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[stump sock]

I dunno, I know I like what I like. I don't really feel the need to assume everything is mediocre.

you've also reached a point in your life where you've figured out what you like and/or have come to terms with the notion that you don't need external validation for liking the things you like. some people haven't gotten to that point yet. some people never will (neogaf dot com)

it's liberating

You should also visit specific music forums.

Made me never want to discuss music tastes as seriously as I use to do.

there's a couple different ways of discussing music. people arguing the various merits (or lack of) specific acts/albums/songs is fucking worthless and pedantic. discussions where it's like "here are the things I like" or "here's some new music I found" are actually pretty useful in a world where music by and large isn't found in one place anymore and discovery of smaller acts is somewhat difficult

but I have no patience for people telling me I'm wrong for liking something or people trying to convince other people to like something that they like. Deafheaven fans are ridiculous. they're like the new Tool fans. they can't understand why anybody wouldn't like their pet band.

when I encounter opposition to Deafheaven, those aren’t the people I’m talking to. The people I’m talking to are highly educated adults with progressive political and cultural views, people who work in the arts, people who live in New York City. And these people happen to also be insanely passionate metal obsessives with sophisticated, informed, detailed opinions on the genre. So I’ve started asking these people what it is, exactly, that they don’t like about Deafheaven. I’m not going to identify any of them by name — because they’re my friends, and they weren’t being interviewed or anything, we were just talking — but I’m providing some handy illustrations to give you a clearer picture of our conversations.

...

So again, the question I’m posing to these people, my friends — people who hang out at St. Vitus and read Michel Houellebecq in the original French and get pissed off when an episode of Radiolab is polluted with a Liturgy song — is:

“What is it, exactly, that you don’t like about Deafheaven?”

 

[Noray]

A human actually wrote that stuff about Deafheaven? Dear christ. I'm glad I don't give a shit about (un)popular opinions about music and just listen to what I like.

I LIKE PROGRESSIVE METAL BUT ALSO YELLOWCARD AND PARAMORE DON'T @ ME

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

you've also reached a point in your life where you've figured out what you like and/or have come to terms with the notion that you don't need external validation for liking the things you like. some people haven't gotten to that point yet. some people never will (neogaf dot com)

it's liberating

Once I had a real, adult-ass job and responsibilities, I was amazed at how quickly my perspective changed. My concerns over stupid bullshit melted away, and I was left a more pleasant, happier person.

Still got my hangups, but I'm far more well-adjusted than when I was even just a few years ago.

 

[stump sock]

A human actually wrote that stuff about Deafheaven? Dear christ. I'm glad I don't give a shit about (un)popular opinions about music and just listen to what I like.

he also wrote some 1200 word essay because he was butthurt that someone put them on a list of "metal bands for people who don't like metal" because he likes metal and he likes Deafheaven.

I actually really like the people at Stereogum who write about metal, the Black Market columns have pointed me to so much great music I would have otherwise missed. but every once in a while...

like what you like. write about why you like it if you want to! don't get offended by or try to shame people who disagree with you for liking different things.

 

[Archaix]

is it possible in 2030 i will look back on the hype videos of 2015 and be all "lol i can't believe I was ever dumb enough to get hype over that shit"

Isn't that what "Giant Bomb watches ____ Live" is already for?

 

[ultron87]

Yay, Vinny is playing Factorio.

 

[christaran]

Surprise No Man's Sky content today!

Thirty Minutes With No Man's Sky
ARTICLE ON MAR 03, 2016 11:00 AM (EST)

Four Questions About No Man's Sky
VIDEO ON MAR 03, 2016 11:00 AM (EST)

I'm expecting a lot of NMS news today. Also plenty of hot takes.

 

[stump sock]

Yay, Vinny is playing Factorio.

Vinny's scary good at convincing me to buy games like this, so I assume this will be in my library before long

I'm expecting a lot of NMS news today. Also plenty of hot takes.

NMS hot takes are the best. people have no grasp on reality.

