mshaw006

What exactly is a hidden object game? Sorry, I don't browse the bargain PC game bin, because who the fuck would do that?

"X-person" in games usually refers to the camera set up. In that way, a second-person game would look like a third person game, but the camera would be located in the head of another character. Something similar to this is when you're being chased by the cops is some of the GTAs, and the camera switched to a third-person view of the police car chasing you. That's still third-person, though.

As far as storytelling goes, you could say that all games are told in the second person, in that they give you commands. They say things like, "Go to the bridge." That means you, through the character. It gets complicated when it comes to interactive media. I think what you really want to know is if any game addresses the player directly, as the person playing the game. I haven't heard of doing that; it would be cool, though.

@JasonR86 said:

@mshaw006 said:

@JasonR86 said:

@mshaw006 said:

@JasonR86 said:

@Deusx said:

Wow... the giantbomb community is really disapointing this days. He is just sharing something he noticed and is telling us his own opinion wich I think is valid. No need to be such dicks you guys. CALM THE FUCK DOWN.

The irony. He can share his opinion and that's ok. We share our opinions on his opinion and that's not ok. WHERE'S THE LINE!?!?!?!?

Deusx was saying that people shouldn't be dicks, not that they shouldn't share their opinion.

I'm not really sure people have been real dicks on here. We might have teased and asked, for good reason, 'why' but I don't think we've been excessively rude. I think we're teasing more then anything else. But what I see happening on these boards a lot are people sharing an opinion and, once other people give an opinion that is different then the original opinion, people scream, "You're all being dicks!". Maybe that wasn't what was implied by deusx so, if that is so, then sorry for jumping to conclusions.

Yeah, I don't think you were a dick. Some people said that they hated threads like this, and things like "Who the fuck cares." They were being dicks.

I do think, though, that people (not speaking directly to you, JasonR86) are missing the point of the thread. Edin obviously made it to bring IGN's somewhat shady front page decisions to the community's attention, in order to get consensus on whether what they're doing is ok or not. People mostly are responding by telling him how to avoid IGN, as if he made the thread to get advice. I'm sure he knows that he doesn't have to go to IGN, but, like it or not, they are a major player in videogaming news and content, and it's ok for the community to have an opinion on the way they present their information. I think it's fine to bring it to the attention of the community if they're doing something slightly underhandedly, and people giving Edin advice on the matter are not understanding that that's the point of the thread.

With that in mind, I think the least dickish response is "Huh, that's a little messed up. It doesn't really change my opinion of IGN, though; they've sucked for a long time."

The problem with the less dickish response you gave was that it only allows for one opinion. When people say, "Don't go to IGN." what they're saying is 'Don't support IGN'. IGN, like every other site, cares about one thing; page views. When page views are up, the site gets more revenue from advertisers. So, by not going to IGN, the OP would no longer be supporting IGN or their editorial practices.

That said, every response that is an honest response (by that I mean one that is beyond making fun of the OP) is as valid an opinion on the matter and/or the OP's opinion as the OP's original opinion on IGN.

Fair enough. It is quite narrow to view only one response in a positive light.

@JasonR86 said:

@mshaw006 said:

@JasonR86 said:

@Deusx said:

Wow... the giantbomb community is really disapointing this days. He is just sharing something he noticed and is telling us his own opinion wich I think is valid. No need to be such dicks you guys. CALM THE FUCK DOWN.

The irony. He can share his opinion and that's ok. We share our opinions on his opinion and that's not ok. WHERE'S THE LINE!?!?!?!?

Deusx was saying that people shouldn't be dicks, not that they shouldn't share their opinion.

I'm not really sure people have been real dicks on here. We might have teased and asked, for good reason, 'why' but I don't think we've been excessively rude. I think we're teasing more then anything else. But what I see happening on these boards a lot are people sharing an opinion and, once other people give an opinion that is different then the original opinion, people scream, "You're all being dicks!". Maybe that wasn't what was implied by deusx so, if that is so, then sorry for jumping to conclusions.

Yeah, I don't think you were a dick. Some people said that they hated threads like this, and things like "Who the fuck cares." They were being dicks.

I do think, though, that people (not speaking directly to you, JasonR86) are missing the point of the thread. Edin obviously made it to bring IGN's somewhat shady front page decisions to the community's attention, in order to get consensus on whether what they're doing is ok or not. People mostly are responding by telling him how to avoid IGN, as if he made the thread to get advice. I'm sure he knows that he doesn't have to go to IGN, but, like it or not, they are a major player in videogaming news and content, and it's ok for the community to have an opinion on the way they present their information. I think it's fine to bring it to the attention of the community if they're doing something slightly underhandedly, and people giving Edin advice on the matter are not understanding that that's the point of the thread.

With that in mind, I think the least dickish response is "Huh, that's a little messed up. It doesn't really change my opinion of IGN, though; they've sucked for a long time."

@JasonR86 said:

@Deusx said:

Wow... the giantbomb community is really disapointing this days. He is just sharing something he noticed and is telling us his own opinion wich I think is valid. No need to be such dicks you guys. CALM THE FUCK DOWN.

The irony. He can share his opinion and that's ok. We share our opinions on his opinion and that's not ok. WHERE'S THE LINE!?!?!?!?

Deusx was saying that people shouldn't be dicks, not that they shouldn't share their opinion.

Uuuurrrgrgghhh... not... watching...

@Camosid: Thanks, homie.

Does anybody know why it is that some quicklooks play with the youtube player (still embedded in the Giantbomb page) and some play with the regular GB player? I just noticed it, and realized I like the GB player a lot more. Does everyone already know about this?

@SethPhotopoulos said:

@Dagbiker said:

@ShadowMoses900 said:

Skyrim is merely trimming off the fat so to speak...

Fat is the tasty part

And the part that gets stuck in your colon.

Fat... gets stuck in your colon?

This was posted five months ago, everybody. I'm pretty sure the dog is named.