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Okay people, tell me this: What is 'hip' and 'trendy'?
Is it:
a) Tucking your trousers into your socks 'cause you're a complete towny rem
b) Walking around saying 'bo', 'in da crib' and 'homies'
c) Wearing ridiculously priced clothes that make you look like Michael Jackson at the weekend
d) Buying the latest 'F*** F*** F***idy F***' album and make yourself look like a cool person going round swearing?
Oh, dear lord no. Although these are what people do to try and act 'cool'. So, what's cool in gaming? Army Men? Hell no! Its a great big pile of crap. But so is what these 'cool' people do and wear. So we're faced with a dilemma here. What IS a cool game?
That's easy to answer. Fast, beautiful (like me, I must say) and sexy. That's cool. But is, say, a train cool? Thats fast, beautiful and ermmm... forget it.
'Cool' is back in games, and it is ever so apparent in the line up of future consoles. Back in that golden SNES era, playing Mario was not cool. Chrono Trigger was not 'with-it' and our 'homies' certainly weren't video games. But what about now? Video-gaming is incredibly widespread. Almost every PS2-owning person in my school has GTA3, and even people without talk about it 24/7. GTA3 therefore, is cool. Or is it? It doesn't look gay, swear all the time and act 'hard' (okay, the last one is an exception), but by hell its popular! SSX Tricky is the gaming version of 'cool', as is Sonic, but they don't make a fool out of themselves.
What I'm actually trying to get at here, is that gaming is a lot more popular nowadays, and gamers are no longer squares. GT, and GTA 3 are considered gaming legends, unlike what Mario and Chrono trigger were back in those days. With the rise in gaming, it has become undeniably cool, and as a result, OUR GAMES SUFFER (noooooo...)
The GameCube is not considered cool. It is thought of as a 'gay' and 'crap' console, because it has got 'loads of kiddy games', contrary to reality. The Xbox and PS2 are considered 'cool' consoles. But the thing is, the GameCube, in my view, is the only console actually concerned with making fun and immersive games. The PS2 and Xbox are going for reality, which is not necessarily fun at all. So, in a sense, cool consoles are like 'cool' people in real life - total jackasses.
That may be taking things a bit seriously, games such as SSX Tricky and Jak and Daxter, Halo and Munch's Odysee are fun to play, but games like GT 3 and Project Gotham just get on my t**. Realism isn't fun; it replicates our boring monotonous lives, and put bluntly, what's the point? Flash graphics can't hide utter crud, and no matter how 'cool' it may seem, it still is really boring.
So the solution? Get a GameCube. This probably sounds like an ad for it, but to rate games by a fun-factor would yeild GameCube with much higher scores than other consoles, especially the 'life-like' *snigger* PS2. Xbox could be good, but the PS2 is a one track mind.
As a closing note, don't dispute the PS2 thing, because we each have our own opinions about things. This is mine, and the PS2 is 'cool', which does mean that people will tag along to it, but those intelligent people who can see beyond that blue glowing aura should stay way clear. A great mind once said...
"Judge consoles by what they have to offer, not what they seem to lack"
And the PS2 has only this to offer - 'image'. And that's it.
Is it:
a) Tucking your trousers into your socks 'cause you're a complete towny rem
b) Walking around saying 'bo', 'in da crib' and 'homies'
c) Wearing ridiculously priced clothes that make you look like Michael Jackson at the weekend
d) Buying the latest 'F*** F*** F***idy F***' album and make yourself look like a cool person going round swearing?
Oh, dear lord no. Although these are what people do to try and act 'cool'. So, what's cool in gaming? Army Men? Hell no! Its a great big pile of crap. But so is what these 'cool' people do and wear. So we're faced with a dilemma here. What IS a cool game?
That's easy to answer. Fast, beautiful (like me, I must say) and sexy. That's cool. But is, say, a train cool? Thats fast, beautiful and ermmm... forget it.
