glove FTW!!!

[Captain Russ]

I fucking dug that piece of shit too. Pinball and Tennis were awesome.

For fifteen minutes. Then you'd have to take a pee break and OHMYGODMYEYES

[Abraham Smashington]

I beat Wario Land in one sitting. MY EYES ARE SOOO BADDDDD

[Captain Russ]

That is fucked up.

[Shit Dickface]

I knew a kid growing up who had one. He would regularly vomit after playing it. Not shitting you.

[B_Metal]

I know a guy who does that with FPS games now. Sad sack he is.

[BillyG]

Yeah, my neighbor had it, and within a week we all stopped playing because we didn't hate ourselves yet. OH YOUTH.

[Abraham Smashington]

I never had any problems besides a sore neck when it came to the Virtual Boy. I can't in good conscious say it was a good system, but I had fun with it.

[Captain Russ]

Mario Tennis was indeed the shit on the VB, but I could only play for so long before I'd lose my fucking mind and seek solace in the loving arms of a Cannon film.