MURDERSMASH

It sounds like you didn't know where to go, or what to look for. Do you know some of the basic mechanics? Like, building multiple rooms of a certain size with furnishings and light will cause NPC's to move in? Or that there's an enchanter hidden in the world somewhere that will put permanent enhancements on your weapons? Or that there's hidden underground houses with loot chests to look for? Yeah, i'd agree that if you were just running around on the surface stabbing at slimes for about 20 minutes it would get boring, but there's so much more to work towards in this game compared to Minecraft (besides building insane structures) that I think you just need to give it another shot.

I feel the same way you do about THQ, Alex. I was rooting for them the whole time, which is something I never thought I would do for a big, faceless publisher.

@alibson said:

@leebmx: Confirmation bias

Mind explaining why you feel what leebmx is saying is confirmation bias? You'd make your point far stronger if you provided context for your claims of fallacious logic.

@Neon25: Just because bko did it, doesn't mean it's suddenly OK for you to do it as well. You speak of maturity, yet you defend your comments with "BUT HE DID IT FIRST, MOMMY!".

@TrevorCCW said:

As gamers, we should be offended that this type of marketing is what elements of the industry think we respond to.

As men, we should be offended that expectations of us are so low that we are supposed to be titillated by a fraction of a woman and the aftermath of violence.

As human beings, we should be having these conversations about what these labels and expectations and depictions are saying about our culture.

As privileged Westerners, we need to be sensitive that it's worse elsewhere, but also of the fact that our own mothers and sisters and girlfriends and daughters and wives are still being marginalized.

Conclusion: fuck you little pricks, seriously. Klepek reached out to informed industry professionals who you've infantilized and dismissed without addressing their arguments. Also go read some books about this shit and see how quickly your opinion changes.

We have a winner. Thank you.

@Neon25 said:

@bko said:

@jimmyfenix said:

I really like these articles alot! , in my opinion the artcles such as 1reasonwhy and the dead island statue dont really fit with the core giantbomb audience , i know you feel strongly about these things patrick but in my opinion it just doesnt fit

No one cares. Start your own website if you want to be protected from stories that require a little maturity.

Stories from a man that is proud of the fact he smuggles beers into cinemas like an asshole and makes sure to mention it on every possible occasion.

Dat ad hominem.

I wonder if it's because you have them on your SIM card, maybe? I'd imagine there isn't much space to store pics on there or whatever. Maybe move those contacts to your main storage? I just got an S3 for Christmas, but I haven't tried anything like that with my contacts, but that would be my best guess.

@Prestige said:

I think the problem is not "gamers" or "the internet." Specifically the problem is that forums are the perfect environment to nurture a certain type of asshole. They're a minority, but they quickly begin to dominate the conversation, and the effect snowballs as the community size grows. The only solution is strong moderating. Moderators need to ban the troublemakers, or just accept that the level of discourse is going to go to shit.

I agree to a certain extent, though I do think part of the problem is how the internet works. Anonymity is one part, but the biggest part of all is specialized communities.

What do I mean by specialized community? Bascially, any site, forum, or whatever that caters to a specific topic or like. NeoGAF, Giant Bomb, the many gaming subreddits over at reddit.com (r/gaming and r/games being the two big ones).

Now, this isn't inherently a bad thing. It becomes a problem, however, when that specialized community turns negative. It becomes an echo chamber; the mad people yell, and everyone echoes those sentiments. It becomes this feedback loop of negativity. It's what happens in places like the WoW forums, the Diablo 3 forums, EA's Sim City forums, Bioware's Mass Effect forums...heck, these days they're pretty much everywhere. Just look at Reddit. It's a giant website with nothing but specialized communities, and those hivemind feedback loops form like crazy over there, which is reinforced by the karma system. People can downvote you if they disagree, so guess what happens? All dissenting opinions are silenced.

Frankly, i'm sick of all the cynicism. It's annoying, depressing, and is burning me out of my life-long love of video games.

@LiquidPrince said:

I hate the internet. I do. I really do.

@Ekami said:

Talking about video games used to be something I enjoyed.

Yup. All the negativity, baseless criticism, and cynicism I see in gaming communities towards every damn game is slowly burning me out, too. I need a break, I think.