R.I.P "Fun"

Gaming will never be the same again. We'll just have to admit that now. Everyone on this site will eventually say something along the lines of "let's just stop thinking about the whole "AAA" concept and review scores and play our damn games", but is it gonna happen? God no. Those days are long gone and everyday from here on will be review analysts, unreasonable fanboy logic, and endless debates that go nowhere and don't have a point. Sounds harsh and bleak, but it's reality.

Let's talk about the wii. I don't own a wii. I've considered getting one, but I don't own one. The wii and it's fan base are looked at as some sort of confusing phenomenon. It's criticized for it's noticeable inferior hardware and overwhelmingly "casual" game selection. They often revolve around mini games, party games, etc basically a carnival theme. Not much work is put into storyline, mature themes, and the hardware isn't strong enough to innovate on visuals.

Let me ask you something though. How many "casuals" are on this site everyday flaming everyday about a review for a game, available only on a system they don't even own? How many casuals do you know take pride in the fact that a company they have no stock in whatsoever, sold the most amount of units that month? What do you think casuals do all day? Go to work, go outside, talk to their girlfriend, play games, watch a movie, do their...wait wait wait. What was that? Oh yes, play games. The only thing casuals do related to games..is playing the damn games. That's what you're supposed to do remember?

Here's something blatantly obvious, that you're fully aware of, but probably haven't acknowledged at a conscious level yet: It is not a personal accomplishment for the system you own to be selling the most consoles. You bought the console, you play the games, that's it. You're not getting millions from it, it's not your doing that the consoles sold that much, and the other console you don't own selling less than it won't put you through college.

I swear if any of you tried to pull the stuff you do on the internets with someone not involved with any of this crap they'd look at you like you were retarded. Because you/we are retarded. None of this is getting us anywhere. I make this blog being fully aware, that no matter how many letters I type it's only gonna get worst. We're never gonna be able to fully enjoy games like we did when we were a kid because we're not just playing for OUR enjoyment anymore. It's not as personal as it was before, because now we're considering all of this other useless crap. Have fun. Oh wait..I think someone posted a Ninja Gaiden 2 review. Let's all LOL @ the 7's.