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kleinbl00  ·  3020 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: One Star Over, There Might be Another Earth

Yup. For those who cannot enjoy something without destroying something, there's minimal attraction.

HALF LIFE 2: "Look at this intricate story arc! Now kill everyone!"

BIOSHOCK: "What a marvelous setup and characterization! If you want to know more, start a meaningless, pointless shootout over nothing!"

And that's why all the PC Pissants are howling like monkeys and throwing their shit: us filthy casuals don't need to shoot stuff all the time and any game that caters to us must be bad. Because otherwise they're the shallow, simplistic assholes their girlfriend told them they were that one time six years ago that they had a girlfriend, even if they never made it to first base she was still their girlfriend YES SHE WAS JARED

PROTIP: there has never been a Penny Arcade (or C&H) written that didn't confuse mean-spirited snark for humor.