 

[Salty Catfish]

there's a couple different ways of discussing music. people arguing the various merits (or lack of) specific acts/albums/songs is fucking worthless and pedantic. discussions where it's like "here are the things I like" or "here's some new music I found" are actually pretty useful in a world where music by and large isn't found in one place anymore and discovery of smaller acts is somewhat difficult

but I have no patience for people telling me I'm wrong for liking something or people trying to convince other people to like something that they like. Deafheaven fans are ridiculous. they're like the new Tool fans. they can't understand why anybody wouldn't like their pet band.

So many of these people get caught up in the pedantic specifics of why everyone else doesn't like what they like...forgetting that for most folks, *especially* for music, it's a very minimally involved gut reaction thing and confronting them about it or listing reasons why they SHOULD like it just completely misses the point. You can tick off all the reasons in the world about a band/artist's technical merits and it's not gonna convince me about their basic listenability.

 

[daydream]

i'm with kid dan, bubble bobble is cool

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

if you thought the witness drew a hell of a reaction out of certain sectors of the gaming community then you wont want to miss how NMS is received!

It's a retail indie game console exclusive selling at the price of a AAA game. There's no way Gaming side isn't a dumpster fire for a couple of weeks regardless of the quality of that game.

 

[Concrete Charlie]

Liked the new Arcade Archives. If Hamster released a compilation of these games on a disc I'd be there day one.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

hi jimmy

hello friend

Liked the new Arcade Archives. If Hamster released a compilation of these games on a disc I'd be there day one.

yeah this sounds like a good idea. since those games keep coming west hopefully sony or another publisher can help hamster make a compilation of these games

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Why do they cover these old arcade games but not other classic rereleases on PSN and Virtual Console?

 

[MassiveNights]

Are they going to talk over press conferences and stuff as part of game tapes? The trailer footage is less interesting (but still cool).

 

[DamnBoxes]

i'm with kid dan, bubble bobble is cool

Seriously? You've got to be kid dan me.

 

[Concrete Charlie]

Seriously? You've got to be kid dan me.

Aaaaaand that's a wrap folks.

 

[stump sock]

if you thought the witness drew a hell of a reaction out of certain sectors of the gaming community then you wont want to miss how NMS is received!

It's a retail indie game console exclusive selling at the price of a AAA game. There's no way Gaming side isn't a dumpster fire for a couple of weeks regardless of the quality of that game.

probably actually a super smart thing for them to launch it on ps4 first. that way, it avoids a lot of the kneejerk "fuck that price, I'm pirating it" launch day shenanigans.

 

[Kimaka]

if you thought the witness drew a hell of a reaction out of certain sectors of the gaming community then you wont want to miss how NMS is received!

It's a retail indie game console exclusive selling at the price of a AAA game. There's no way Gaming side isn't a dumpster fire for a couple of weeks regardless of the quality of that game.

And I thought discussion around that game couldn't get worse with all the previous "what do you doooo?" derailments.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

if you thought the witness drew a hell of a reaction out of certain sectors of the gaming community then you wont want to miss how NMS is received!

It's a retail indie game console exclusive selling at the price of a AAA game. There's no way Gaming side isn't a dumpster fire for a couple of weeks regardless of the quality of that game.

I have my popcorn bowl at the ready.

I thought NMS was going to be on PC too for some reason.

 

[NumberThree]

Weren't there two NMS videos on the schedule before?

I have my popcorn bowl at the ready.

I thought NMS was going to be on PC too for some reason.

It is.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

I have my popcorn bowl at the ready.

I thought NMS was going to be on PC too for some reason.

it is, i have it wishlisted on steam.

but you know that stuff doesn't matter when it's been pushed as a PS4 KILLER APP since almost the beginning. It's part of the console wars whether it wants to be or not

 

[Salty Catfish]

Weren't there two NMS videos on the schedule before?

There was the four questions video and the "30 minutes with NMS" article (which is now off the schedule).

 

[Zaph]

Just catching up on Game Tapes.

Today really needed that J(ohn) Allard chest bump. He better be in more of it.

 

[NumberThree]

There was the four questions video and the "30 minutes with NMS" article (which is now off the schedule).

Oh, I figured the 30 minutes was a video too (with, uh, 30 minutes of gameplay). But yeah, that's missing now.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Oh, I figured the 30 minutes was a video too (with, uh, 30 minutes of gameplay). But yeah, that's missing now.

