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Despite the overwhelming lack of Michael Moore in this documentary...
The Michael Moore Fan Club gives this documentary 4 cheezburgrz!
(The last guy realized he dropped his cheezburgrz and lost it in a fold of fat.)
The Michael Moore Fan Club gives this documentary 4 cheezburgrz!
(The last guy realized he dropped his cheezburgrz and lost it in a fold of fat.)
They need better interviews. They all seemed like inner city kids trying to be as non-offensive as possible. Plus, how hardcore can they be? "I think you're hardcore if you can play a game for 6 hours without getting bored of it"... what? That's not hardcore. That's a normal session of gaming.
While this is a step in the right direction, it's not really what is needed. Regardless of who eventually gets to see this, a bunch of kids claiming that video games is a part of their life is not going to sway someone into thinking that video games aren't responsible. If anything, it just makes it worse by claiming that there are many people who play the same game for hours, days, and years on end, without actually explaining the intricacies behind it. There are reasons these people play the games for that long. There's reasons why games can be played for hours straight. Without detailing why, to an outsider, it just looks like someone who is lost in a video world, and loses track of time, forever trapped in the year that their 'favorite' game came out.
While this is a step in the right direction, it's not really what is needed. Regardless of who eventually gets to see this, a bunch of kids claiming that video games is a part of their life is not going to sway someone into thinking that video games aren't responsible. If anything, it just makes it worse by claiming that there are many people who play the same game for hours, days, and years on end, without actually explaining the intricacies behind it. There are reasons these people play the games for that long. There's reasons why games can be played for hours straight. Without detailing why, to an outsider, it just looks like someone who is lost in a video world, and loses track of time, forever trapped in the year that their 'favorite' game came out.
The creators of this were http://www.jc-media.com/. JC-Media is know for the events they put together. On event like this many outside individuals came and I was unable to attend the event as I helped JC-Media. I honestly think there needs to be an event like this each month so we the gamers who care about the politics in gaming can be heard.
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6 hours of the same game with no breaks to some people is considered hardcore. I know my friends & family always thought I was pretty obsessed when I do my weekend binge, I would say from about 2 hours after I get up until I go to bed I play some form of game. Unless I am raping people's ears & eyes in vent/stickam.
Nice documentary anyway!
6 hours of the same game with no breaks to some people is considered hardcore. I know my friends & family always thought I was pretty obsessed when I do my weekend binge, I would say from about 2 hours after I get up until I go to bed I play some form of game. Unless I am raping people's ears & eyes in vent/stickam.
Nice documentary anyway!
i don't hate michael moore. i'm not a republican. but his movies always have spin. he edits and shoots the movies so he can get his point across sometimes dishonestly.
Not sure why they had so many modified games in there as opposed to actual retail ones that people actually play rather than spend 5 minutes with due to the novelty factor.
As for what defines hardcore gamers, I don't think playing the same game for many years really counts. A hardcore gamer is always looking for new things from games, is willing to try new games. Not someone that has played SSB since the N64 days. I'd consider myself hardcore not because I'm going to play Super Paper Mario for 5 hours this evening (I will) but because I go to sites like Destructoid, because I follow the industry so closely.
Maybe I'm more obsessive than hardcore because I can name the subtitle to just about any game and can also list any previous working titles said game had prior to release, but the fact that I follow the industry so closely is what makes me hardcore, in my opinion anyway. Buying any game that remotely interests me and playing it for extended periods of time probably helps, though.
As for what defines hardcore gamers, I don't think playing the same game for many years really counts. A hardcore gamer is always looking for new things from games, is willing to try new games. Not someone that has played SSB since the N64 days. I'd consider myself hardcore not because I'm going to play Super Paper Mario for 5 hours this evening (I will) but because I go to sites like Destructoid, because I follow the industry so closely.
Maybe I'm more obsessive than hardcore because I can name the subtitle to just about any game and can also list any previous working titles said game had prior to release, but the fact that I follow the industry so closely is what makes me hardcore, in my opinion anyway. Buying any game that remotely interests me and playing it for extended periods of time probably helps, though.
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