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See? This right here is exactly the kind of thing that I'm talking about. This includes that article, but more specifically the others linked to from that article (particularly the G4 review which, like the Spoony review I talked about in the comments of the previous post, is just full o' fail).
I'm not going into all of that, except to say that this Thing™ about Metroid: Other M has nothing whatsoever to do with whether games are Art™ or not (whatever the hell that even means), and everything to do with the simple fact that some people (apparently many people) are just flat out dumb. Yeah, sure, Your Mileage May Vary and Complaining About People Not Liking The Game and all that good crap, but... ...no. Seriously no. Flat out dumb. That is all.
I'll just examine this one bit here: "Gaming's answer to Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor, Aran first did battle in her desexualized military armor in 1986. Come 2010, however, and much has changed."
Wait, just hold on a minute. Slow your roll for a bit there, brah. Do you happen to mean this Ellen Ripley[1] and this Sarah Connor[2]? You know, I'm watching those two clips there and I can't help but notice some similarities between the two and Metroid: Other M. It's almost as if...
OH SNAP! THEY'RE CRYING AND BEING ALL SELF-DOUBTING AND GIRLY! TOTALLY MISOGYNISTIC AND SEXIST! I GUESS ALIENS AND TERMINATOR ARE RUINED FOREVER AMIRITE?!!
Thank you for giving me those two examples to make use of. I really appreciate it. You're a pretty cool dude, boingboing.net.
Seriously, I actually agree with the comparison. Saying that Samus Aran in Other M is like Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor is very appropriate in this situation, because it further proves my point from the previous post.
And, for what it's worth, I think the ones saying "it's just a game" and the like as an excuse not to talk about the story and characterization and other elements that are not explicitly "game-like" are also flat out dumb as well, but for different reasons.
NERD RAGE! RAAAUUURRGGGH!!! INSERT APPROPRIATE TV TROPES LINK HERE!!!!!
[1] - In case the video gets pulled for whatever reason, it's the scene from the Director's Cut of Aliens where Burke tells Ripley about her daughter, who had died of old age during Ripley's cryosleep between Alien and Aliens. She breaks down crying at the end, thus ruining the Alien franchise forever, because strong women never cry.
[2] - In case the video gets pulled for whatever reason, it's the scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day where Sarah breaks into the home of Miles Dyson and tries to kill him, but can't bring herself to actually do it. She breaks down crying at the end, thus ruining the Terminator franchise forever, because strong women never cry.
I'm not going into all of that, except to say that this Thing™ about Metroid: Other M has nothing whatsoever to do with whether games are Art™ or not (whatever the hell that even means), and everything to do with the simple fact that some people (apparently many people) are just flat out dumb. Yeah, sure, Your Mileage May Vary and Complaining About People Not Liking The Game and all that good crap, but... ...no. Seriously no. Flat out dumb. That is all.
I'll just examine this one bit here: "Gaming's answer to Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor, Aran first did battle in her desexualized military armor in 1986. Come 2010, however, and much has changed."
Wait, just hold on a minute. Slow your roll for a bit there, brah. Do you happen to mean this Ellen Ripley[1] and this Sarah Connor[2]? You know, I'm watching those two clips there and I can't help but notice some similarities between the two and Metroid: Other M. It's almost as if...
OH SNAP! THEY'RE CRYING AND BEING ALL SELF-DOUBTING AND GIRLY! TOTALLY MISOGYNISTIC AND SEXIST! I GUESS ALIENS AND TERMINATOR ARE RUINED FOREVER AMIRITE?!!
Thank you for giving me those two examples to make use of. I really appreciate it. You're a pretty cool dude, boingboing.net.
Seriously, I actually agree with the comparison. Saying that Samus Aran in Other M is like Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor is very appropriate in this situation, because it further proves my point from the previous post.
And, for what it's worth, I think the ones saying "it's just a game" and the like as an excuse not to talk about the story and characterization and other elements that are not explicitly "game-like" are also flat out dumb as well, but for different reasons.
NERD RAGE! RAAAUUURRGGGH!!! INSERT APPROPRIATE TV TROPES LINK HERE!!!!!
[1] - In case the video gets pulled for whatever reason, it's the scene from the Director's Cut of Aliens where Burke tells Ripley about her daughter, who had died of old age during Ripley's cryosleep between Alien and Aliens. She breaks down crying at the end, thus ruining the Alien franchise forever, because strong women never cry.
[2] - In case the video gets pulled for whatever reason, it's the scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day where Sarah breaks into the home of Miles Dyson and tries to kill him, but can't bring herself to actually do it. She breaks down crying at the end, thus ruining the Terminator franchise forever, because strong women never cry.
