November 6
Why is my opinion on what’s important so different to most other people’s? I’m not that crazy am I?

Why is my opinion on what’s important so different to most other people’s? I’m not that crazy am I?

November 5
On the one hand I like this picture (an entry into an NG competition). On the other hand I know I only like it because it strokes my ego in a very enjoyable way, which in turn makes me think less of myself.

On the one hand I like this picture (an entry into an NG competition). On the other hand I know I only like it because it strokes my ego in a very enjoyable way, which in turn makes me think less of myself.

November 5
I wish people didn’t buy crap games.

I wish people didn’t buy crap games.

November 5
(via lovegifs)
I like this film.

(via lovegifs)

I like this film.

November 3
“This is the world people! this is how sales work! no matter how much bitching you all do, this is still guna sell, so why bitch? you just making your own lives a misery! you complain and you eventually die… you don’t complain and you eventually die, so why complain? you are all pessimists! look at the good! makers get a well earned royalty, and why not? well deserved. it doesn’t exactly take two weeks to make? how would you like it if random people desided to tell your boss to pay you less for your hard working job? i thought about these goggles from all views and can see that you guys only looking it is from 1 view. a view of nerds trying not to be nerds by not swallowing your pride and trying to act all hard ass. dumb asses! open your eyes! its a good deal! just go and ask the army how much they get there goggles for! can assure you its alot more than 150bucks!”

A comment on an old NG article
November 2
November 2
This w

This week I show you my C5.

November 2
“Yeah, we’re totally overreacting. Evoking hateful slurs is so edgy and funny, bro. We should just be thankful they didn’t advertise with their other viral group, “Notorious Infidels Gainsaying Grenades and Egregious Rocket Spam.”

Reddit user, regarding the IW “F.A.G.S” video
October 30
“john your a prick, right up there with the ecyclopedia dramatica guys, i already have a jaded view of humanity and when i read BULLSH** like this it just reafirms this, the ignorance and stupidity displayed by people like you is simply astounding.”

Comment left on an old NG article
October 28
(via lovegifs)
LIE

(via lovegifs)

LIE

October 28

I believe Modern Warfare2 is going to generate ALOT of discussion about video games in general - in light of the leaked first level of the game. Here is a quote from a NeoGaf user:

It’s a hot-coffee wannabe.

theinternetaccordingtoadrian:

People complaining that it’s all just for a quick buck, or for controversy — maybe you’re partly right (though I doubt it) — most of all though, you’re scared because a videogame is disturbing you, and now it’s time to point fingers at everyone but yourself for hoping one day games would become ‘mature’ and ‘break barriers’ and ‘push the envelope.’ Now that one actually is trying, even in an amateurish way, you want to change that stance.

No. Just no. Climb out your arse and open your eyes. It’s really taken MW2’s “controversial” level to make people go “ooh, look mom, ART AND MEANING!” Previous Call of Duty games were disturbing, just blunt and the vast majority, as with this level, didn’t really gave a shit about any “meaning”. Indie games have been doing this for years and they are much more disturbing (try playing Stockholm: An Exploration of True Love). I assume the author of the comment (some guy on Gaf) didn’t play those because they weren’t popular enough.

This is going to be one of those topics that’s going to go on forever isn’t it? We’re going to see a thousand blog posts with no research done about how this is ZOMGimportant. I agree this whole thing has some merit, but not half as much as would be indicated by the scale people fapping over it. That quote above is just the tip of the iceberg of dumb-people comments that will swarm the net. Each claiming they get the message, and that this is our Citizen K… I can’t finish that sentence without feeling a bit sick. Sigh. ART AND MEANING!

(So what if I’m replying to a Gaf quote on tumblr? Shutup)

Edit: As I went to get a coffee I realised one area that this stuff will actually have some meaningful impact; those people who only play mainstream games, yet who like to talk about games and art (you know, those ones who always herald BioShock as a master of story-telling though videogames, even though the majority of the plot is told to you via audio logs).

October 27

There are worse ways to spend 10 minuets than with Aphex Twin (NSFW)

October 26
One day I’m going to take a solid month off from the internet and do nothing but sit in my underwear and play games like Cities XL all day. That will be a glorious month.

One day I’m going to take a solid month off from the internet and do nothing but sit in my underwear and play games like Cities XL all day. That will be a glorious month.

October 24

I have no idea what I'm doing with my life

cannibalcalvin:

I really don’t.

[some stuff]

This is something really serious and I’m having a hard time figuring out what to do about it.

University or college is great. Even if you are kinda fucking up. It is one of the few times in your life you have an excuse not to have a job, and you’re not doing anything important. Your friends and relatives don’t hound you to get a job, and nobody asks you when you’re starting a career. It’s a great time to work out what you want to do.

I kinda lucked out, in that I reached the end of University and was unable to support myself (no suit for me please). Thankfully, I have savings which are covering my ass for the next 6 months. After this I will be a multi-millionaire blogger probably.

Don’t take drugs, they don’t fix the problem. Go visit a school counsellor or something. They’re trained to help you understand the tangle in your head.

The feeling of “meh” you have sounds like a combination of being bummed out, and not seeing any areas of your life you want to drive towards. It happens. Something I found great for helping me here was structure. Get a part time job, get some to-do lists. It forces you out the house, makes you pull yourself together, and even better (with the part-time job) gets you money whilst you sort your head out.

If you try, you don’t have to get a shitty career and can just do what you want your whole life. Mo money mo problems.

hugs and kisses

October 23
“So here’s the radical suggestion: Let’s redefine what blogging means. If you’re writing self-absorbed or inexpert opinions about the minutiae of daily life, without hyperlinks, fact checks or any pretense at engaging with the news, you’re a blogger. You probably fall into the lower categories of pay in the Technorati survey if you in fact make any money at all. But if you’re a writer for an online publication, one that takes real-time stories, updates them as events unfold, reference your quoted facts, break stories and produce original writing then shall we just say you’re a journalist? An online one, but a journalist all the same.”

I quoted a different bit from mengworkington.

Kit Eaton, Blogging is dead, long live journalism. (via soupsoup) (via ronworkman)

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