Comments on: I Hate Indie Games!

By: PoC

PoC — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:15:50 +0000

I read 19th century novels. Most of them last longer than the modern video game, though that’s not necessarily a good thing.

By: MetalCircus

MetalCircus — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:51:12 +0000

Janek: Not even YouTube?! User comments are one of the best parts! All those arguments and misspelled, grammatically poor posts! I can’t get enough! (seriously, I can’t, they provide me with many unintentional laughs!)

By: Rockeye

Rockeye — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:09:29 +0000

Wait, so indie games are the reason Pope John Paul II shouldn’t be a saint?

By: Meat Circus

Meat Circus — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:42:01 +0000

You said “Gameplay”.

VERBOTEN.

By: cannon fodder

cannon fodder — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:32:48 +0000

It’s worth remembering two things:

Even if the mean and median intelligence of your readership is greater than that of the general population you are still likely to have a substantial “tail” of readers (I use the term loosely) who can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, much less understand the principle of advancing contrarian or unorthodox views for the sake of stimulating disscusion or debate.

If you add the fact that text is the easiest communication medium in which to misinterpret the “tone” of a statement or argument, you are more or less asking to get flamed.

As already suggested above by Noc; a piece to camera on youtube, or even a audio piece would be much harder for the audience to misinterpret.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:06:27 +0000

This is the internet. If you don’t say exactly what you mean with footnotes, annotation, and flashing lights pointing out your exact and precise meaning, people will miss what you’re getting at.

By: KingMob

KingMob — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:32:13 +0000

Have you ever read the Jon Swift blog?

In the vein of the
original, his posts are elaborate political satire on topical issues.
Basically he poses as a conservative… but careful readers can probably tell that’s not his true position.
Er, here’s a relatively inoffensive post:
Castro Resigns! Sanctions Work!

In any case, his comments are invariably 50% people who don’t get the joke and either agree with him or are outraged by his extreme position.

By: Noc

Noc — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:12:29 +0000

I read through the article. And for the first half I was thinking “Well, I know that it’s a joke, but this is the kind of thing that could be taken as a genuine criticism. It’s a bit sillily and pompously voiced, but it still reads like a serious article.”

Then I started reading about how the IGF is the face of a vast conspiracy. And started laughing. And saw the “Sorry” at the end.

Is this, then, simply another example of people commenting on things without reading the entire article? Or is the article in fact simply too long, and exceeds either the attention span or the short-term memory capacity of it’s prospective commentors?

Either way, I propose that you try this again – this time on YouTube. It could be a grand experiment.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:57:15 +0000

Exactly!

By: James

James — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:53:30 +0000

And then you play the I’m-a-seventies-cop-show musical sting!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:29 +0000

In short: maybe the column could use a bit of an introduction, something like:

“Just like the real world the gaming world is rife with received opinions and convential wisdom.. only one man dares to approach these dogmas from a dangerously different angle –

Jim Rossignol is.. The Devil’s Advocate!”

By: Lightbulb

Lightbulb — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:41:38 +0000

Geoff – ‘s what i was trying to say with my bigish post… :)