Unpopular Opinions: Vidya Game Edition

[C.Mongler]

unpopular opinion: in general, old gaming hardware is of no inherent value

in what sense, a historical one or a literal one cuz yeah i could make a throne out of gamecubes off of one paycheck easily

[Kalahari Inkantation]

unpopular opinion: in general, old gaming hardware is of no inherent value

in what sense, a historical one or a literal one cuz yeah i could make a throne out of gamecubes off of one paycheck easily

they have historic and nostalgic value, but no practical value as tools (if their games are easily accessible on newer platforms, which is the case for most retro gaming hardware today)

[TooB]

unpopular opinion: in general, old gaming hardware is of no inherent value

in what sense, a historical one or a literal one cuz yeah i could make a throne out of gamecubes off of one paycheck easily

they have historic and nostalgic value, but no practical value as tools (if their games are easily accessible on newer platforms, which is the case for most retro gaming hardware today)

in my eyes, yes while many nes games are available on newer hardware, or emulator  (nes is just an example) there is nothing quite like holding that classic nes controller

[Kalahari Inkantation]

so it has nostalgic value lol

old hardware is also valuable if you happen to already own games for the old hardware

but to go out of your way to buy old hardware and old games for old hardware when you could much more easily and cheaply buy the remakes and ports and remasters and digital versions that are widely available on newer platforms seems like a needless expense, unless you truly value the nostalgia/history factor

[Kalahari Inkantation]

unpopular opinion: this is a completely serious post

"chosen" was the wrong word

tracer was painstakingly designed for the role of blatantly obvious, maximally efficient cheap marketing trollop from the ground up

laboratory manufactured with the quirkiest™ personality and trendiest™ characteristics possible to ensure mass appeal and irresistibility to normie suckers

whereas pikachu is just a charming innocent fat rodent

he has no ulterior motives, as far as anyone knows

but tracer is the digital equivalent of a shrewd, pushy, artificially """friendly""" used car salesman

i am sickened by what tracer represents

[Mando Pandango]

all they had to do with tracer was make her voice actress tone it down a little and have her stop giggling at everything and she'd be fine IMO

[Thyme]

imma get it and play as her to spite you guys

[Kalahari Inkantation]

she also has the absolute least interesting æsthetic design of any member of the cast, male or female, by far

imma get it and play as her to spite you guys

[TooB]

and then they made her gay, and made everybody mad

[Kalahari Inkantation]

1. anyone who was upset over that is dumb
2. but blizzard completely expected and desired for that to be met with outrageous controversy
3. equally retarded as the outraged folk were the ones who then bought the game to spite the outraged folk
4. thus maximizing tracer's utility as a ruthlessly efficient, utterly soulless, poorly animated marketing algorithm

[YPrrrr]

Who was mad that she was lesbian?

I'd like to see the shitstorm if they made reaper gay though

[TooB]

Who was mad that she was lesbian?

I'd like to see the shitstorm if they made reaper gay though

pretty much all the vocal people on the internet was mad. Then again, just as many vocal people were a little TOO happy about it.

Gay Reaper would be amazing...

"die die DIE....... silly."

[wawi]

its like the starbucks holiday cups, people make a bigger deal out of people offended by it then there are people actually offended by it

[Thyme]

unpopular opinion: this is a completely serious post

"chosen" was the wrong word

tracer was painstakingly designed for the role of blatantly obvious, maximally efficient cheap marketing trollop from the ground up

laboratory manufactured with the quirkiestâ,,¢ personality and trendiestâ,,¢ characteristics possible to ensure mass appeal and irresistibility to normie suckers

whereas pikachu is just a charming innocent fat rodent

he has no ulterior motives, as far as anyone knows

but tracer is the digital equivalent of a shrewd, pushy, artificially """friendly""" used car salesman

i am sickened by what tracer represents

[Kalahari Inkantation]

chute me