Comments on: News: The Winter of Creativity

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:38:01 +0000

@Wolfe/SN: Oh, to be sure: there are dark times ahead. But, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel–and it is coming from the fires that will be laid beneath the feet of the philistines and the puritans.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:35:55 +0000

Thanks, m8.

By: Ferchu

Ferchu — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:24:57 +0000

Shafer deserves to be forced to watch all the seasons of sex and the city, great article Julian!

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 07:23:04 +0000

If we look to the bonfire of the vanities as a model we can see that beauty and pleasure ultimately win out, but not before tremendous harm is done to what is good in life…

Also, the US population had prohibition foisted on them for like a decade, didn’t they? [though of course the counter-point to this is the ironic claim that prohibition likely led to an increase in the American consumption of alcohol]

As an aside, the amusement is not lost on me when noting that feminism, to a degree, appears to have grown out of the temperance movement – they’ve always been trying to spoil the fun since before they were even a thing.

TL;DR: Fun wins out in the end, but that doesn’t mean that we’re not headed for dark[er] times.

By: Wolfe

Wolfe — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 05:42:32 +0000

I believe you Lusipurr, but I can’t help but worry. There’s no hobby (short of D&D) as dear to me as this one. I remember the days of getting ridiculed for something as stupid as wearing a Zelda shirt, or even better: threats of physical violence for saying I liked Sonic the Hedgehog more than Beavis and Butthead (which was the new hotness at the time). These punks aren’t gamers. They’re hipsters with social degrees who would’ve been the ones throwing stones at the 10 year old me. It makes me angrier than anything this side of politics.

But again, history has proven you correct. I just hope this doesn’t wind up being the one time history veers clear off course.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 04:21:54 +0000

@Wolfe: Also, we have nothing to worry about. Pleasure has always defeated puritanical piety when the chips are down. Human beings generally prefer to have fun and be happy than to eat porridge and have the cold comfort of being sanctimoniously self-righteous.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 04:19:51 +0000

@Wolfe: If Tim Schafer is punched in the face on camera, I would sit and watch that until time itself ends.

By: Wolfe

Wolfe — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 01:57:20 +0000

If this industry becomes what Sarkeesian and her lot desire, I will no longer play games.
Tim Schafer needs to be punched in the face. On camera.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:10:28 +0000

This being said, it is something of a mystery as to why the literal embodiments of the fall have had the scissors taken to them to ensure that they do not say anything unkind.

Because SATAN, the ENEMY, the ADVERSARY, is DEEPLY CONCERNED about the feelings of Social Justice Warriors on the Internet!

Not surprising, as he is evidently leading them by the nose!