Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
It's pretty embarrassing. Imagine if on a serious film forum, instead of discussing Her or the new Blu-ray of Sunrise, posters argued over the merits of IMAX vs ETX and excitedly posted GIFs featuring the companies' executives. This is where games are at right now and those of us interested in the study of play are feeling increasingly alienated. Hopefully things will balance out once the glow of the new electronics wears off.
Might there be room for an AVSforums style forum where the subject of discussion is film but the topic of discussion is technical qualities, versus a forum that discusses more critical approaches to film or whatever? Like how both things are done on GAF. We have topics to discuss the nitty gritty of performance issues or technology, but we also have topics to discuss thematic content or mechanics.