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Are Gamers Contributing to the Destruction of Gaming?

Charlie writes:

"If you go and look back over this generation of gaming, you’ll realise that being a gamer is not only tough, but also destructive. If you look at fan backlash throughout these past 5 years, you’ll realise that some gamers can say some rather painful things, even if they are true a lot of the time.

Let’s start out with something rather simple. Throughout these past few years, gamers have come up with new terms for words we never thought could mean something else, and one of those words is “troll”."

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AO1JMM4289d ago (Edited 4289d ago )

Sorry, I meant HELL NO!

I blame it on bad journalism and corporate greed.

_Aarix_4289d ago

Yes, gamers are ruining games. They speak with their wallets and it says, cod, cod, cod. It leaves a bitter taste how everything has some form of cod. Gamers are sheep, if they dont like something its blown out of proportion. Dont get me started on entitled fanboys. Bragging about a console is embarassing since its a low powered pc (yes both xbox and ps3). Last generation was where it was at. Idiots didnt have much of a voice and all 3 consoles have their certain appeal and games of all kinds. If you had a gamecube nobody would jump your case saying to get a ps2 or an xbox. It was great. Now everybody is an a** with people like tentonsoftube ruining the dignity of other gamers. Now gaming has become truly "mainstream" and is being ruined.

xursz4289d ago

I do think trolls have a negative effect on the industry. They make gamers seem like idiots and not many people in the 'real world' want to associate themselves with that kind of group. You go on a Youtube video from IGN and what do you see more than 90% of the time? "PLAYSTATION IS GAY!!!" .... "F*CK YOU XBOX IS FOR F**GOTS" Nintendo fanboys aren't innocent either. There's a kid Snipedown94 (3DS fanboy) who is on EVERY Playstation video talking trash.

It's the sad truth. This is what 'gaming' has come to.

AnarchistAbe4288d ago

@_Aarix_ Yes, because CoD is REALLY the problem. As someone who actually LIKES CoD, the games ARE fun. You might not think so, but that's ok. The point is, maybe CoD is mainstream BECAUSE it's a good game.

BitbyDeath4289d ago

Probably more so the journalists who continue to write negative stories.

Gaming1014289d ago

Really? Complaining about gamers yelling at each other like children? Please, that's what most gamers are - children, or just man-children alike, so don't be surprised when you see the constant bickering both on the internet and over voice chat when people can sit back anonymously with no recourse and try to bully and intimidate other people to make their tiny selves feel big.

Don't be surprised by the constant, futile, childish internet bickering, it has always happened and as long as people are underdeveloped in their thinking (which will be always) it will continue to happen, so leave it alone. You can't talk maturity into people, and although logic can be learned, not everyone is smart enough to utilize it effectively.

Alabaster4289d ago

Gamers didn't invent the term "troll". A simple Google search will tell you that modern usage of the word itself dates from 1980s. Other than that, pretty much everything in the article has been said countless times.

Kran4289d ago

It only really came back into light in the term it's meant in this generation of consoles.

Trolls tend to be mostly gamers any how.

vortis4288d ago

Yeah because there is no such thing as political trolls. >_>

urwifeminder4289d ago (Edited 4289d ago )

Yes with all the crying well that and ea origin lol.

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KEMCO ditch the RPGS for a horror Visual Novel - Horrific Xanatorium

Available right now on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC is the latest from a prolific KEMCO team - Horrific Xanatorium; a horror Visual Novel

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Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell Of Ar Ciel Retro Review – Love Conquers All

Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.

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Giga_Gaia4h ago

Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.

That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.

Knightofelemia2h ago

Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.

TheColbertinator1h ago

I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.

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The hacking adventure "Cyber Manhunt 2: New World" is coming to PC via Steam EA on May 10th, 2024

"The Singapore-based indie games publisher Spiral Up Games and Qingdao/Shandong-based (China) indie games developer Aluba Studio, today announced with great happiness and excitement that their hacking adventure "Cyber Manhunt 2: New World" is coming to PC via Steam EA on May 10th, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.