'Cool' is back in games, and it is ever so apparent in the line up of future consoles. Back in that golden SNES era, playing Mario was not cool. Chrono Trigger was not 'with-it' and our 'homies' certainly weren't video games. But what about now? Video-gaming is incredibly widespread. Almost every PS2-owning person in my school has GTA3, and even people without talk about it 24/7. GTA3 therefore, is cool. Or is it? It doesn't look gay, swear all the time and act 'hard' (okay, the last one is an exception), but by hell its popular! SSX Tricky is the gaming version of 'cool', as is Sonic, but they don't make a fool out of themselves.
What I'm actually trying to get at here, is that gaming is a lot more popular nowadays, and gamers are no longer squares. GT, and GTA 3 are considered gaming legends, unlike what Mario and Chrono trigger were back in those days. With the rise in gaming, it has become undeniably cool, and as a result, OUR GAMES SUFFER (noooooo...)
The GameCube is not considered cool. It is thought of as a 'gay' and 'crap' console, because it has got 'loads of kiddy games', contrary to reality. The Xbox and PS2 are considered 'cool' consoles. But the thing is, the GameCube, in my view, is the only console actually concerned with making fun and immersive games. The PS2 and Xbox are going for reality, which is not necessarily fun at all. So, in a sense, cool consoles are like 'cool' people in real life - total jackasses.
That may be taking things a bit seriously, games such as SSX Tricky and Jak and Daxter, Halo and Munch's Odysee are fun to play, but games like GT 3 and Project Gotham just get on my t**. Realism isn't fun; it replicates our boring monotonous lives, and put bluntly, what's the point? Flash graphics can't hide utter crud, and no matter how 'cool' it may seem, it still is really boring.
So the solution? Get a GameCube. This probably sounds like an ad for it, but to rate games by a fun-factor would yeild GameCube with much higher scores than other consoles, especially the 'life-like' *snigger* PS2. Xbox could be good, but the PS2 is a one track mind.
As a closing note, don't dispute the PS2 thing, because we each have our own opinions about things. This is mine, and the PS2 is 'cool', which does mean that people will tag along to it, but those intelligent people who can see beyond that blue glowing aura should stay way clear. A great mind once said...
"Judge consoles by what they have to offer, not what they seem to lack"
And the PS2 has only this to offer - 'image'. And that's it.
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Aaaaayyyyyyy
Image is nothing, obey your thirst....
Or somthin like that...
Or somthin like that...
Yup. I have no idea what cool is, but I'm most definitely it. :0)
Maybe.
Maybe.
'Cool' is a state of mind, if you think your cool then who cares what anyone else thinks. But if you really think your cool and act like you know you're cool then it actually rubs off on people and they think your cool too.
Or they kick your head in...
Or they kick your head in...
I think the first "cool" game, was Wipeout on the PSOne
I must say, if you are as beautiful as I am, you don't need fashion to look cool...
The best games for a next-gen console available at the moment.
GTA 3- cool
½pint wrote:
Is it:
a) Tucking
> your trousers into your socks 'cause you're a complete towny rem
b) Walking
> around saying 'bo', 'in da crib' and 'homies'
c) Wearing ridiculously priced
> clothes that make you look like Michael Jackson at the weekend
d) Buying the
> latest 'F*** F*** F***idy F***' album and make yourself look like a cool person
> going round swearing?
you jest, but these are the popular choices around my area, no idea why, although you left out the flat cap! (farmer stylee)
don't know why people toture their eyes with these fashions, they should all look as cool as me.
Is it:
a) Tucking
> your trousers into your socks 'cause you're a complete towny rem
b) Walking
> around saying 'bo', 'in da crib' and 'homies'
c) Wearing ridiculously priced
> clothes that make you look like Michael Jackson at the weekend
d) Buying the
> latest 'F*** F*** F***idy F***' album and make yourself look like a cool person
> going round swearing?
you jest, but these are the popular choices around my area, no idea why, although you left out the flat cap! (farmer stylee)
don't know why people toture their eyes with these fashions, they should all look as cool as me.
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