WTF is Destructoid? Read this first!
Got news? email us
Follow
RSS
Contact
About Me
Hello Destructoid, my name is Elandarex (which happens to be an anagram for my real, exceptionally common name) and I am a Gamer, which I have been led to believe is an immoral, socially bankrupt wretch of a creature. Of course, this sits just fine with me given the alternative!
I came to gaming relatively late compared to most gamers I know and despite the occasional brush with Nintendo systems my main gaming past time was playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons with my friends. Eventually I was introduced to Nights Into Dreams and it soon came to be that my first gaming console, a Saturn, was in my possession.
Still, it wasn't until Final Fantasy VII that I became totally embroiled in gaming, and ultimately, my life was signed over to gaming after spending countless hundreds of hours adventuring in Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. After entering into the Church of Bioware I knew I should give up my long standing aspirations of becoming a Paleontologist and enter into an unholy pact with video gaming.
Since then, I have worked towards getting a job in the industry and am currently finishing up with an education in Game Programming over the next few months. Reading Destructoid for the past year has helped me maintain some semblance of sanity in the midst of many of the more psychotic gaming types at school and I felt that it was long past due that I quit my lurking and joined in with this unparalleled gaming community!
Note: I'm not too fond of this profile at the moment but am also far too lazy to make any changes to it at the moment, a common trend in my various dealings.
I came to gaming relatively late compared to most gamers I know and despite the occasional brush with Nintendo systems my main gaming past time was playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons with my friends. Eventually I was introduced to Nights Into Dreams and it soon came to be that my first gaming console, a Saturn, was in my possession.
Still, it wasn't until Final Fantasy VII that I became totally embroiled in gaming, and ultimately, my life was signed over to gaming after spending countless hundreds of hours adventuring in Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. After entering into the Church of Bioware I knew I should give up my long standing aspirations of becoming a Paleontologist and enter into an unholy pact with video gaming.
Since then, I have worked towards getting a job in the industry and am currently finishing up with an education in Game Programming over the next few months. Reading Destructoid for the past year has helped me maintain some semblance of sanity in the midst of many of the more psychotic gaming types at school and I felt that it was long past due that I quit my lurking and joined in with this unparalleled gaming community!
Note: I'm not too fond of this profile at the moment but am also far too lazy to make any changes to it at the moment, a common trend in my various dealings.
Gamer Profile
3DS friend code:
Steam:
Battle:
PSN:
Mii:
Gamertag: Elandarex
Steam:
Battle:
PSN:
Mii:
Gamertag: Elandarex
Following (5)
|
|
|
We should all be well aware of how moronic, ill-informed, and just plain awkward the political spectra are when it comes to games, America and England in particular. They can hardly be blamed for this, however; after all, simply following along with the travesties they lead their respective countries into that have no bearing on games whatsoever provides generous insight as to their levels of competence. However, I simply cannot forgive the travesty I bore witness to mere minutes before, on the tail end of the Daily Show.
During tonight's airing, Jon Stewart took us through a hearing that Congress held regarding the virtual world Second Life, and its supposed infiltration by terrorist cells. This isn't news, and the fact that they are so unfeasibly feeble that they would waste time on such a thing rather than tackling important issues for Americans like health care or gun control isn't what took me 'round the bend tonight. No. I have come to expect these things. What I wasn't expecting is what happened as they transitioned over to the Colbert Report during the Moment of Zen. The Moment of Zen consisted of one of the Congresswomen present at the hearing as she attempted, wait for it, humour!! Following is the foul ichor that spewed forth from her mouth, as paraphrased by myself: "Now, I don't know exactly why you have called this, though I have a feeling that you want pointers on getting past level seven in the World of Warcrafts. Well, I'm sorry to tell you that this will only be worth two experience points..." ..... Seriously? I mean, f***ing SERIOUSLY?! Goddammit, just kill yourself now please!! I realize that you don't understand gaming and never will, but don't make jokes! Not because the joke itself is insulting towards gaming, but because you suck at making them! When I heard those words a part of my soul shriveled and died. Bear in mind that reading them is a completely different experience than actually hearing them and watching the painful expression on the face of the speaker. I know I'm overreacting, but I don't care, because it bit me to the bone, and while I can deal with slings and arrows directed towards my favorite past time, I will NOT stand for the denigration of the most noble art of comedy and wanton use of unsharpened wit! All joking aside though, I would definitely like to hear any bad, jokey references to games from politicians you have heard that have resulted in a significant loss in brain cells. At the very least, there's plenty of ammunition available to sample, politicians loving to make terrible, terrible jokes so much.
|
|
|
|
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
|
Comment with FacebookClick connect and comment instantly! |
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds |
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
All editorial content, including blogs, comments, and forums written by our community, are protected by a
Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing requiring attribution.
Destructoid aka ModernMethod is an independently-run company forged by our childhood love of video games and adulthood hatred mainstream video game press.
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
GET IT?!?!?
But that joke is hilarious. Not in a good way, more in a 'Hahaha you just said that' kind of way. The best part is how little of her audience would have got it... hehe.
But i would say you're over-reacting a little bit... i mean how many terrible jokes are said every day? Admittedly few of them end up on tv... well, comparatively few.
I would really like to see a video of this. Does anyone have a link, or at least the name of this congresswoman?
The government should really have better things to do than this bullshit.
Don't these people know that every time they try to be funny another barrel of orphan dreams is lost in the ocean, never again to be used in proper nefarious plots?