Videogames in a nutshell.

[BRP]

So this is how it is, and you either know it, or you don't. But I want to stress here that I am not out to convince anyone of the truth of this claim, or of that of all the other claims I will shortly be making. If you find yourself agreeing with me it will be because you already know by experience that what I am saying is true, so no proof will be necessary. I will merely be putting into words things you are already aware of -- not fully consciously, perhaps, or without having quite worked out all the reasons yet -- but aware of them all the same.

Old-timers, hardcore gamers, Japan-hounds: these are the kinds of people this essay is written for (indeed, these are the kinds of people this website is written for). As for everyone else: the lazy kids who whine about the difficulty in such simple games as Ninja Gaiden (the latest one, yes) or Devil May Cry 3; the casual, party gamers with their Wiis and ever-growing collections of gimmicky mini-games; the PlayStation generation that missed out on the medium's golden age and never got a chance to develop good taste in games; the hordes of uncouth, uneducated retards who practically live in videogame forums across the internet, grouping themselves into rival camps of fanboys, unquestioningly loyal -- like dogs -- to a single hardware platform, genre or developer; the "games are art" fags who won't shut up already about ICO and Rez, and who can't even tell the difference between basketball (a game) and the Mona Lisa (art); or the new games journalists and their impressionable adolescent followers who think that some flowery adjectives found in a thesaurus can make up for the fact that they don't have a loving clue about what it is they are talking about -- as for all these people, as for the masses, yes, I am afraid there is no hope for them. Nothing can be done about it.

Now you can suck my dick

[Kuya]

Nothing good has ever come out of videogames.

[Beckwin]

playstation era is the golden age of console gaming.

[BRP]

Nothing good has ever come out of videogames.

You wanna fucking fight or something?

[BRP]

playstation era is the golden age of console gaming.

silver age

[Not Kuno]

There were always fanboys. I remember getting into fights in elementry school over snes/genesis. WE HAVE FOUR BUTTONS AND TWO ON TOP, BITCHES.

[Kuya]

You wanna fucking fight or something?

We fight here. To the death.

[Beckwin]

silver age

whatever you wanna call it, its the best/most important age so far.

[Kuya]

What about, the Middle Age?

[Maxxthepenguin]

those guys who make walkmen and tvs dont know shit about video games

[BRP]

those guys who make walkmen and tvs dont know shit about video games

VIDEOGAMES IS WALKMEN AND TVS

[Charismatic]

The OP isn't even actually about video games, it's about people.

[BRP]

The OP isn't even actually about video games, it's about people.

pretentious hipster.