Yeah it was a poor way to word the article. Even /r/NoMansSkyTheGame had a post about Giant Bomb's "30 minutes of gameplay" video.

 

[Myggen]

I mean, it said "Article" on the schedule.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Do we have any unquestionable proof that 2 Norman's Sky related items appeared on the schedule?

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Do we have any unquestionable proof that 2 Norman's Sky related items appeared on the schedule?

Yes.

I mean, it said "Article" on the schedule.

Sure, but I don't blame people for the confusion.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Yes.

Would you like to submit this evidence to discovery?

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Would you like to submit this evidence to discovery?

No.

 

[Myggen]

Sure, but I don't blame people for the confusion.

I blame people for the confusion.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

I blame Brad, but he doesn't count as people.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Arcade Archives is still great

 

[Archaix]

I blame people for the confusion.

I blame people for most confusion. I woke up this morning to find a picture from my brother where he was sporting blue macklemore hair with his arm around a children's entertainer. All sorts of people are responsible for multiple kinds of confusion there.

 

[pizzacat]

I blame people for most confusion. I woke up this morning to find a picture from my brother where he was sporting blue macklemore hair with his arm around a children's entertainer. All sorts of people are responsible for multiple kinds of confusion there.

No way that's a real picture. No way they're making a sequel to that movie

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Gametapes has a lot of promise. Hopefully they do more than one episode.

 

[Archaix]

No way that's a real picture. No way they're making a sequel to that movie

Fortunately I'd just told him about the movie a couple days ago so he was able to ask her. He called it "The most awkward congratulations and thanks I've ever been part of."

 

[stump sock]

No way that's a real picture. No way they're making a sequel to that movie

this is what happens when you live in a world where it's borderline impossible for any major motion picture to not make a shit ton of money. digital projection/distribution crossed with the obscene amount of money movies of any quality make in china/asia at large makes it foolproof

tl;dr, major motion pictures print money regardless of quality

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

No Man's Sky video is Brad interviewing Sean for 10 minutes.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

No Man's Sky video is Brad interviewing Sean for 10 minutes.

do they go at length as to what one should do in NMS?

we need answers dammit

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Oh man I'd kill for a Chrono Trigger anime. That prime Toriyama animation.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

do they go at length as to what one should do in NMS?

we need answers dammit

Watching now, it's extremely uninformative so far.

[EDIT] Oh shit this is cool.

 

[Archaix]

Oh man I'd kill for a Chrono Trigger anime. That prime Toriyama animation.

You can always just watch the Dragon Ball Z movie guest starring totally not a Crono/Link mashup.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

You can always just watch the Dragon Ball Z movie guest starring totally not a Crono/Link mashup.

Ha! Amazing.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

wonder if NMS's "billion of planets" is borderlands "millions of guns" where there are only really like 5-6 truly different objects that have slight modifications to each that are nearly imperceptible

 

[therealminime]

wonder if NMS's "billion of planets" is borderlands "millions of guns" where there are only really like 5-6 truly different objects that have slight modifications to each that are nearly imperceptible

It's hard to say for sure until release obviously but I remember them talking about their in game robot army that would travel to planets and create little gifs of them which allowed the devs to easily notice when the planet generation code was making things a little to similar. So here's hoping that worked out and there is tons of variety.

 

[stump sock]

wonder if NMS's "billion of planets" is borderlands "millions of guns" where there are only really like 5-6 truly different objects that have slight modifications to each that are nearly imperceptible

I'd say it's going to shake out to probably (lower) triple digits worth of significant differences, just because statistically it'd almost have to be the case

but basically, yes

 

[Glitchesarecool]

wonder if NMS's "billion of planets" is borderlands "millions of guns" where there are only really like 5-6 truly different objects that have slight modifications to each that are nearly imperceptible

Have they expanded on the number of biomes that are possible? If there's a full ocean planet somewhere I'm gonna be finding that place.

 

[The Technomancer]

the secret is to never get "hype" in the first place before a game's not out

My secret is only to "get hype" for games that no-one is telling me to be hyped for