Willardo

Well I'll stand up for 3D. I loved 2D back in the day (Lttp, Link's Awakening) and thought I'd love Minish Cap when I recently bought it. But to be honest, after the 3D titles, I thought Minish Cap was a boring game completely devoid of atmosphere. And now I'm frightened to go back and play other 2D Zeldas for fear they'll be tainted too.

Well here comes a vote for the pompous: if we as a community don't try and understand the meaning of video games - and all games have meaning, whether we like to believe it or not - then other people will find that meaning for us. And you better believe it, it won't be the meaning you like.

I think you got it right. It is a small issue. Video game content is pretty much protected in the US by the First Amendment, and if it is getting attacked for being too violent (or whatever) then people have a right to attack it. On this simple issue, I'm sick of people thinking that just because they have the right to the most violent content that makes that good...

... but more importantly, it is a small issue. The right to invade other countries on the whim of the president is a bit bigger, and something worth fighting for / against (depending on your perspective).

I might be a fanboy joujou, but if you don't like the DS then you just don't like gaming.

Car analogies don't, however, hold up for the console industry. Basically, it doesn't make a single bit of difference if someone else buys the same car as you... except maybe that model can be made more cheaply. However, the more people who buy the same console as you, the more likely developers are to make games for that console, and hence the better that console will be in the long run (cue fanboys). Accordingly, sales numbers in this industry are crucial.

... Hate to post utterly tangential to the topic, but I just clicked on the Colours prison sex link and had a flash back to the glory days... Ahh... does everyone remember when the Sony Defence Force and Wiifanboys used to slug it out to the amusement of all? Good times, good times. But where have all the PS3 fanboys gone? Joystiq is a poorer place for the lack of Darryls, Pedros (an earlier incarnation, probably not posting in this thread) and Christopher7xiis... Oh well, progress I suppose.

Hey Jimboz - this isn't "fuckin America, after all". This is "the internet", and it covers the whole world.

Or perhaps "Occult" as in concealed from normal view. Look words up before you jump down from your high horse.

Bath, UK.

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