Fawkes

I think the problem with it is that the majority of people it describes don't know what it means and therefore would not describe themselves with it, so it's primary usage is for people it does not describe to refer to people it does describe, and if they are airing grievances about them the general usage of the word can end up being predominantly negative.

I feel like some people did say exactly that, though. Maybe only one or two, but after reading them it kind of felt like that's what everyone saying they were "disappointed" actually meant.

All I saw first hand was people using Giant Bomb's acceptance of criticism as a free pass to be jerks, and other people responding to them like jerks, resulting in a whole mess of garbage that made me wish this site had some sort of ignore function to automatically hide posts from the handful of people that kept going back and forth. It's a shame some people can't be mature and that they feel the need to harass people that they disagree with.

Taking a stance like that always worries me that a person who took Fawkes as a username on other sites before I could get it turns out to be some kind of jerk. :(

They are referring to this tweet, I think. Patrick should've said "Yoshi's being named after him". I guess that's annoying.

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I'm scared, Vinny.

[1/2] Also, if you're looking for "higher fidelity tech" to rescue motion control gaming, you fundamentally misunderstand physical play.

— Douglas Wilson (@doougle) May 14, 2014

This statement sounds like it is saying things are supposed to be wonky and the action on screen is supposed to be disjointed from the actions in the real world. If that is the case then I'll be glad when the Kinect is completely dead and buried. I have no interest in lowering my expectations for video game controls to a point where it doesn't matter if the game does what I want it to.

Oddly enough, the Kinect is what brought me to Giant Bomb in the first place. Someone gave me a link to the livestream they were doing when it launched. Watching it reminded me of when I was a kid and I would fall in a hole in a mario game, and then turn to whoever was watching me and say "BUT I PRESSED THE JUMP BUTTON" while holding up the controller and making exaggerated button presses. Only now everyone could see that actions were being performed correctly, but the game just wasn't listening.

And I don't think you can just blame developers for Kinect games being bad. If that were the case, there would be a good Kinect game out there you could point to that got it right, and everyone who played it would agree that the controls totally worked and it wasn't crap. But I've never heard such a thing. I don't think I've even seen a piece of footage of a Kinect being used that doesn't have someone going "Xbox.... Xbox..... Xbox".

"And I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition."

Yes, you did. Everyone did. And Oculus probably won't be the last time backers struggle with this idea.

On some level, I get it. It doesn't feel fair. You were on the ground floor, and a bunch of other people get the big money.

Patrick this part sounds like you are saying Notch is sad because he didn't get any of the money. That doesn't make any sense though because he is already a gazillionaire as you stated. I haven't even seen anyone say they backed it and feel entitled to some money and I don't think that is part of this backlash at all.

I'd be pretty bummed if I had given them kickstarter money.