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Polygon is Literally the Worst
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Dick Jones
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Polygon:
We need to return to extremely basic stories in gaming as our staff have a combined IQ of 46. We can barely keep up with the plot of the last FIFA game. I'm playing single player but also playing as ten other players at the same time.
Me:
We need to return to extremely basic stories in gaming as our staff have a combined IQ of 46. We can barely keep up with the plot of the last FIFA game. I'm playing single player but also playing as ten other players at the same time.
Me:
MiguelItUp
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Honestly, I would've much rather preferred a TL;DR rather than giving them clicks to see how bad the article is. I don't want to give them clicks, so I'll just go by the comment's reactions, haha.
Really though Polygon and Kotaku are both pretty horrible. But grass is green, and the sky is blue. Stop going there.
Really though Polygon and Kotaku are both pretty horrible. But grass is green, and the sky is blue. Stop going there.
TheMay30thMan
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I don't remember any of those factions being 100% good or bad.
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
...Did you even read the "article"? it says all it needs to to show how fucking retarded those dumb cunts are. There is a reason why gaming "journalism" is a joke these days and these folks are poster boys alongside Waypoint (Vice Gaming) and Kotaku. Though Eurogamer, PCGamer, RockPaperShotgun - all are trying their damnedest to reach to the same level of trash.
Lots of dumb cunts who eat up anything they say and parrot it. Just look at ResetERa, a community comprised of almost entirely of these types.
PuppetMaster
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I strongly do not believe on black and white morality.
I feel a lot of what is wrong with the world today is a side effect of people labeling anything thing they don't like as evil. Its a lazy way of dodging the need to articulate thier own position.
Also defending ones self interests is not evil. Just as Altruism is not inherently good. Both are merely survival strategies. The winning strategy is the better one in the long run.
I feel a lot of what is wrong with the world today is a side effect of people labeling anything thing they don't like as evil. Its a lazy way of dodging the need to articulate thier own position.
Also defending ones self interests is not evil. Just as Altruism is not inherently good. Both are merely survival strategies. The winning strategy is the better one in the long run.
SCB3
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idrago01
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I'm pretty sure places like polygon are getting subsidized by either a parent company or non-profit with wealthy donors that encourages their activism and shares their viewpoint
Explosive Zombie
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"This perspective allows even the most racist or authoritarian among us to argue that their beliefs are just that — beliefs they are free to pursue, and should be free to do so, instead of the reality of plain ol’ boring and evil white supremacy or fascism." - hahahahaha
TheMay30thMan
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Sure, yeah, but they weren't purely evil.
eyesabitdull
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Seriously.
Why do threads with zero context or effort given or made by the OP allowed to stand?
What's the discussion other than just click baiting us to the thread?
Explosive Zombie
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Maybe you should report the thread, see if it's still "allowed to stand" lol, God, you guys are such little babies sometimes.
Explosive Zombie
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Someone else does an archive link on page 1.
Youtubers aren't telling me to embrace black and white morality plays in gaming.
Stop defending crap
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Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Imagine trying to defend Polygon in 2020.
Orthodox Gaming Dad
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Polygon are political activists, plain and simple. One of Polygons contemporaries and ideological bedfellows Austin Walker admits in this discussion that some of the people he aspires to are literal communists right out of the Frankfurt school who created social theory and critical philosophy (i.e. cultural Marxism) In this talk he speaks to topics like what does it mean to make and play videogames during a time of political struggle and social turmoil? Austin continuously writes about the intersection of games, culture, labor and community. He is (was) the Editor-in-Chief of Waypoint, VICE’s videogame site. Interesting talk for those who want to know how and why the games industry has devolved so far away from just making fun games to play:
idrago01
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this is the sjw’s new thing which is blaming you tubers, their positions (like this one) taken at face value are indefensible, and most of their alinsky-esque smear tactics and hoodwinks have been exposed. so now they’re blaming youtubers, despite being totally ignorant of the fact they themselves are barking baby seals parroting the shiet they’re being told on cnn, msnbc, or john oliver
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idrago01
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and when real life long video game fans question the radical change in gaming over the past years we’re called conspiracy theorists and told to just consume the content and don’t ask questions, don’t worry about feminism, gay agenda, and social activism being shoved down ur throats brah what are u a misogynist bigot sandwich nazi? love is love brah and orange man bad
SoraNoKuni
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Ok, wrote a whole rant why this polygon article is trash, then deleted it.
They are not worth of arguments, that article sucked.
They are not worth of arguments, that article sucked.
Make your own video games instead of demanding that developers (who are overwhelmingly progressive) pander to your political agenda, Karen.
I like the article. Bring back games like Kotor. Few games let you be evil these days
Hopefully Niche Gamer plagiarises this article so people here can start agreeing with what it says.
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carlosrox
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How was I defending Polygon lol?
I said they all suck. I have no interest in gaming websites/personalities.
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Oddvintagechap
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Polygon likes bashing TLoU2. Gotta eat.
moose fatcat
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People need to understand that the Article, the Headline, and the Social Media Post are all handled and decided by different departments with different objectives.
Explosive Zombie
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They weren't fans of the first either, they've always had an XBOX bias and they've always been giant SJWs.
moose fatcat
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What does that mean giant SJWs?
idrago01
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who doesn’t like bashing tlou2
People who actually buy video games, judging by the sales
Found the writer
What did I just read? That made my brain vomit... LITERALLY.
Explosive Zombie
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It means they write reviews for games that spend more time talking about cultural appropriation and insensitivity than they do gameplay.
moose fatcat
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This country hates writers with a passion. So funny.
