Why Video Games Are Having a Harder Time With Humor 202
Kotaku is running an opinion piece discussing why video games are having a harder time being funny as they've shifted away from text-driven adventures and toward graphics-intensive environments. "As technology improved, things began to get more serious. With the rise of 3D technology a strong focus was put on making games look good, delivering a more realistic — and often darker — experience to the player. Cartoonish comedic games became more of a novelty than the norm. Few titles, such as Rare's Conker's Bad Fur Day for the Nintendo 64, fully embraced humor." The article also talks about how the trend could soon reverse itself. LucasArts' Dave Grossman said, "As the games get smarter and start paying attention to more things about what the player is actually doing, using that ability not just to create challenges but to create humorous moments will be pretty cool. Eventually I expect to be out of a job over that."
Re:I have a reason..... (Score:1, Funny)
Kotaku are just upset because of how unlikable they are. It says so here in their personnel file: Unlikable. Liked by no one. A bitter, unlikable loner site whose passing shall not be mourned. 'Shall not be mourned.' That's exactly what it says. Very formal. Very official. It also says they were adopted. So that's funny, too.
Re:Maybe TF2 for inspiration? (Score:5, Funny)
I absolutely love Team Fortress 2 for having the game voice responses and taunts this way. I laughed so hard when I as a Scout killed a sniper and my character shouted "It was a mercy killin', ya live in a... camper van!". The spy's response is equally funny "[laughs maniacally] You live in a van! [laughs again]".
I definitely agree with you on the Heavy. He can't seem to say anything that isn't humorous at all. For example somebody as a Heavy was sitting in Red team's hay room in ctf_2fort map and randomly hitting the Negative voice commands over and over. He so happened to say this in order right before I knifed him in the back as a spy: "Oh this is bad! Oh nooooo!".
I couldn't stop laughing for a while after that.
Re:How appropriate (Score:1, Funny)
It's well known that all AC's come from uranus.
Re:How appropriate (Score:2, Funny)
I'm a clod, you insensitive cow!
Re:I really have to disagree with this article (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, well screw my opinion then.