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If all the "hipster" started liking something that is unpopular, or start having an unpopular opinion are they still hipsters?
From my personal experiences people just assume that if you have an unpopular opinion, the only reason you have that opinion is because your a hipster. It's weird.
Hipster's a silly word anyway. Whenever someone says it I just think about an obese man shaking his hips really fast.
From my personal experiences people just assume that if you have an unpopular opinion, the only reason you have that opinion is because your a hipster. It's weird.
Hipster's a silly word anyway. Whenever someone says it I just think about an obese man shaking his hips really fast.
Can't people just like what they like and get on with their 4x lives left?
Also, Bumpyliners sounds like a movie about cheap drugs.
Also, Bumpyliners sounds like a movie about cheap drugs.
Video games hipsterrr?
Does it have that many r`s cuz it should like make it more Spanish sounding. Roll the extra r`s hipsterrrrrrrrr..
Does it have that many r`s cuz it should like make it more Spanish sounding. Roll the extra r`s hipsterrrrrrrrr..
When I play shooters online (Which is hardly ever.) it is usually either Halo C.E* or Nuclear Dawn. Does that make me a hipster?
( * - And by Halo C.E I mean the PC Custom Edition.)
( * - And by Halo C.E I mean the PC Custom Edition.)
Hipster is just a blanket insult you can use against anyone you don't agree with. It's idiotic and not worth time or effort.
Why are you even worrying about this
People that use "hipster" as an insult are morons who have no idea what they're talking about, also you're definition of a hipster (meaning their definition of a hipster) is wrong.
You have to follow certain trends and lifestyle to even qualify as that, and believe me, you don't meet those qualifications. If having having an unpopular opinion makes you a "hipster", everyone and their mother is a "hipster"
I've seen hipster, I like the same music as they do. Believe me when I say you are not one.
People that use "hipster" as an insult are morons who have no idea what they're talking about, also you're definition of a hipster (meaning their definition of a hipster) is wrong.
You have to follow certain trends and lifestyle to even qualify as that, and believe me, you don't meet those qualifications. If having having an unpopular opinion makes you a "hipster", everyone and their mother is a "hipster"
I've seen hipster, I like the same music as they do. Believe me when I say you are not one.
I don't think this is necessarily something with video games only, it's something that happens with all things popular. People will feel left out of something or just want to be part of something that they can't be because of several reasons. And so....they start making things up that don't make sense or start having controversial opinions to gain attention. I don't think this is exclusive to video games, these kind of people are everywhere and if you want to call them hipsters...well, if that works for you. They're even here on Dtoid some more known then others, some not. People should just be themselves and not do things to gain attention or be someone they're not.
Although there is people who purposely dislike something in order to come across as cool or even superior, it is dumb to imply that every one with different taste is like that. After all only family or close friends can tell if it is sincere or not.
Me for example. At the beginning of this generation I was blown away by gears of war and other high profile shooters. Now they have became stale and repetitive, and I spent most of my time playing indie games. I am not a hipster!
Me for example. At the beginning of this generation I was blown away by gears of war and other high profile shooters. Now they have became stale and repetitive, and I spent most of my time playing indie games. I am not a hipster!
I suppose such a thing could exist, not that I've ever met anyone who could be called such a thing. Everyone seems to get called a hipster by someone else. I've been trying to get my gran to call her neighbour in the old folks home a hipster due to her having a wonky hip. We find it rather amusing, the old hipster just doesn't get it though. Her loss.
this happens to me cause i hate ff7 =/ and i dont like lol apparently im trying to be iteresting? idk i just don't like those games :), this is why i love videogames cause everyone tastes are different :D a shitty game in the eyes of someone is amazing for a reason for another ^^
The only people who are truly Hipsters of any kind are those who self identify as hipsters non-ironically, just like Beatniks or Punks(as in people into Punk sub-culture).
You can't be one on accident.
You can't be one on accident.
I've been thrown in the "hipster" box as well as the "hater" box. I think people use that term when what they're really saying is "Your disagreement is totally killing my buzz. I can't socially transcend with you if you disagree with me or have your own opinion on a thing. Like the things I like or I'm going to label you." To which I respond "Fellaters gonna fellate."
But what I'm really trying to convey when I say that is "So I had an 8-bit Sega instead of an 8-bit Nintendo when I was a kid. Of course I'm gonna have a different outlook. What do you want from me? You are tearing me apart, Lisa."
