Teknopathetic
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Well? This is it? Each year these and other forums go into a frenzy for what? Mediocre showings and PR hype. This year is no different. Sony's entire press conference was chock full of BS buzzwords and techno-jargon (as usual) and pre-rendered cutscenes touted as real-time in game (as usual). And (as usual) the slack-jawed, sensationalist fanboys of the interweb eat up until several months from now when they all realize they've been duped, bamboozled, led astray, etc. (The Getaway) Am I, an intellectual and free thinking person, supposed to fall in line with these philistines and act excited over things I know aren't going to be indicative of what we'll see spring 2006?? Or even moreso over the 6th, 12th, 5th, and 4th renditions of "certain" games that haven't evolved much past the 2nd serving and weren't particularly fun then? Or certain pre-rendered scenes from sequels of horribly middling titles? Have we learned nothing from 2000? 2001, even?
What about Nintendo, you say? What about Nintendo, I say. Over the past 10 years, Nintendo's solidified it's niche in the game world. That's right. The terrible, overrated, generally crappy niche that fills the void for fans inebriated on nostalgia. This so called "Revolution," will more than likely do no more than encase the old Nintendo Mantra of "If is broke, don't fix it, they'll buy it anyway." And you know what? That doesn't seem to be inaccurate. The Newzboyz of the world pick it up on launch, despite Miyamoto practically walking around e3 in a pit-stain ridden tank top and they all say to their friends "I swear, I just slipped in the bathtub."
The only company that seems to care about gamers is the one that "gamers" seem to fear the most. The big megaconglomerate. The ones that are "invading" homes. They come to deliver and we all ignore the knocking and door bells because we think they're the landlord and we're several months overdue. Eventually, they're going to go away and we'll stick with what we have, yet complain about what we wanted, despite it having left a tag on the door knob saying "We came to visit you, but you weren't in we'll come by again on _________."
So should I be excited? I'm not jaded. I used to love the idea of E3, but if this is all it boils down to every year: Exit, stage left.
What about Nintendo, you say? What about Nintendo, I say. Over the past 10 years, Nintendo's solidified it's niche in the game world. That's right. The terrible, overrated, generally crappy niche that fills the void for fans inebriated on nostalgia. This so called "Revolution," will more than likely do no more than encase the old Nintendo Mantra of "If is broke, don't fix it, they'll buy it anyway." And you know what? That doesn't seem to be inaccurate. The Newzboyz of the world pick it up on launch, despite Miyamoto practically walking around e3 in a pit-stain ridden tank top and they all say to their friends "I swear, I just slipped in the bathtub."
The only company that seems to care about gamers is the one that "gamers" seem to fear the most. The big megaconglomerate. The ones that are "invading" homes. They come to deliver and we all ignore the knocking and door bells because we think they're the landlord and we're several months overdue. Eventually, they're going to go away and we'll stick with what we have, yet complain about what we wanted, despite it having left a tag on the door knob saying "We came to visit you, but you weren't in we'll come by again on _________."
So should I be excited? I'm not jaded. I used to love the idea of E3, but if this is all it boils down to every year: Exit, stage left.
(And before anyone comments, I think that the point is relevant. All of us here use computers, which means that all of us are potentially affected. Buying MS products means giving your money to the company that's spearheading the TC initiative. The thought that our game purchases may be helping to fund MS' endeavors in that area gives me serious pause.) Say what you like about Sony or Nintendo, but neither of those companies is pushing an agenda that'll have serious negative repercussions for computer users the world over if it succeeds, while MS is. So please don't try to tell me how much Microsoft cares about gamers, or anyone else for that matter.