Comments on: News: Mountains of Nontroversy http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: Ethan 'Ethos' Pipher http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71347 Tue, 27 May 2014 12:55:56 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71347 @Poggle – I did mean the Evil is Good article. I didn’t read the other. I tend to not read IGN editorials as a rule these days, but he linked to it on Facebook and while I don’t often agree with him and think he’s actually a pretty bad game reviewer, I also think he’s one of the only thoughtful intelligent people left working for the site after the exodus of the Clayman/Goldstein era, so I gave it a read and was surprised to agree with practically every word. I was far less surprised to agree with the rest of your comment.

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By: Julian 'SiliconNooB' Taylor http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71345 Tue, 27 May 2014 11:16:04 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71345 I kind of wonder whether a certain monthly quota of confected controversy is part of the standard Kotaku employment contract…

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By: Andrew 'Mel' Melcon http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71291 Mon, 26 May 2014 22:18:04 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71291 When it comes to “nontroversies” I think we should also be mindful of where we’re finding them.

There’s a reason I don’t read Kotaku let alone know the names of people who write for that fucking site. I just can’t be angry when I open a box labeled “shit” only to find a stinky turd inside. That’s practically my fault at that point.

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By: James 'Gyme' Pagel http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71278 Mon, 26 May 2014 19:52:53 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71278 @Ethos: Are you talking about the Evil is Good article? He really hit the nail on the head, especially with his comments about the fact that many people insinuate that games are not allowed to deal with tough issues.

Lucy O’Brien wrote an article for IGN as well that basically was cautioning against ignoring those people that “spoke out” against the Far Cry 4 cover art. Where she fails with her article is that she doesn’t make the distinction between nontroversies and legitimate controversies. It isn’t a fine line between the two and while we need to be careful at silencing people that speak out against controversies, we have to have the same caution at giving people perpetuating nontroversies any attention.

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By: LegendaryApple http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71275 Mon, 26 May 2014 19:20:47 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71275 I played Ellen Page Murders Everyone With Her Mind. I will not step in on its behalf. It was worse than Heavy Rain, and I didn’t even think that was possible. Massive waste of acting talent.

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By: Julian 'SiliconNooB' Taylor http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71273 Mon, 26 May 2014 19:18:05 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71273 *A hush descends upon Lusipurr.com*

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By: Ethan 'Ethos' Pipher http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71248 Mon, 26 May 2014 13:15:12 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71248 While I understand maintaining awareness toward prevalent and damaging portrayal of race in popular media, this Far Cry 4 thing and related Kotaku article were counter-productive to that cause. It’s indicative of a reactive and not a reflective mentality of an audience unable to discern character as idea instead of instruction booklet. Surprisingly, it was Colin Moriarty of IGN who I felt had the best things to say on the matter.

David Cage’s words would have a lot more weight if he achieved anything interesting in game design. I actually prefer Molyneux. He had massive ideas that were never realized, but at least the ideas were generally something worth striving for. Cage, by those words, seems to think his games were mechanically successful, as if he has already achieved his new world of gaming design. Granted, I haven’t played Ellen Page Murders Everyone With Her Mind, so if anybody wants to step in on its behalf…

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71239 Mon, 26 May 2014 10:34:58 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71239 Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes is HYDLIDE.

HYDLIDE!

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By: Ferchu http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71210 Mon, 26 May 2014 04:51:27 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71210 Yes, Patricia Hernandez is the biggest of them all .

Watch this image, you are going to be surprised xD http://puu.sh/91ytY.png

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By: Julian 'SiliconNooB' Taylor http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71207 Mon, 26 May 2014 04:05:54 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71207 Actually, I think the worst offender at Kotaku is Patricia Hernandez. Not even a gamer. Just uses vaguely game related issues to stoke the fires of fake racism and fake sexism.

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By: Epyon-01 http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71193 Mon, 26 May 2014 00:19:15 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71193 Nathan Grayson? I thought idiotic outrage was Jason Scheier’s specialty.

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By: Ferchu http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71177 Sun, 25 May 2014 21:46:06 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71177 I don’t understand why people can be so idiotic with the far cry debacle. Thank god I don’t need to read the news using kotaku anymore. Great article Julian !

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71158 Sun, 25 May 2014 17:49:41 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71158 David Cage makes ‘games’ for film snobs who, having become bored with looking at the matching labels of their Criterion Collection DVDs, now want video games which are just movies with “Press X” prompts that ensure the viewer is still watching.

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By: LegendaryApple http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71086 Sun, 25 May 2014 02:10:14 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71086 If it was up to David Cage, players wouldn’t touch their controllers at all… Much like another entertainment medium… Perhaps one that he should consider investing his time in. Then he can put everyone in the movie theater to sleep instead of Shuhei Yoshida.

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/05/24/news-mountains-of-nontroversy/#comment-71082 Sun, 25 May 2014 00:22:27 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11446#comment-71082 David Spade is a terrible game developer! He’s also an arrogant prick. We should send him back to Greece!

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