Smartbomb Author Speaks For Underground Gaming Culture's Behalf |
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Reality. Such a big word with a thousand different notions. It varies from one person to the next. But it is inescapable that one reality sometimes crosses paths with the others. We reported recently on the tragic Montreal Massacre. Seemingly, suspect Kimveer Gill shares his very own with 1999 Columbine killing perpetrators Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. All three of them are gone now. But their voices, their realities so to speak, echo through an unlikely ally.Aaron Ruby co-authors the book Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution with fellow Heather Chaplin. Ruby sees what the mainstream calls "violent videogames" in a very different light. Instead of calling them crude, he refers to them as subversive. They are not dark, underground culture for him. Rather, they are part of an emerging culture.
Moreover, he likens the gaming industry to the music scene. After all, the two indeed are entwined. If Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are gods, then Molleindustria, Emogames and Ledonne himself (developer of Super Columbine Massacre RPG!) are demi-gods, questioning eternally the three's mandate and dominion. Accordingly, Molleindustria developed The McDonaldÂ’s Game, a simulation of corporate fast food interests. Emogames on the other hand, created a ruthless version of The Bush Game.
Furthermore, he got back at mainstream media, stating a glaring fact that these critics didnÂ’t even know how to download, install and play the game, let alone talk about it intelligently. According to him, "These games ask more of its audience than rudimentary button-pushing and map navigation; it implores introspection." He loses faith at the society at large.
In the end, Aaron Ruby could just speak for this underground, emerging, oftentimes misunderstood culture: You donÂ’t know me, you donÂ’t understand my culture, and IÂ’m not going to be bothered to explain it to you.
Via NextGen.biz
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LET US RISE AGAINST OUR THE NOOBS
So the 'author' of a failed game writes a book about gaming culture, which he failed to understand enough to make a good game. -yawn-
@WC: WTH are you even talking about?
How am I the 'author' of a 'failed game'? I've never published a game in my life!
Get your facts straight before you load up next time, n00b.