tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post4333616541517555590..comments2023-10-18T08:34:32.335-07:00Comments on Banana Pepper Martinis: Comment CultureKirk Battlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-66859508172024530222008-09-26T05:36:00.000-07:002008-09-26T05:36:00.000-07:00Don't sweat it man, you were absolutely right to c...Don't sweat it man, you were absolutely right to call me out on that piece. I was still experimenting with how to write critical essays and your comment made me realize that things like authorial intent and identity were a dead end with video games. Considering the whole piece is founded on that, I doubt I could've tweaked it much to change that problem.<BR/><BR/>As I grudgingly admitted in the piece, one has to just learn to take their licks. You could pad your sword a little bit though. :)Kirk Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-76513705509887177832008-09-25T12:35:00.000-07:002008-09-25T12:35:00.000-07:00The really good ideas are those that seem blatantl...The really good ideas are those that seem blatantly obvious in hindsight. They are the elephant in the room and it takes some courage and intelligence to realise most people don't even see it until you point a torch at it (Ok that was a weird metaphor, and I think I might have a worrying thing for elephants).<BR/><BR/>"And Christ knows, seeing a comment on one of your posts is probably one of the sweetest emotional affirmations known to the internet age." - Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"...other stuff was more innocent things like crediting Ken Levine for writing stuff he probably didn’t." - Hey I didn't mean any offense by it, I'm just kind of a _HUGE_ Irrational\Looking Glass Studios fanboy and a pedant.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ah comments. I know what it's like to write something and feel that nobody even cares because you've got no comments. But at the same time I will often read some very insightful blog posts, or articles that I don't comment on because I feel anything I add will be superfluous. Yet the writer in my feels I should just to show them that what they have written has been noticed by somebody.<BR/><BR/>Personally I long for comments, especially the ones who don't agree. Maybe I'm inherently foolish but I use the internet as a place for discourse and if you want to tell me I'm wrong go for it. I'd rather be wrong now and learn from it than wrong forever and live in ignorance.<BR/><BR/>It's amusing that my first impression of Michael was something like "Who's this smartass who things he's cleverer than me?" I mean Brainy Gamer, that's just asking for trouble. It was fucking annoying to find out he really is cleverer than me. Still that might be true, but he’s not always right, and I’ll tell him when I disagree, and I’ll tell you too L.B. so be prepared to argue your corner. I’m a tenacious Englishman with a chip on his shoulder, a love of games, and a belief that he's smarter than he acts, and I’m watching you.CrashTranslationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176358723290784600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-3283168262738115182008-09-24T05:18:00.000-07:002008-09-24T05:18:00.000-07:00Hahaha...that's the first time I've ever seen you ...Hahaha...that's the first time I've ever seen you swear. Thanks a ton man, I wasn't meaning that I'd cut the chord so much as potentially offend massive portions of my readership. Think I'll tweak that sentence...<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I sat down and decided to write another rant. It feels good...I don't think I'd ever post this kind of stuff anywhere but my personal blog, but it felt good to swear and be vulgar. I decided to tone it down on the revise but...I'm glad you saw the vulgar version.Kirk Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-26221311156286989392008-09-23T22:25:00.000-07:002008-09-23T22:25:00.000-07:00I think a Carolina hurricane just blew through my ...I think a Carolina hurricane just blew through my house. <BR/><BR/>So you're probably going to get that law degree and join a firm and win a bunch of cases and leave a trail of eviscerated opponents in your wake. And that will be good for you and good for your wallet and good for your clients and probably just good all around.<BR/><BR/>But it won't be good for me because there won't be anyone to yell GET OFF MAH LAND in GameBlogLand. Sure, others will try, but it won't be delivered with quite the crotchety fuckhead law student gravitas as when L.B. Jeffries brings it. Snarky is a poor substitute for incisive.<BR/><BR/>This essay won't ruin your career as a game journalist. It only serves to highlight the fact that writing about games is what you happen to do better than just about anybody else. <BR/><BR/>And you thought you were cutting the cord, didn't you? Forget it, pal. That cast won't be coming off your leg any time soon. Not if I have anything to say about it. And I've got friends. The kind who know how to break legs and keep them broken. :P<BR/><BR/>For your consideration: before Raymond Burr was a TV lawyer, he was L.B. Jeffries' prime suspect. Burr as bad guy with nasty personality: interesting. Burr as nice-guy lawyer: yawn. I'm just saying...Michael Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437378247420941499noreply@blogger.com