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Would you be excited for a Jonathan Blow game, despite his views?
- Thread starter Chairmanchuck (另一个我)
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Love threads like these because you can always tell who's an asshole by how they respond.
He's racist, misogynist, anti-vax and unbearably pretentious to top it off.
We should see if there's some kind of alt-right (or "just asking questions") bingo card for fucking turds like him.
Jonathan Blow has all the power in the world to not be this insufferable and miserable yet he just is. He chose this. He continues to choose this.
That he's out there and probably still feels this way about Braid and its reception warms my heart. Soulja Boy was right.
Whenever I talk about "anti playing" something, this is my example. The magnesis puzzle in particular is him pretending to not know how anything works in an "anti play" kind of way with the intent of making it seem like the game is worse than it really is.
yeah totally. I might be overlooking something subtle, but his games might be the closest thing to apolitical I can think of. I haven't played Braid since release though.
That's not so much like other artists with right wing views who claim to be apolitical, S. Craig Zahler comes to mind for me. I might enjoy some elements of his work but there's undeniable right wing psycho shit in there.
That's not so much like other artists with right wing views who claim to be apolitical, S. Craig Zahler comes to mind for me. I might enjoy some elements of his work but there's undeniable right wing psycho shit in there.
Threads on this topic do make me wonder if people put everything they buy/consume under the same scrutiny that they do individuals/creators. That's not meant to be a rhetorical/sarcastic question, but where do you draw the line? Because at some point, you have to accept that your money -- and definitely a lot more than what you spend on games -- is lining the pockets of those who have opposing views/morals as you, and are probably more dangerous in their actual influence/actions.
I really enjoyed The Witness, but never understood why Braid got more than a couple days worth of press. Maybe his next game will be good but the guy is toxic, so I'll play another good game instead. The advantage of being spoiled for choice is that I can choose what to miss with no gaps in my gaming schedule.
And even if there was a dead point his next game would fill in, I've got a million other things to do.
And even if there was a dead point his next game would fill in, I've got a million other things to do.
Ooh, I can answer this! When someone goes out of their way to tell me they're garbage, I'll assume they meant me to do something with this knowledge.
I wasn't aware it was that bad, so that could change things for me. I need to undo my vote and look into this more.
Yup.
If they want the pros of attention-seeking, they naturally also get the cons of attention-seeking.
Nah I'm good.
It's interesting how teenage me thought Braid was super impressive. It had a real impact on me. Now I'm looking back and I'm, like, really? It has aged pretty badly, even without knowing the person behind it is a massive tool.
Lmao. I don't think it's weird to fall into a depression after you finish a project like that. But when he started about people not enjoying the game the way they were supposed to... dude, come on.
It's interesting how teenage me thought Braid was super impressive. It had a real impact on me. Now I'm looking back and I'm, like, really? It has aged pretty badly, even without knowing the person behind it is a massive tool.
Lmao. I don't think it's weird to fall into a depression after you finish a project like that. But when he started about people not enjoying the game the way they were supposed to... dude, come on.
I mean I have quite a few problematic favs in media but it's pretty easy for me to ignore the trash libertarian who makes games in a genre I don't particularly care for.
Just about every decision we ever make in life is done under incomplete information, and we can only make the best choices that we can under the information that we have available. If we have more information in one circumstance than another, rather than pretending that information doesn't exist, we're going to take into account that extra information and react accordingly. That's just how the universe we live in works.
It's not even just moral choices. Think about going to a grocery store and buying perishable goods. You don't necessarily know for sure if a particular batch of something, if a particular fruit or vegetable might be worse and will go bad quickly, but if you look at it or smell it and see that it's already showing signs of being past its prime you might decide that it's not worth risking. You probably don't go "well, this looks like it's going bad, but everything else might be going bad too so I'll get it anyway".
What's absurd to me is pretending that this isn't the case when it's something you do every single day because it's such a basic fact of life.
The guy who thinks women are genetically less qualified for coding?
Why would I be curious about someone so incurious
Why would I be curious about someone so incurious
There's zero reason to have this thread other than to call out other members and fight back and forth. It is now locked.
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