Neato_Jinkins
Banned
gather round all, i'm about to reveal the greatest source of corruption in the game writing industry. this applies to both professionals and amateurs.
are you ready?
soon, you'll know exactly why you've felt burned every time you purchased a game in the last five years.
you sitting down? here goes:
people like everything too fucking much and when they can't articulate why they like something so much, they don't reassess their gut reaction but retreat to their pillow fort of torturous weasel words to haphazardly explain why they enjoy a game. this is why discussions of actual game systems are so infrequent outside of "blah blah mechanic works really well and is fun," and why discussion of writing and atmosphere dominate in place of anything concrete.
this is part stupidity and part self-defense. shit, i got death threats for reviewing a battlefield 2 mod poorly once, and every mmo review i did led to immense cascades of tears and insults. and when this kind of thing happens, you need to defend yourself to your editor and/or the higher ups. it's just straight-up easier to be positive.
are you ready?
soon, you'll know exactly why you've felt burned every time you purchased a game in the last five years.
you sitting down? here goes:
people like everything too fucking much and when they can't articulate why they like something so much, they don't reassess their gut reaction but retreat to their pillow fort of torturous weasel words to haphazardly explain why they enjoy a game. this is why discussions of actual game systems are so infrequent outside of "blah blah mechanic works really well and is fun," and why discussion of writing and atmosphere dominate in place of anything concrete.
this is part stupidity and part self-defense. shit, i got death threats for reviewing a battlefield 2 mod poorly once, and every mmo review i did led to immense cascades of tears and insults. and when this kind of thing happens, you need to defend yourself to your editor and/or the higher ups. it's just straight-up easier to be positive.