tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post978067363409235374..comments2024-03-17T03:51:46.681-04:00Comments on Hardcore Gaming 101 - Blog: EGM 241 isn’t very goodDiscoalucardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206257399887664488noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-7409111349509893382010-11-10T05:02:54.626-05:002010-11-10T05:02:54.626-05:00Second post.
@anon again:
I can't tell if tha...Second post.<br /><br />@anon again:<br />I can't tell if that Dostoevsky comment is aimed at me or EGM. As I said, I only read sections for my philosophy class. My comments on it were that I felt the EGM author was trying to be a little too cocky in his article, especially since it felt out of place and most people wouldn't get the reference, apart from to acknowledge: hey, the author reads big books. <br /><br />He needed cutting down to size, so I stepped up and did so.Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-87297994881643543262010-11-10T04:58:35.430-05:002010-11-10T04:58:35.430-05:00@anon1:
"you've done professional writing...@anon1:<br />"you've done professional writing before; acting professionally could do you some good."<br /><br />Sorry good sir, blogging in my opinion is not something you get paid for, nor do I get paid for this, nor would I want to get paid for blogging, therefore professionalism doesn't come into it. This isn't my profession, you have to understand, so therefore I am behaving as I do at any other non-profession based time: nauseatingly caustic towards anything I don't like. You'd probably find me more amusing if we met in the bar after work for me to vent eloquent vitriol. <br /><br />I did not write a scathing column in a print magazine which I was paid to write and which people would pay money to buy - as you say, this is the internet. I'm going to continue using blogging as a stream of conciousness outlet, and will continue to criticise EGM until one of 2 things happen:<br />1) They stop being diabolically awful. The relaunch issue was great, what followed have been terrible.<br />2) My subscriptions runs out and I don't feel like I've wasted my money.<br /><br />I have 3 issues left. Though to be honest, I dislike it so much I haven't the energy to even bother any more.<br /><br />I'm always amused (bewildered?) when people raise the topic of professionalism regarding my internet escapades, when I do this outside of my office work time. <br /><br /><br />@anon2:<br />I am always surprised when people still say they pay $60/£40 for a game new (and I want to help remedy this). I don't have first hand experience of the US games market, but in the UK there are massive specials a few weeks after release, discounts, the second-hand market, plus lower-priced-than-average websites where you can save sometimes 30% or more on a new purchase. Play.com in the UK always sells at less than RRP. Seriously, wait a couple of weeks and then buy a game after it gets reduced. <br /><br />If you're still paying $60 then you're too impatient to find a better deal. Is being a first day buyer worth that extra $20 or so?<br /><br />Waiting for price reductions not only means paying less, but any patches that need to be made will have come out (hello Bayonetta), and you'll have access to forums of people who can give you an honest opinion of how it plays (I didn't buy AvP because of several forums comments which pointed out things not found in print reviews).<br /><br />Last week I completed Brutal Legend. I have no shame for having waited over a year to enjoy it. The game is as excellent right now, as it was on release day.Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-9063889278425501262010-11-07T15:15:29.847-05:002010-11-07T15:15:29.847-05:00On game length: games also cost, on average, $60 a...On game length: games also cost, on average, $60 a pop. I may not have unlimited time to play games, but I also don't have an unlimited budget. More time for my dollar isn't inherently a bad thing, don't paint it that way.<br /><br />On being oh-so-intelligent: I'm proud of you for reading Dovstoyesky. Really, I am. It's an incredible feat, I can assure you. And I, having not read him, must clearly be an idiot and automatically assume that anyone who has must be a genius. You see right through it, though. Where would I be without you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-12225036724618135422010-11-06T23:45:37.661-04:002010-11-06T23:45:37.661-04:00I generally have nothing against you, sketcz, and ...I generally have nothing against you, sketcz, and I don't feel one way or the other about EGM, but I hope you don't expect anyone to take this flavor of criticism seriously. this is honestly on the level of the vitriol the sub-20 set spew on the net every day. you've done professional writing before; acting professionally could do you some good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-17925611346098939052010-11-02T20:08:07.887-04:002010-11-02T20:08:07.887-04:00I'm a Wii owner, too. That doesn't blind m...I'm a Wii owner, too. That doesn't blind me and shouldn't blame anonymous up there: Other M is HORRIBLE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-47562840308464811142010-11-02T06:50:37.418-04:002010-11-02T06:50:37.418-04:00I only played Other M long after the post was made...I only played Other M long after the post was made.