But what I'm really trying to convey when I say that is "So I had an 8-bit Sega instead of an 8-bit Nintendo when I was a kid. Of course I'm gonna have a different outlook. What do you want from me? You are tearing me apart, Lisa."
Everything about me is hipster and what's worse is that I was like this before the term hipster was coined. So if I'm a hipster and it's becoming popular to be one, am I a paradox?
What is that glorious music at the end of the video? It's like something from the end credits of an eighties telethon. I want it.
I buy into it when people refuse to acknowledge any pokemon after Mew, and then you discover they haven't played a pokemon game past g/s.
Of course you can't really know if someone's sincere or not, but with some people you just can't help but feel like they're being nonsensically critical with a game or what not and have opinions that are very difficult to understand. I like the think that I know what Jonathan Holmes likes in video games and dislikes, sort of.. Anyway, if I would visit Dtoid for the first time and see some piece of Jonathan all covered in Jonathan Holmesness I would be like "what? Really? He doesn't like x or y, because of these x or y reasons?" even if *I* don't like it either it still intrigues me and makes me think this guy is full of bollocks and wants to gain attention(that was an example). But he's not, he's someone with an opinion that simply falls out of the norm of most people and explains it with great sincerity and great writing as well. People just need to be more open minded of other peoples opinions that can sometimes not make any sense at all to them, because, OPINIONS! That's how they work! Some people lack common decency and won't accept any opinion but their own, and that's very sad.
Id say you are a hipster, or that you strive to be what the idea of a hipster is, if you purposly play "weird" none mainstream games and never play anything seen as popular.
If you genuinly like something others dont you just have a diffrent taste... So fuck em, keep on rolling and do your thing.
If you genuinly like something others dont you just have a diffrent taste... So fuck em, keep on rolling and do your thing.
I tend to be disinterested in the majority of things that the "mainstream" are excited about. I think part of that involves the hype but it's mostly about how intellectually bankrupt and flavorless products for the mass market tend to be. I know what gets me excited, I'm aware of those niches, does it make me a hipster if I don't spoon down chocolate and vanilla ice cream with a smile on my face like everyone else?
Video game hipsters to exist, I'm sure. But you're not a hipster because you don't like popular things or like less popular things. It's the reason why you like them, or pretend to like them. If you think you're better than other people because you like obscure stuff then you're a hipster. If you simply like strange stuff because you genuinely enjoy it and don't give a damn how you look or compare to other people then you're not a hipster. You just have unusual taste.
But the perception of whether you are a hipster is a bit more complicated. Maybe people don't feel comfortable in their own preferences. They don't like to be labelled as just another person following the flock, so they say that people who like other things are only doing it to be contrarian. In their mind the only reason anyone would say that they like something other than the norm is because they want to be different for the sake of it, not because they genuinely enjoy something. Their not the mindless person with no taste, you're bad because you are pretending to like something that no-one could possibly like just because you want to be seen as different.
But the perception of whether you are a hipster is a bit more complicated. Maybe people don't feel comfortable in their own preferences. They don't like to be labelled as just another person following the flock, so they say that people who like other things are only doing it to be contrarian. In their mind the only reason anyone would say that they like something other than the norm is because they want to be different for the sake of it, not because they genuinely enjoy something. Their not the mindless person with no taste, you're bad because you are pretending to like something that no-one could possibly like just because you want to be seen as different.
Videogame hipsters is a real thing. Sort of goes along with what the last Jimquisition, it's a label that makes sense if you know what it refers to. A videogame hipster is a hipster who plays videogames. Enjoying obscure and niche games doesn't make you a videogame hipster. What makes someone a videogame hipster is when they only play indie/niche games, and they're stuck up about it it, and they'll brush off everything that isn't retro or arty.
Check out my Final Fantasy Blog post on destructoid.
Here http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/jbro08/final-fantasy-xiii-2-and-my-secret-love-affair-230722.phtml
Here http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/jbro08/final-fantasy-xiii-2-and-my-secret-love-affair-230722.phtml
Videogame hipsters are everywhere nowadays, I can't watch a fucking video game review without some hipster comparing said game with Call of Duty or calling the reviewer ignorant for giving COD a better score.
Sometimes you start with an idea in your head and when your done typing it, it reads a lot different then you imagined it would. :-\
I'm more like an anti-hipster. I don't hate people for being into mainstream things, I hate them for not hating the same things I hate.
