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The trouble with postmodernism is there's nowhere left to go - being post-post-modern is just post-modern.
posted by GuyZero at 1:42 PM on December 20, 2018
posted by GuyZero at 1:42 PM on December 20, 2018
I needed this.
posted by Young Kullervo at 1:59 PM on December 20, 2018
posted by Young Kullervo at 1:59 PM on December 20, 2018
reading this actually made me feel hopeful.
posted by prize bull octorok at 2:06 PM on December 20, 2018
posted by prize bull octorok at 2:06 PM on December 20, 2018
like we're not condemned to this paradigm of content production/consumption/analysis forever, the cracks are starting to show, there may yet be a way out of the post-web2.0 hellmouth we all fell into
posted by prize bull octorok at 2:08 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by prize bull octorok at 2:08 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
The trouble with postmodernism is there's nowhere left to go - being post-post-modern is just post-modern.
I think part of the deal with post-modernism is that there's always a new modern to post-
posted by Navelgazer at 2:09 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
I think part of the deal with post-modernism is that there's always a new modern to post-
posted by Navelgazer at 2:09 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
And while I wanted the FPP to look as inoccuous as possible, I should mention this is written by Mike Drucker.
posted by Navelgazer at 2:23 PM on December 20, 2018
posted by Navelgazer at 2:23 PM on December 20, 2018
King K. Rool does suck!
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 4:07 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 4:07 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
So what’s the German word for when an article calls you out, and right as you’ve processed that enough to settle down, it calls you out again from another angle?
A couple of years ago I picked up a different fighting game, and I was enjoying it, so I followed a couple other players on Twitter, and they seemed cool so I joined their Discord server, so then *waves hands* and that’s how I ended up traveling to out-of-state tournaments, playing in front of small crowds on stages and Twitch streams, moderating a couple of those Discord servers, “making content,” and being one of those people who cares about frames.
I’ve picked up a couple other fighters since, including Smash last week, and it is so hard to go back. Even if I want to! Because I know I don’t have the time to compete seriously in more than one game, so I might as well “just enjoy it,” but I can’t, not quite. I mean I can still appreciate an item-filled four-player free-for-all as much as anyone else, but I can’t turn off the part of my brain running a stream of commentary like “After they do X they follow up with Y so I should counter with Z, I missed that whiff punish with X so I should try Y next time, I misinput that bair and it cost me the stock so I need to be more careful with it.” There’s now a part of my brain that knows that level of the game is there, that wants to play the game at that level so it can light up and be engaged, that knows what to look for, but I can’t feed it enough because I’m the same age as the author and I have a lot more responsibilities than video games.
So much of Internet argument feels like people with different interest talking past each other. In any video game that can be competitive there’s an enormous spectrum of players from the very strictly just-having-fun casual to the very hardcore competitive. And Smash blows that up because it appeals to so many players and the game is so big, probably no two of them will see the same Smash. Between the different spirits you collect and modes you play and history you have with the series your experience of the game will necessarily be different, possibly radically different, from someone else’s.
For a lot of people this is the video game event of the year, and people want to talk about it, but how can you have an honest conversation if you don’t have like an hour-long preface to explain what Smash you’re actually playing?
posted by brett at 4:09 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
A couple of years ago I picked up a different fighting game, and I was enjoying it, so I followed a couple other players on Twitter, and they seemed cool so I joined their Discord server, so then *waves hands* and that’s how I ended up traveling to out-of-state tournaments, playing in front of small crowds on stages and Twitch streams, moderating a couple of those Discord servers, “making content,” and being one of those people who cares about frames.
I’ve picked up a couple other fighters since, including Smash last week, and it is so hard to go back. Even if I want to! Because I know I don’t have the time to compete seriously in more than one game, so I might as well “just enjoy it,” but I can’t, not quite. I mean I can still appreciate an item-filled four-player free-for-all as much as anyone else, but I can’t turn off the part of my brain running a stream of commentary like “After they do X they follow up with Y so I should counter with Z, I missed that whiff punish with X so I should try Y next time, I misinput that bair and it cost me the stock so I need to be more careful with it.” There’s now a part of my brain that knows that level of the game is there, that wants to play the game at that level so it can light up and be engaged, that knows what to look for, but I can’t feed it enough because I’m the same age as the author and I have a lot more responsibilities than video games.
