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Recently tried replaying portal 2. The graphics aged just fine over the past decade; unfortunately the same is not true of the writing and humor. Has a very red
by ahelwer 5y ago
Recently tried replaying portal 2. The graphics aged just fine over the past decade; unfortunately the same is not true of the writing and humor. Has a very reddit-circa-2010 vibe. I guess comedy is one of the more difficult fields in which to create a real classic, because of changing social mores but also because most humor relies on novelty. Few video game memes have been beaten to a more thorough pulp than “the cake is a lie”, companion cube, etc.
- pxx 5y agoIsn't this sort of like saying that Shakespeare's works are bad because they're full of clichés?? The game in question is the _origin_ of said memes.
- ahelwer 5y agoIf your humor relies on novelty and the novelty is gone, the humor is gone. It is different with story structures. It isn’t just those examples, though. Play the game or watch a video of the intro sequence and see for yourself. It’s just a lot of “snark” type humor that was prominent at the time.
- majewsky 5y agoThe trope you are looking for is called "Seinfeld is Unfunny": https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunn...