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Dear Fanboys


On 02/25/2013 at 02:00 AM by Blake Turner

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 This is an old blog that not many people read, and due to a certain argument I had recently, I feel I need to make these points again. Also, since DMC has already come out, I've reviewed it and it's fucking awesome, the point that was made in this blog is even more substantial. Anyway, just read it. Please?

  A lot of my blogs on here are written to point out an issue, or to help procrastinate assignments and neglect the education I'm paying 15000 dollars for. Every so often however, I write something with one purpose: To piss off fanboys. This too serves a point, as fanboys are like an alcoholic's wife, in that even though their husband pisses away their money, neglects her interests and beats her repeatedly, she still loves him and sings his fucking praise down the street. They make up excuses, stating "It's ok, he's doing this because he lost his job" or "I must be the one in the wrong, since he'd never do anything to hurt me..."

 It is important to realise, however, that while you may love your favourite game developer or console, that not everything they do needs defending. They've got people who write apology speeches for that. You're job is to buy their products, and hopefully enjoy them, and show them respect in the form of opening your wallet. However, when said developer fucks you over,  or makes mistakes, it is important to point these out. It is important to request that nintendo make a new IP before I use mario's moustache to suffocate him, and it's important to tell Bethesda that they should treat all their customers with respect, not just the ones who take microsofts cock to the mouth every so often. Also, it's evil to sue indie companies for using a word, thus taking away free fucking speech. Are you going to sue the bakery down the street for selling cinamon scrolls Bethesda? Or what about every pc user ever for hitting scroll lock you evil fucks. 

 Anyway, I think you get the point. However, I will ask one thing: Play the fucking game before you judge it. Don't whinge because Dante looks different until you play it. Does his lack of hair throw his center of gravity off? Does all the My Chemical Romance he listens to cause him to give up and let enemies finish him off once and for all? Little things like that aren't anything to get up in arms about, especially when the game itself could still be orgasmically great. People whinged about David Tennant's Doctor Who when they first saw him, and guess what? He was fucking brilliant, so shut your festering gob you tit. 

 So in closing, fanboys: It's ok to admit that your favourite game has some flaws. I will: Dark Souls has a level called Blighttown which is the worst level in anything ever. Resident Evil 4 is one big fucking escort mission, and the person you're escorting is an autistic broom handle with legs; and STALKER needs to be modded to even be remotely playable. If you point out these flaws, you are not betraying your favourite gaming company, you are doing them a service. IF you keep lapping this shit up, they will keep pumping it out. However, it's also important not to judge things off a knee jerk reaction. Wait till you've experienced said problem first hand before you throw chainsaws at it. Oh and one more thing: Memes. Are. Not. And. Will. Never. Be. Funny. Stop saying I took an arrow the knee or I'll force you to take a bladed dildo the throat!


 

Comments

Casey Curran Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 02:12 AM

I dare to challenge that memes are never funny.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 04:09 AM

Memes are funny, but gaming memes generally aren't. When they are used as often as "an arrow to the knee" or "the cake is a lie", they cease to be even remotely entetaining and just frustrate. Anything that comes from Archer is going to be awesome though.

Anonymous

02/25/2013 at 10:39 AM

Cake is a lie is the most beaten horse I've seen in games. It wasn't even Portal's best joke, that shit where GLaDos goes on about killing Companion Cube was so much funnier. Hell, I knew Castlevania:Lords of Shadow was something to avoid when I heard it referenced the cake is a lie.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 08:35 PM

Dear god yes. This is why I think splosion man is one of the worst games ever made.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/25/2013 at 02:14 AM

That escalated quickly ... lol. Having now archived 400 of my 1up blogs, which I started when I was 16, I say you remind me of me. Not that you're 16 (I think I was 19 for the worst of mine), but I wrote a lot of rants, haha.

I agree with criticizing what you love though, as long as it's constructive, it's a way to help them improve. That said, when speaking with a business, you speak with whatever currency they work for, so if people keep paying for a bad product, they'll keep making it, cause why spend the money to improve it when their profits are fine?

NIce blog, man.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 04:15 AM

Yeah. I don't rant anywhere near as much as I used to. I went through an angry phase at... about 19/20... Hmmm. Patterns.

asrealasitgets

02/25/2013 at 02:34 AM

I know it's a bit early to gripe, so I'll reserve judgment for now, but Lara Croft. I mean the whole rape thing? Come on. Really? I just want some platforming and exploration not Deliverance the game.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 04:14 AM
I think that's a bit of overreaction. It was an implied threat, and there's no actual reason to believe it will happen. And why can't we have it in a game? We've had explored in Silent Hill 2, and we've had it explored in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines without much fuss.

Halochief90

02/25/2013 at 02:35 AM

"fanboys are like an alcoholic's wife"

HAHA! I love that. I think I'm going to steal that whenever I get the chance to use it.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 04:15 AM

Feel free to!

Townz90

02/25/2013 at 03:57 AM

Nice blog man. Really enjoy your angsty writing style. The gaming industry is riddled with devout fanboys and then at the other end of the spectrum you have gamers with a sense of entitlement for a product they've not paid for! Swings and roundabouts.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 04:16 AM

Thank you random individual! You're praise means a lot!

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 06:23 AM

I guess my most annoying fanboy moment was when Mass Effect 3 came out and people freaked out about the ending.  Personally, I liked it, and I wrote some ranty blogs on 1up about it.  I appreciate though that some people couldn't stand it. But the vehemence of the reaction to it was just insane.  

On the other side, I'm a huge FF fanboy and I was very disappointed in FFXIII.  It pisses me off that it was such a radical departure. I beat the game though. I guess we all have a little fanboy in us.  

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 06:54 AM

The mass effect thing annoyed me greatly because there were people like yourself who really enjoyed the ending. The outcry against it was insanely selfish, as not only were they saying that their tastes were the only ones who mattered, they were also spitting on the faces of a company who gave them their beloved series, three games that they thought were near perfection, but because they didn't like the ending all that didn't matter. Some gamers make me sick honestly

 Yeah, I beat FFXIII too. To be fair, most of that was because the soundtrack lulled me into a stupor, and everytime I got angry at something, the music would play and I'd think "maybe things will get better if i just keep playing..."

Aboboisdaman

02/25/2013 at 07:17 AM

Hey Blake. Did you hear that DMC fanatics petitioned the White House over the reboot? I thought that was hilarious. Also pathetic and disturbing. I guess saying that goes against everything you wrote here though lol. =/ 

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 07:58 AM

Not really. Either extreme is a bad thing.

Chris Yarger Community Manager

02/25/2013 at 08:16 AM

I actually LOVED the new DMC, and it's probably my absolute favorite in the franchise. Sure, Dante LOOKS like a whiny emo kid, but the fact is simple; he wasn't.

I thought Dante was so well fleshed out in the new installment. He wasn't as much of a show off as he was in the previous installments, yet he still kept his Dante Edge to him.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/25/2013 at 09:14 AM

Oh I definitely agree. I wrote a review for a site here if you're interested: http://plus10damage.com/blog/2013/2/1/fill-your-dark-soul-with-light-dmc-review

 If not, the basic gist is that I like new Dante better than old dante, and think Ninja theory did a spectacular job.

Anonymous

02/25/2013 at 02:44 PM

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Nick DiMola Director

02/25/2013 at 07:10 PM

Blighttown ARGHHHHH.

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