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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[2K Marin: Console wars 'drown out creative discourse']]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/2k-marin-console-wars-drown-out-creative-discourse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/2k-marin-console-wars-drown-out-creative-discourse/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/2k-marin-console-wars-drown-out-creative-discourse/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.destructoid.com/2k-marin-the-console-wars-are-a-bit-silly--162826.phtml"><img vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/02/littlesislikesnomad.jpg" /></a></div>
The initially Xbox 360-exclusive <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/bioshock"><em>BioShock</em></a> was one of the major salvos in the ongoing console wars, waged on message boards and comment sections everywhere (including right here on this very site). Speaking with <a href="http://www.destructoid.com/2k-marin-the-console-wars-are-a-bit-silly--162826.phtml">Destructoid</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/bioshock-2"><em>BioShock 2</em></a> producer Jordan Thomas expressed hope that the multi-platform sequel -- which launches today -- doesn't play a similarly divisive role. According to Thomas,  "platform partisanship" is just silly and it "seems to flood the critical channels and drown out other creative discourse."<br />
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Which sounds about right -- whenever a piece of news comes up that swings even close to the differences between the various consoles, the discussion usually degenerates into the same old arguments, and new and more interesting issues get drowned out like Andrew Ryan's old city. 2K Marin didn't ask in so many words, but we will: Would you kindly all just get along?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/2k-marin-console-wars-drown-out-creative-discourse/">2K Marin: Console wars 'drown out creative discourse'</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.destructoid.com/2k-marin-the-console-wars-are-a-bit-silly--162826.phtml>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/2k-marin-console-wars-drown-out-creative-discourse/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19349857/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/09/2k-marin-console-wars-drown-out-creative-discourse/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>2k-marin</category><category>bioshock</category><category>bioshock-2</category><category>comments</category><category>console</category><category>console-wars</category><category>fighting</category><category>insults</category><category>jordan-thomas</category><category>message-boards</category><category>platform-partisanship</category><category>sdf</category><category>sequel</category><category>sony-defense-force</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