<br /><br />Anyway, pick up Kirby's Epic Yarn, I'm rather psyched for it. It's only getting a European release in a while though, so I'm forced to wait. But I've been hearing good things from forum posters which I trust (mainly that it's devoid of a lot of BS that other modern games/platformers have).Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-30832962789560393572010-11-01T22:14:25.406-04:002010-11-01T22:14:25.406-04:00Sketcz gets too overdone with his ridicule for mod...Sketcz gets too overdone with his ridicule for modern games. I get it, you don't like Halo, summarize it in one sentence. Droning on and on makes you look foolish. And why the knock on Metroid veiled in this conversation? Why didn't you comment on it during Jave's entertaining and thought-provoking diatribe earlier in the blog? I clicked on this conversation to hear why I shouldn't buy EGM (as I too think they are overly-intellectual and lack the humor that drove me to them during their epic run), not find out your opinions on Metroid: Other M. I also will note that as a hardcore Wii owner, so I am overly defensive and apologize as such...but hey, how else would I be a proper *shudder* Nintendophile (god I hate that term with every fiber of my being).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-76586057928922391392010-11-01T19:32:14.244-04:002010-11-01T19:32:14.244-04:00Haven't picked up the EGM, and given your revi...Haven't picked up the EGM, and given your review (and my own feelings about the uber-swift decline) I probably won't. BUT. I feel the same way about game length that you and Fleicher do. See latest two entries:<br />http://kogsfanramble.blogspot.com/?zx=7d27a648ae03316dkog3100_edwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467826472644472259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-72026310313165297392010-11-01T15:58:55.046-04:002010-11-01T15:58:55.046-04:00Exactly, Sketcz. I feel like certain forumgoers a...Exactly, Sketcz. I feel like certain forumgoers are more trustworthy than 95% of games writers for that reason.GhaleonQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-38304858727505817772010-11-01T14:05:43.106-04:002010-11-01T14:05:43.106-04:00> And for that matter, who the hell is Jeff Gre...> And for that matter, who the hell is Jeff Green anyway and why should I care?<br /><br />GET OUTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-21043895994908492772010-11-01T11:37:45.943-04:002010-11-01T11:37:45.943-04:00Jeff Green was at Computer Gaming World / Games fo...Jeff Green was at Computer Gaming World / Games for Windows magazine for a good while as editor-in-chief. He had a bit of a column at the end called Greenspeak where he routinely used self-deprecating humor to illustrate whatever he wanted to talk about. It's actually not bad reading, in my mind.Sargenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-12367454356588355972010-11-01T11:23:13.999-04:002010-11-01T11:23:13.999-04:00In fairness, I agree with MT in as much as I too w...In fairness, I agree with MT in as much as I too would be frustrated if all the games I found or was told to view repeatedly put me in the role of mindless shooting. What irked me is that there are alternatives, and as a writer it's his role to find, document and publicise these better examples of gaming, rather than complain of their absence or dearth. I walked away from the feature not having learned anything, and were it not for my massive experience with games, I'd have the wrong impression of gaming. But like I said, I feel that with the right form of hypnosis and intravenous pharmaceuticals, we can have him come round to our way of thinking.Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-30572772895849072982010-11-01T08:22:52.494-04:002010-11-01T08:22:52.494-04:00I, personally, still think Sketcz should temper th...I, personally, still think Sketcz should temper the vitriol, because when he focuses (Michael Thomsen), he's tough. I would add, on top of that pile, that Michael wants the games presented TO HIM, ON THE FRONT PAGES OF WEBSITES, AND ON TOP OF METACRITIC in order to get to them. If he wanted exploration and community without punching, he could drop the shooting sandbox games and pick up Love-De-Lic-and-spinoffs' work, My Summer Vacation, Animal Crossing, or Magician's Quest. Puzzling without sword-swiping? Switch out The Legend Of Zelda and God Of War for Machinarium (all but once), the The Neverhood series (again, mostly), or the Syberia games. Contrast the faceless Starcraft 2 drones with Little King's Story's. If Irrational doesn't make the games he wants...why doesn't he pledge allegiance to someone else?<br /><br />Turn that withering gaze to Levine and his work next time! (I'd love to read a takedown.)GhaleonQnoreply@blogger.com