Serious Blogging Episode 8: HOLY SHIT?!?!?!

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Edited By demontium

Games need more of this: 
  

   
Hopefully you dont take this literally and get the point: games should focus on fun. not realism. 
 
that makes a great blog 
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#1  Edited By demontium

Games need more of this: 
  

   
Hopefully you dont take this literally and get the point: games should focus on fun. not realism. 
 
that makes a great blog 
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#2  Edited By MAN_FLANNEL

nice

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#3  Edited By Skald

Words can not adequately describe how much I disagree.

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#4  Edited By demontium
@extremeradical said:

" Words can not adequately describe how much I disagree. "

Explain or GTFO. 
 
THIS IS SERIOUS BLOGGING. 
 
Were we are very serious... so you have to be too.
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#5  Edited By natetodamax

What the hell did I just watch.

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#6  Edited By Video_Game_King

I know, screw realism! Why didn't that shark have chainsaws for teeth?

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#7  Edited By Skald
@natetodamax said:
" What the hell did I just watch. "
Part of the trailer for Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, apparently.
 
@demontium said:
" @extremeradical said:

" Words can not adequately describe how much I disagree. "

Explain or GTFO. 
 
THIS IS SERIOUS BLOGGING.  Were we are very serious... so you have to be too. "
In all seriousness: video games won't evolve as a medium if we try to make all of our games as abjectly stupid as humanly possible, nor will they be particularly more enjoyable.
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#8  Edited By deathstriker666

Realism creates intensity 
 
A shark twice as large as a jumbo jet that flies in the sky to attack an airplane sounds incredibly boring
Video games don't need this stupid shit

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#9  Edited By dudacles

There is room for games on both sides of the spectrum. Games don't need to be realistic to be fun, nor do they need to be crazy to be entertaining. Developers are completely free in this choice.

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#10  Edited By Milkman

A while back, I watched that movie expecting a hilarious and atrocious mess. I was wrong. That scene is the only redeeming moment. The rest is just a completely boring mess with a severe lack of mega-sharks and giant octopuses and a huge abundance of boring scientists sitting around giving scientific reasoning as to why these things exist.

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#11  Edited By Whisperkill

Dude that's Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus!
 
Me and My friends saw the trailer two days ago and literally couldn't stop laughing for 5 minutes. Granted we weren't all there if you know what I mean, but still... Fucking hilariously bad movie.

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#12  Edited By InfiniteGeass

I think there is a place for realism in games. Look at Heavy Rain. That game is serious business.

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#13  Edited By demontium
@InfiniteGeass said: h
" I think there is a place for realism in games. Look at Heavy Rain. That game is serious business. "
Nice serious pun. I know. Heavy Rain is a good example of staying in its limits, as it might be more video gamey than you think. 
 
Why would it not be? After all the best games are the ones who break the limits of realism, because thats WHY games are made. 
 
We do not play games to do what we could do every day, or something that is within our grasp. 
 
Now Heavy Rain is of course a Trick Card, while looking deeper, the story is completely unreal, and completely fun.
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#14  Edited By c1337us

I think it goes both ways. There is nothing wrong with searching for realism in video games. But at the same time there is still a place for batshit crazy. I like that clip by the way, funny.

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#15  Edited By demontium
@c1337us said:
" I think it goes both ways. There is nothing wrong with searching for realism in video games. But at the same time there is still a place for batshit crazy. I like that clip by the way, funny. "
I am not saying everything has to be like Bayonetta, just games SHOULD NEVER try to be realistic...
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#16  Edited By breadfan

This blog is so serious it's not even funny.

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#17  Edited By Seppli
@Whisperkill said:
" Dude that's Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus!  Me and My friends saw the trailer two days ago and literally couldn't stop laughing for 5 minutes. Granted we weren't all there if you know what I mean, but still... Fucking hilariously bad movie. "
Why what? Where you FRIED?
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#18  Edited By demontium
@Br3adfan said:
" This blog is so serious it's not even funny. "
Finally, someone who... SERIOUSly understands me....