[ SECRET POST #2244 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2244 ⌋

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Comments

[dethtoll]

I'm aware of all that, but that's really besides the point. That anon I replied to had a few things wrong and I was correcting them.

[grainne_mhaol]

I think AYRT is right on pretty much all points, and I don't think that your responses to hir are viable answers if one is interested in a particular game rather than gaming in general.

[dethtoll]

Except we're not talking about a particular game FFS. The anon didn't bring it up, I didn't bring it up, the discussion here is in general terms.

Here, let me spell it out:

"Consoles and the games themselves can be prohibitively expensive for a lot of people"

Completely ignores the existence of a whole 'nother platform called the PC. That's the ONLY thing I was responding to. It's like I said to another anon -- if you don't have access, you don't have access and I'm not including people without access in this discussion because the discussion is about what you can do if you DO have access. Having access or not is a completely different topic.

"some people don't have the time to invest in actually playing a video game"

Assumes that leisure time is a non-zero-sum game. If a person doesn't want to spend their free time playing video games, that's their choice, but that doesn't mean free time magically vanishes if they don't do this activity or that activity. If you choose to spend your free time reading a book or arguing with dethtoll on the internet, don't go crying that you don't have time to play a video game. You could've done that instead!

[(Anonymous)]

I can read a book on the subway.

I cannot play a video game on the subway.

I spend TWO HOURS A DAY on the subway.

I get a lot of reading done, but I can't get a lot of video gaming done.

(Also, it was fucking OBVIOUS that they were grouping PC in with consoles. Jesus fucking Christ you pedantic twat.)

[dethtoll]

PCs ain't consoles. Sorry.

And I used to spend upwards of 5 hours a day on the bus. What's your point?

[(Anonymous)]

I think their point is that it's pretty easy to tuck the book you've been reading into your backpack or purse to continue reading on the train on your way to work, or a smartphone to catch up on TV shows, but you can't do the same thing with the PS3 game you've been playing.

[dethtoll]

Sure, yeah, okay, this is obvious.

[(Anonymous)]

Then why do you say IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE something to the effect of "if you have the time to read a book you have the time to play a video game" when it's obviously not true?

[dethtoll]

Because hey -- you can play video games on your phone and shit. I had a 5 hour bus commute every fucking day for two years. I also had a Gameboy. I may be splitting hairs a bit, but what I said is technically true.

This thread is pretty much a waste of everyone's time though so I'm gonna disengage here.

[(Anonymous)]

nah you're just a cock sucker

[otakugal15]

Nah, they're right and you're butthurt that you got schooled.

[saku]

to be fair there are tons of games you can tuck away just as easily - if not more so - than a book. i don't particularly agree with the arguments being put on the table here but games are a lot more accessible than they used to be.

[(Anonymous)]

If you have the money for a smartphone that plays videos, you could have had a console instead. :/ lol

I see the point about the book, but this really, really doesn't apply to TV shows.

[riddian]

But can you play any and every game on a PC? I think that's what people are trying to get at.

Not to mention computers don't always have the juice to handle gaming. I've got several made-for-PC games that my 3-year-old laptop practically faints at the sight of.

[dethtoll]

My SNES doesn't play Mario 64. The PC I had 8 years ago won't play Dishonored.

And for the record I had to wait 5 years until I could afford a PS3 just to play MGS4. Sure, would I have liked MGS4 to come out on PC, or 360? Sure. But it didn't. You didn't see me getting raw about it.

[(Anonymous)]

well then! we all just need to have the sincere, rugged determination that dethtoll has in playing video games.

and have his apparent disposable income

and the time he has to play fucking video games all day

and the willingness to pirate videos for free

and the requisite bandwidth to download/torrent

clearly we are not serious gamers unless we can match dethtoll in his SUPERIOR dedication to game play!