In other words just because you don't like Ocarina and Jim doesn't like Shadow doesn't make you a hipster. That's just a taste thing any gamer who plays a lot of games has run across the game that is almost universally loved, yet they didn't like it. What makes a hipster is being dismissive of popular games just because they're popular. Videogame Hipsters do exist, I see them on videogame websites quite often.
As for the word hipster it cause confusion because like the word troll it gets used improperly as a blanketed insult. Just because some impolite person online called you a hipster when insulting you doesn't mean you're a hipster.
As for the word hipster it cause confusion because like the word troll it gets used improperly as a blanketed insult. Just because some impolite person online called you a hipster when insulting you doesn't mean you're a hipster.
Hipster is just an easy word, used by people who are to lazy to make a real point.
You fallow a certain trend, hipster.
You dont fallow a certain trend, hipster.
You like this popular music, hipster.
You like this music I didnt hear before, hipster.
People dont even know what they want to use the word for. The only thing they sure use it for is to describe something they dislike.
You fallow a certain trend, hipster.
You dont fallow a certain trend, hipster.
You like this popular music, hipster.
You like this music I didnt hear before, hipster.
People dont even know what they want to use the word for. The only thing they sure use it for is to describe something they dislike.
Guy my girlfriend knows pretends to be into shit like video games and anime and all that stuff. He's seen three episodes of Naruto and stated he tried to download Killzone 3 on his 360, but it wouldn't let him. Enough. Said. That's a video game hipster right there. Pretending he's into it because it is uncool (although lately it's cool because of these people).
Ok as far as the hipster definition goes, you don't even fall into that category. You aren't even "alternative". You played a mainstream franchise (MW:Black Ops) on a mainstream console (Wii) and the same goes with Bit.Trip FATE which it might be a little on the indie side but it is a major published videogame on a mainstream console.
So, what gives? If you really wanna call yourself "gaming hipster" you have to play open source games on your GP2X or something. And do it not because you like your games, but you just want to play it "different".
So, what gives? If you really wanna call yourself "gaming hipster" you have to play open source games on your GP2X or something. And do it not because you like your games, but you just want to play it "different".
Hipsters are kids that conform to current trends such as gauge earrings, skinny jeans, and "fixie" bikes in order to visually blend into their social group. They are anything but individuals.
You Jonathan do and like what you want because you genuinely enjoy it. You are not ruled by the fear of wanting to be accepted. If I had to label your blessed soul as anything id say you were a punk rocker.
You Jonathan do and like what you want because you genuinely enjoy it. You are not ruled by the fear of wanting to be accepted. If I had to label your blessed soul as anything id say you were a punk rocker.
If we can agree that hipsters exist, then yes hipster gamers definitely exist, and you are definitely one. Whether that is a bad thing or not is up to you. I'd say just embrace who you are rather than concern yourself with societal labels.
I love your definition of Hipster, in fact I think that should be THE definition. Official, put it in Websters.
Homes you hipster douche. Of course you're a fucking hipster, I mean just look at you. You're all hipsterish with that hipster haircut and pants. Just embrace it you hipster and grow a beard and get a huge belt buckle. I mean you're either a hipster or a pedophile so I'd go with hipster.
Absolutely there are game hipsters. I kind of am one, and that's weird because I usually hate hipsters.
I take joy in telling people, "Oh you didn't get a chance to play Fragile Dreams? That's unfortunate. It was highly enjoyable."
I take joy in telling people, "Oh you didn't get a chance to play Fragile Dreams? That's unfortunate. It was highly enjoyable."
@deathmetalpizza Amen. Honestly people just need to play what they like and that be the end of it. I like Harvest Moon, Rune Factory and other stuff and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
GG Allen is not punk rock, he was some shitty musician who use to beat up his fans. He represents everything that is wrong with "punk rock." He was one of those assholes that had no message or talent, and did everything just to be extreme because he thought that was cool
Milo Aukerman, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye they're punk rock. Smart educated people with musical talent. I got nothing against you BrowneyeWinkin I just hate GG Allen and have to go into a rant ever time he gets mentioned in a conversation. That guy was an asshole psychopath, and I don't think he should be idolized.
Milo Aukerman, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye they're punk rock. Smart educated people with musical talent. I got nothing against you BrowneyeWinkin I just hate GG Allen and have to go into a rant ever time he gets mentioned in a conversation. That guy was an asshole psychopath, and I don't think he should be idolized.
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