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Black Swan's Ballet of Blood(Lair)
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That does sound frustrating. I hate getting the bus, never on time, uncomfortable etc. At least you won't have to worry about parking.unfortunately there is only one single line that goes to my place so i will be on their mercy..
buses ShOULD go every 7 mins but so many times they are 20 mins in between and then go one after another, and if you miss those 2 just in front of your nose well, that's frustrating
It's a form of entertainment plenty of people like, doesn't need to be Shakespeare. Fast And The Furious series gets awards too, that must drive you nuts. :pac:No one's taking any offence, I'm just constantly baffled by the critical acclaim Halo gets for its story. Sure, they've fleshed out the expanded universe as any good multi-million selling franchise should, but I guess I'm more disappointed that this is what passes for good writing in an art form that desperately needs quality to legitimise itself. When the story in a game is up for a Hugo, then you'll know you've got good writing.
All that said, Halo is one of the most fun shooters I've ever played. Local LAN play with 4 or 5 XBoxes and shared screens meant we had more than 20 in a game once in a friend's house and it was as much fun as any Quake LAN I was ever at, so in that regards, it trounces anything I've ever played on a PlayStation anything.0 -
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aaronjumper wrote: »Yes you are, of course you are. Now lets just sit you down, here is a magazine about the outrageous price of tea these days, there you go. Shhhhhhh.
you're not the boss of me!!
*makes a break for it*
:PIf you can read this, you're too close!
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Sephiroth_dude wrote: »I will so............what are you paying?
Coffee, chocolate biscuit cake and the pleasure of my company
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Sephiroth_dude wrote: »I will so
*takes out broom and starts sweeping*
You have him well trained heyday, wrapped around your finger he is!
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Sephiroth_dude wrote: »Hmmm fine so :pac:
ha, quitter i knew it! :Pbtw haven't you heard what kurt cobain said, better to burn out than fade away :eek: 0 -
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ha, quitter i knew it! :P
I'm no quitter, that was just a ruse for you too tell me :pac:You have him well trained heyday, wrapped around your finger he is!
*hands shim a broom*
You can help as wellToo kind seph. Make sure you get into the corners there :P
What have I gotten myself into :-|?
Ya slave driver ya :pac:0 -
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aw i see, me apologiesSephiroth_dude wrote: »I'm no quitter, that was just a ruse for you too tell me :pac:
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aaronjumper wrote: »You said you're baffled by the critical acclaim it gets. It gets that by having a huge following of people that do not feel the way you do.
So by that logic, 50 Shades of Grey should win a Nobel Prize in literature because it's got a huge following of people who think it's great - despite the fact that it has about as much to do with the realities of a BDSM lifestyle as Halo does and has all the literary quality of a Mary Sue Tumblr Fan Fic writer (which is of course who and what E.L. James is)
There'll always be a need and want for the "blockbuster film" or the "boyband number 1" or the "fast paced pewpewpew" game - I never, ever, EVER want to see them go away (cause I love them!). I just want people to stop trying to make them out to be something they're not. More importantly, I want people who think this is good storytelling to experience genuine good storytelling because it's glorious, absolutely glorious.
So Aaron, my apologies if I offended, I promise you that wasn't the intent. This is a drum I've been banging for years. Sci-fi in particular has not only the ability but the responsibility to inspire us and give us either a glimpse of what might be when we work towards something or, as is usually the case with Dystopian sci-fi, what might be when we don't!0 -
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No I don't think 50 shades should win any awards. It's just flat statements like "It's crap" don't hold any water when talking about things consumed by thousands or millions of people. When someone asks me what I think of Twilight, X-Factor or Jersey Shore I say "I think they're crap." Saying something does not make it so. I don't like those things, a lot of people do.So by that logic, 50 Shades of Grey should win a Nobel Prize in literature because it's got a huge following of people who think it's great - despite the fact that it has about as much to do with the realities of a BDSM lifestyle as Halo does and has all the literary quality of a Mary Sue Tumblr Fan Fic writer (which is of course who and what E.L. James is)
There'll always be a need and want for the "blockbuster film" or the "boyband number 1" or the "fast paced pewpewpew" game - I never, ever, EVER want to see them go away (cause I love them!). I just want people to stop trying to make them out to be something they're not. More importantly, I want people who think this is good storytelling to experience genuine good storytelling because it's glorious, absolutely glorious.
So Aaron, my apologies if I offended, I promise you that wasn't the intent. This is a drum I've been banging for years. Sci-fi in particular has not only the ability but the responsibility to inspire us and give us either a glimpse of what might be when we work towards something or, as is usually the case with Dystopian sci-fi, what might be when we don't!
That's neither here nor there though from the original statement though. You asked "why it's critically acclaimed". I answered because a lot of people enjoyed it. You said "why do they enjoy it it's terrible." I answered with because it's entertaining. You went on about how it's art and should be held to a higher standard. I disagreed and said it was made for fun. You said "You can't dismiss it because it's a game". I said I wasn't, rather that it wasn't made to be a deep experience but a fun one, ripping things from pop culture like the Aliens and Predator references. The reason it's popular is because a lot of people feel the same about it. That's what popularity is.
Do you hold all games to the same reach for the stars mentality? Or do you see it as some people decided to tell a story and make a fun game.
You say it has a terrible story but stories, like jokes, are subjective. You might like something for a certain reason, that same reason might be why others don't like it. You're trying to put your opinion forth as fact. "I believe this and so it is true."
As for having a responsibility to inspire us? People were pretty good at becoming inspired before games and movies and will continue to be inspired with or without them. Rather than expecting them to have this lofty purpose maybe just be happy they inspired someone rather than expecting it.
No worries, just a difference of opinion is all. Playstation is knocking it out of the park though. 0 -
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