Re: Chat Thread

[Miraculous Kaydybug]

What's this polygon you speak of?

Polygon is a site run by a bunch of straight white guys and one woman who complain about how straight white guys are too privileged in the gaming community.

That is the best description i can give. its supposed to be a game site but they want to throw politics into everything, politics which they dont even understand. The EIC blocked when i said one of his writers offended me. He tried defending him and I'm like no he still offended me i want an apology. He blocked me after that

[BretBaber]

Everyone here could make a better gaming site. One thing I can't stand is politics, even the word is stupid.

[Krubixcube]

It is hard to find more editorialized stuff in video games. 1up tried to...but it just didn't have an audience either. I kind of knew once IGN bought them they would probably get absorbed but hopefully at least the good members of staff would find a home somewhere else. I kind of flit around on different websites, I still go to the big corporate ones just to see announcements and surface level stuff...as for actual interesting features and stuff...*shrug*.

@Rainjar: That's what's called in psychological circles as "moral panic" (in regards to backstabbing teachers)

[volvocrusher]

The issue isn't a lack of editorialized stuff, trust me, we've got plenty of that. The issue that everyone who is editorializing is a fucking idiot.

[BretBaber]

There's a severe thunderstorm moving into my area. So what am I doing? Charging every electronic device in case my power goes out. Anyone else do the same thing?

[pspiddy]

There's a severe thunderstorm moving into my area.  So what am I doing?  Charging every electronic device in case my power goes out.  Anyone else do the same thing?

Guilty.

@Greenie: I think it has more to do with smugness or ego. That's why I miss Shoe and his "fuck you" attitude. But look where that got him...

[BretBaber]

Joe Rybicki, Gary Steinman, Todd Zuniga, Thierry Nyugen. Loved those guys.

[pspiddy]

Don't forget Greg Sewart. His Canadian ass was not only a good writer, but hilarious.

[Krubixcube]

I guess "intelligent" editorializing is what I was going for...

[ajapam]

Meh. There's always blogs by normal people and Extra Credits videos for editorials

[volvocrusher]

I'd say Yahtzee has the best editorials now on Extra Punctuation.

[Krubixcube]

I do like his written stuff.

[pspiddy]

Meh. There's always blogs by normal people and Extra Credits videos for editorials

That made me laugh so hard I chortled Coke. I'm not mocking you by any means; I just find it funny that the phrasing is accepted vernacular because the rampant jackasses that run the business is ridiculous.

[Miraculous Kaydybug]

My biggest problem with the gaming press is they can literally say 5+5=30 in their articles and a million people will point it out and they WILL NEVER admit it was there they may change it, but they wont own up to it or apologize. They are worse than fucking fanboys i swear to god.

[pspiddy]

What you're talking about is called transparency and accountability. On a personal level it is called integrity. Sadly, the macrocosm makes it perfectly acceptable to deny absolutes in favor of monetary gain.

So as not to make it a "spiddy" post, people make money being full of shit and kissing ass instead of being genuine to who they, and their audience, are.

[Krubixcube]

I always accepted htere would be the monetary driven websites/magazines as there are for most industries but I feel like those websites are the dominant force.

[SanAndreasX]

I still wish there were more printed mags. And for all the use gaming websites are in gaming news - useless as tits on a bull, in other words - we might as well still have printed mags. The Internet has not made gaming news one iota better.

[pspiddy]

We should move the college discussion to this thread.

What has everyone here gone to school for and where?

I went to a community college in H-town. I was on my way to going to SCAD(Savannah College of Art and Design) and turned it down because my 18 year old self was an asshole who thought love existed. My decision turned out to be formative. I have multiple degrees and the pure dynamics of the experience have proved pretty lucrative.

My wife got a scholarship for physics to U of H which is telling of who is the badass in my life. I can barely do multiplication.

[SanAndreasX]

Political Science at the University of Oklahoma, and registered nursing at Rose State College, which is a 2-year institution in Midwest City (near OKC). Hope to attend law school at UCLA soon.

[pspiddy]

Political Science at the University of Oklahoma, and registered nursing at Rose State College, which is a 2-year institution in Midwest City (near OKC). Hope to attend law school at UCLA soon.

We need to have a playdate before you abscond to the coast. It's stupid that we haven't organized that. Well, not really; you and yours would most likely love my wife and hate me. I'm an acquired taste at best.

[SanAndreasX]

Hey, sounds good. Give me some contact info and a good day off by PM if you want. I actually work every weekend supervising a nursing facility, though, but the rest of the week is generally good for me.

[ajapam]

I went to the University of Saskatchewan for 3 1/2 years for physics. Then I realized how boring it ended up being and how little I actually learned. I honestly had honor roll grades for like 3 years and got a research scholarship and all I did was apply formulas while understanding maybe a fifth of what I actually did.

So I'm switching to music (probably in Lethbridge) next year because I don't want to be one of those people who asks for nothing but the bare minimum out of life (IE my parents. They're depressing sometimes)

[volvocrusher]

That's exactly why I'm writing a book when I'm out of school. I'm either going to try to join the police for or get into white collar crime (and with luck, the FBI) some day, but if either of these paths lead down the road of misery, well, at least I can try to make a profit off spreading all my fucked up thoughts.

Book's going to be called "365 Days of Bullshit." 3 guesses what it's going to be about.

[TripOpt55]

I have a degree in Mathematics from Rowan University (its a fairly small University here in South Jersey). I kind of wish I'd have gone for something else in hindsight, but at the same time a lot of it was fun. I was really good at Math and liked it quite a bit coming out of High School. Figured I'd go into teaching, but sort of changed my mind on that partway through (I hated the teaching classes). It is tough to make that sort of decision (what to do with your life more or less) when you are a teenager I guess. By the end I was a little worn out on Math. I think about going back to school sometimes. I do accounting work now and the occasional other odd jobs, but am not very happy with it.

[pspiddy]

A year in the life of an early twenties cat discovering existentialism?

That's an honest guess and not me being a prick.

[pspiddy]

Ever consider being an adjunct professor, Trip? I think you'd kick ass as a professor. Well, that's my interwebs opinion.

[volvocrusher]

That's actually a startlingly accurate description, but I feel like you're giving me more credit than I'm due.

@Trip: I thought about being a teacher (mostly because my dad's one...and my mom...and both my sisters), but then I realized I'm too much of an asshole for that. I don't think I could resist the temptation to tell parents they're clueless morons with a child who makes mistakes and stupid choices, but by some miracle did not turn out half as bad as the people who raised him.

[ajapam]

I don't know. Some of my best teachers were assholes

[pspiddy]

Look at it this way, guys, these people that are professors are imparting knowledge. Which is admirable and also very delicate. (I'm talking about paid higher institutions, not public education) Go to any college anywhere and you have jackass professors promoting required reading shit they wrote about shit that makes them feel important. People like Trip would, in my small mind, make it a better place.

@Greenie: I am the window into your soul. (You're also a really brilliant writer and what is due to you is probably well deserved)

[ajapam]

I lucked out and only had one professor promote his own work. And his version of "promotion" was telling us to photocopy the pages and return the book. So I bought his book and kept it.

Maybe that was his plan all along

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