Split from MS 15th Anniversary

[Skykid]

Played through Metal Slug 4 today. Definitely a 5 star game, or what Insomnia calls "Videogame Art."

Anything Insomnia qualifies as videogame art is by default, not.

I've never heard MS4 being called a 5 star game before. I always thought it was one of the series low points.

[Siren2011]

Anything Insomnia qualifies as videogame art is by default, not.

Interesting...I would like to know your reasoning as to why this is so.

Hey guys. Tekki, despite being one of the best mech simulators ever, is magically not videogame art all of the sudden. Why? Cuz I attach negative connotations to everything that is posted on Insomnia, because I don't like the site's owner.

By that thread of "reasoning", his Espgaluda 2 review is utterly worthless, as well as countless others. Hate is seeing things through poo covered glasses, Skykid.

I can see why what he says is offensive. When he posted that thread about pretentiousness, he called all of his readers "retards", even though they are responsible for writing much of the content on that site. That does not sound like someone I could be around for long without pulling my hair out and swearing profusely. But that does not downgrade the towering levels of quality he harvests onto his website.

I don't mean to sound like "Insomnia Defender X to the rescue" or some shit, but whenever someone shits on that site for dumb reasons, I take offense, because it's my favorite source for gaming reviews, news, and overall drama.

It's some Gamest magazine fanart, from Undamned's awesome Horrible Arcadia Magazine Fanart thread!

Fucking awesome!

Minutes of standing in place and shooting a car. This is not right.

I concur. That would be like playing Ghost in the Shell for PSX for score, i.e. sterile, unnatural and not enjoyable. There are just some games that are only meant for survival. Bayonetta is an exception, because it's fighting mechanics can be exploited in various stylish, satisfying, and interesting ways to rack up points and score platinum medals. Then of course there are CAVE games. To each's own, I guess.

[Despatche]

Siren, you will never be able to play my game well, and you've picked one of the most difficult stages in it. Just stop while you're ahead, go read a little more into a few more things, it'll all work out.

edit: Wow, you are fucking mad. You always seemed a little antsy before, but damn.

[Siren2011]

Newsflash: Regardless of whether that is true or not, I don't care. I'm really sorry, but I don't. I never said to stop doing what you're doing. If you're enjoying yourself then by all means keep playing for score. It just looks boring to play for score in MS from my perspective. I am certainly entitled to my opinion without condensation and rudeness from people whom I've hit a little too close to home as far as their fragile little egos are concerned.

...you've picked one of the most difficult stages in it

Your point being what exactly?

it'll all work out.

Fuck off, dude.

[Drum]

Icycalm is terrible and is only ever right about banal, obvious things. Let's just be clear about that.

[Paradigm]

Icycalm is the best poster this forum has ever had and Insomnia is a great site.

His debates/arguments are often hilarious to read for one reason or another. Yes, he can be insulting at times, but he's clearly very intelligent and always has something interesting to add to a discussion, unlike yourself Drum.

[Siren2011]

What I fail to grasp is how someone can know so much about virtually everything. He has a fucking massive amount of knowledge about so many subjects (psychology, biology, history, semantics, physics, economics, game theory, etc)! I'm envious of his power. He makes the rest of us look bad.

Icycalm is terrible and is only ever right about banal, obvious things. Let's just be clear about that.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

In other words, you are not intelligent enough to see his genius, but your limited intelligence gives you the impression that his difficult theories (which you can't understand) are stupid, while his simple claims --that is, the ones you understand-- are self-evident and "banal".

[Skykid]

Icycalm is the best poster this forum has ever had and Insomnia is a great site.

His debates/arguments are often hilarious to read for one reason or another. Yes, he can be insulting at times, but he's clearly very intelligent and always has something interesting to add to a discussion, unlike yourself Drum.

What I fail to grasp is how someone can know so much about virtually everything. He has a fucking massive amount of knowledge about so many subjects (psychology, biology, history, semantics, physics, economics, game theory, etc)! I'm envious of his power. He makes the rest of us look bad.

Icycalm is terrible and is only ever right about banal, obvious things. Let's just be clear about that.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

In other words, you are not intelligent enough to see his genius, but your limited intelligence gives you the impression that his difficult theories (which you can't understand) are stupid, while his simple claims --that is, the ones you understand-- are self-evident and "banal".

Icycalm practices ego governed faux intellectualism. His writing abilities are structurally poor, hideously verbose rambling affairs that have some semblance of a point in the opening paragraph but end up amounting to little except a laboured exercise in autistic delusional grandeur.

By subscribing to such piffle you make yourselves look ignorant.

Edit: Sorry for the diversion.

[Siren2011]

Icycalm practices ego governed faux intellectualism. His writing abilities are structurally poor, hideously verbose rambling affairs that have some semblance of a point in the opening paragraph but end up amounting to little except a laboured exercise in autistic delusional grandeur.

Ok, so you're meaning to tell me that this:

http://insomnia.ac/commentary/basic_instincts/

is faux intellectualism? This extremely easy to read, informal, and well written piece is pretentious? Words fail me this time.

In case you didn't bother to read it, his article is about Charles Pratt --a professor of Game Studies-- and how his article supposedly talking about "games criticism" is really just a collection of empty concepts which (unintentionally, I'm sure) mislead people into actually believing his jargon. Furthermore, he ties in this fact with the Nietzsche quote at the beginning, that "every error is a departure from instinct, i.e. passion." He then proceeds to show Mr. Pratt how criticism is given correctly, with passion being the driving force. Moreover, a lack of passion will lead one's analysis nowhere, as it did with Charles. The basic theme of the paper is this: without passion, criticism is not possible.

That sounds pretty structured and clear to me. Which articles are you reading?

Wow, you are fucking mad. You always seemed a little antsy before, but damn.

You misunderstand me. I was annoyed, not mad. There is a huge difference. You don't want to be in the same room with me when I'm mad, trust me.