So much of Internet argument feels like people with different interest talking past each other. In any video game that can be competitive there’s an enormous spectrum of players from the very strictly just-having-fun casual to the very hardcore competitive. And Smash blows that up because it appeals to so many players and the game is so big, probably no two of them will see the same Smash. Between the different spirits you collect and modes you play and history you have with the series your experience of the game will necessarily be different, possibly radically different, from someone else’s.
For a lot of people this is the video game event of the year, and people want to talk about it, but how can you have an honest conversation if you don’t have like an hour-long preface to explain what Smash you’re actually playing?
posted by brett at 4:09 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
Boycotting until they add Weighted Companion Cube as a playable character
posted by oulipian at 4:20 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by oulipian at 4:20 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
How can one even jokingly write an article like this and yet not say anything meaningful about Inkling
posted by billjings at 5:07 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by billjings at 5:07 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Whatever they said what needs saying about Mr. Game & Watch
posted by Navelgazer at 5:13 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Navelgazer at 5:13 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
The trouble with postmodernism is there's nowhere left to go - being post-post-modern is just post-modern.
Even worse, it's tired and lazy.
posted by Apocryphon at 6:42 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Even worse, it's tired and lazy.
posted by Apocryphon at 6:42 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
yeah, writing a bad article didn't stop them from slapping 2 ads on every other entry.
posted by lkc at 8:55 PM on December 20, 2018
posted by lkc at 8:55 PM on December 20, 2018
And Smash blows that up because it appeals to so many players and the game is so big, probably no two of them will see the same Smash. Between the different spirits you collect and modes you play and history you have with the series your experience of the game will necessarily be different, possibly radically different, from someone else’s.
This. So much this. It is one reason why I truly love this particular game. Two of my co-workers have already unlocked all the characters, I think I've unlocked about 13. I'm more focused on playing the World of Light and I'm enjoying the RPG style spirits system that lets you buff or debuff each level and the various conditions that are set at random. I'm not in a rush but I know that my way of playing this game would probably annoy the fuck out of others.
As I've matured and approach the big 40, I find myself being too tired to care about the things I used to be petty about. Just enjoy the game you want to enjoy and let others enjoy their thing. Let them play how they want to play, it has zero impact on your own ability to enjoy a game (unless you let it) and that is think is the biggest issue facing gaming.
That there's this vocal minority that takes up all the bandwidth being angry about things that do not matter and trying to shut out other voices that are now finally speaking out in our 2018 (post-woke) culture. Brown and black voices, lgbtq voices, women and young girls who code and game, people who have been here all along. As was referenced in the article early.
It's ok to like things.
posted by Fizz at 9:06 AM on December 21, 2018
This. So much this. It is one reason why I truly love this particular game. Two of my co-workers have already unlocked all the characters, I think I've unlocked about 13. I'm more focused on playing the World of Light and I'm enjoying the RPG style spirits system that lets you buff or debuff each level and the various conditions that are set at random. I'm not in a rush but I know that my way of playing this game would probably annoy the fuck out of others.
As I've matured and approach the big 40, I find myself being too tired to care about the things I used to be petty about. Just enjoy the game you want to enjoy and let others enjoy their thing. Let them play how they want to play, it has zero impact on your own ability to enjoy a game (unless you let it) and that is think is the biggest issue facing gaming.
That there's this vocal minority that takes up all the bandwidth being angry about things that do not matter and trying to shut out other voices that are now finally speaking out in our 2018 (post-woke) culture. Brown and black voices, lgbtq voices, women and young girls who code and game, people who have been here all along. As was referenced in the article early.
It's ok to like things.
posted by Fizz at 9:06 AM on December 21, 2018
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