America loves -- cops, superheroes, bosses, queens, king, soldiers, heroes, hosts, auteurs, stars.
America hates -- writers, workers, teachers, parents, social workers, therapists, caregivers, waiters.
What a country!
America loves -- cops, superheroes, bosses, queens, king, soldiers, heroes, hosts, auteurs, stars.
America hates -- writers, workers, teachers, parents, social workers, therapists, caregivers, waiters.
What a country!
moose fatcat
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Okay so you don't like their opinions in their opinionated review articles, because you want their opinions and focus to be on the gameplay. Gotcha.
Well, to me, it seems fair to review any aspect of the game -- you're saying they spend too much time on the narratives of the game? -- so the story of a game is the main attractant for a lot of people. That's fine that it's not your thing and obviously there's plenty of sites (including Polygon) that do focus specifically on gameplay.
I don't get why that is SJW, like that connection I'm not seeing? I'm familiar with the term I just don't get its application here.
Explosive Zombie
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Listen up, you Reset Era reject from Hell...
1. Saying it's fair to review any aspect of a game is BOGUS, no one wants a review that spends 80% of the time talking about the graphics and just a small bit about how it plays
2. NO NOT THE FUCKING NARRATIVE, specific "insensitive" cultural aspects that are ancillary to the over-arching narratives of these games.
3. Most people play games to see how well a game respects diverse cultures now?
4. Including Polygon? Give me a fucking break, only for games where there's no way to read politics into no matter how malformed your brain is, I'm sure their Crash Bandicoot reviews focus more on gameplay, yes.
5. SJW = SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR, they spend more time fighting against what they see as SOCIAL INJUSTICE in the video game sphere than they do talking about what matters to GAMERS. You are not familiar with the term if you are going to talk like this, but I'm sure you're more than familiar with the Reset Era forums.
moose fatcat
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Whoa this took a turn. I didn't mean to press any buttons. I'm really just trying to understand the terminology and vernacular. Every board and social forum seems to vary widely on this.
1. You can only speak to your perspective. But you're insisting that their opinion should be different, that's why you don't like their reviews. I'm just rephrasing your point back to you to see if I am understanding. If not, please clarify.
2. What do you mean, then? I don't know what you're reacting to, you seem to have something in mind and I don't know what it is. Do you have a link or a specific example of how they were being insensitive, or too sensitive? Again this is you wanting them to just write their opinion-based articles differently to better suit your opinion. You are aware of that right?
3. Is that you saying that, or who is saying that? Who are you reacting to?
4. Again I am confused. Are you saying the Crash Bandicoot review supports my point or yours? Or you're saying you haven't read it, but you know what it says? I don't know what you're saying. I'm not trying to upset you. I am just trying to understand you.
5. I'm familiar with "SJW means Social Justice Warrior, which we hate" I just don't see the connections here, I'm trying to understand it. I know SJW is a pejorative. It's "them." Okay. I just am trying to understand why, like, anthropologically.
So basically if I am understanding correctly, you want them to write your opinions for you, and because they're failing to provide you with your own thoughts back to you, then we hate them. Is that right?
Again I am not trying to upset you.
Explosive Zombie
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1. I'm not insisting their opinion be different... what the actual fuck. I'm saying if you want to be a game reviewer you should review the GAME. I don't like their reviews because they'll spend the entire thing complaining about something irrelevant to most peoples enjoyment of a game.
2. I'm not talking about THEM being insensitive, WTF, I'm saying they review games based on the games being insensitive. Look at this shit about Witcher 3 https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/3/8719389/colorblind-on-witcher-3-rust-and-gamings-race-problem
I'm aware you're twisting what I'm saying to mean something else, yes.
3. Stop playing dumb, it's beyond annoying.
4. WTF is with your reading comprehension? I'm saying in the case of a game where no political agenda can be discerned, YES they focus on gameplay, but that doesn't say much for them.
5. Misquoting me, can you do more to not understand a person than you're doing here? OMFG, it doesn't matter if its pejorative or not, I explained how it applies to them.
NO, YOU'RE NOT FUCKING UNDERSTANDING RIGHT, I'M SAYING THEIR SJW VIEWPOINTS ARE BESIDES THE POINT OF THE MAJORITY OF GAMES TO THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. If they hated a game but focused on gameplay, graphics and story but I loved the game I wouldn't necessarily say the review is bad. I'm not asking for my views to be parroted, I'm criticizing them for viewing games through an ideological lens first and AS GAMES second.
idrago01
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idrago01
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“Again I am not trying to upset you.”
he’s trolling you, they always say they the exact opposite of what they’re doing
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Explosive Zombie
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I know, I reported his post I didn't respond to about how America is a bad country but I still can't help but be annoyed because NOTHING annoys me more than people pretending you said shit you didn't. There's plenty to criticize about what I ACTUALLY SAY, I'm not vain enough to think my views are perfect, I wouldn't be on a discussion forum if I felt that way, but if people refuse to engage what you ACTUALLY SAID it just drives me up the fucking wall.
idrago01
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sadly if u ever engage an sjw online, you probably know how true this meme really is
Yams
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Modern game reviews from major publishers will always be written from an ideological perspective. Maybe you'll agree with the ideology and maybe you won't, but it'll always be there. The days of assigning individual scores to Graphics, Sound, and Gameplay are long gone. Like film reviews, they are critiques. Deconstructing a game is part of the job.
Explosive Zombie
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Yes, even games without ideological perspectives, the criticism will be that they're too safe, I've seen this recently with games like Far Cry 5 and Divison II where people were upset about their "apolitical" stances, you could read politics into both, they were just mad the games weren't vehemently anti-Trump or some shit.