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it's a sign of the awesomeness of our times that we create such profound and significant fantasies in real time, and that people who've never played Eve (me) ca
by mr_spothawk 13y ago
it's a sign of the awesomeness of our times that we create such profound and significant fantasies in real time, and that people who've never played Eve (me) can read about this and be enthralled.
- pyrocat 13y agoEve has always been about the fascinating politics and stories that come out of them. Most of what kept me playing for years was the political intrigue and being a part of it.
- transfire 13y ago"such profound and significant" and meaningless
- jvanenk 13y agoas meaningless as most works of science fiction.
- lifeformed 13y agoJust like all works of fiction, art, and ultimately everything.
- benched 13y agoMm. As meaningless as what most believe (without all that much justification) is the 'top level' reality - life.
- exhilaration 13y agoI'm with you on that, I've never played the game nor do I plan to, but I love reading accounts of these enormous battles.
- 650REDHAIR 13y agoReading about these battles after the fact is almost always better than actually sitting at your computer for 20+ hours dealing with unbearable sluggishness. I stopped playing after awhile because it started to feel more like a job and less like a game.
- tumes 13y agoDoubly so because Klepek is a hell of a games journalist. It's a really exciting time to be a fan of this stuff, no matter how casual.
- MartinCron 13y agoYes. It takes a very good journalist to make this stuff interesting and accessible, and Klepek is about as good as they get.
- chaz 13y agoThere's also a big trend of Let's Play videos -- people watching other people play video games on YouTube. Don't have time/money/patience/skills to play GTA V? Just watch someone else play it, start to finish.
- neals 13y agoI suffer greatly from game addiction. Watching those video's gives me some of the fun, without having to install the game and loose my life.
- BlackDeath3 13y agoEven if you have all of those things, sometimes it's just a hell of a lot of fun to watch a good Let's Play. Some of the better ones I remember for years, and I have a feeling that one which showed a lot of promise but was discontinued far too soon will bother me for years to come as well.
- bitops 13y agoAgreed - I have to mention necroscope86 on YouTube. By far my favorite LP'er. I think he had a snafu with his account that deleted a bunch of videos, but he had some very funny X-COM play throughs. It was more about his commentary and British accent that made it worth watching than the actual games themselves.
- BlackDeath3 13y agoI'll have to check them out. Some of my favorite LPs have come from LtMkilla (Dead Space and the ill-fated Bioshock LPs come to mind). His humor probably isn't for everybody (whose is?), but I love his videos.
- _frog 13y agoIf we're highlighting great LPs, I'll have to throw in a recommendation for ChipCheezum's LPs of the Metal Gear Solid games. The humour is spot on, and the games themselves are covered in exhaustive detail. His LPs of Mega Man Legends and the Uncharted series are great too.
- psionski 13y agoI was amazed by the production value of a recent League of Legends tournament - I mean, look at the stage: http://i.imgur.com/pSpoBjWl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pSpoBjWl.jpg This is the crowd - http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3517059/league_of_legends_world_championships_staples_crowd.jpg http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3517059/league_of_legends_wo... IMHO this is beginning to rival professional sports tournaments in every way possible. The viewer count (couple hundred thousand) might not me a lot compared to football, but is still pretty significant :)