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There's a swine in every hobby?

Started by KenHR, January 11, 2007, 08:21:44 PM

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Abyssal Maw

#15
January 12, 2007, 08:46:26 PM
SHUT UP! NINTENDO DS FOREVER!


I also love Cooking Mama. :)
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Erik Boielle

#16
January 12, 2007, 11:15:03 PM
I think the urge to swine is near universal, and in all of us.

So the goal is to be self aware enough to know when you are doing it, and if it is worth continuing.
Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.

Gabriel

#17
January 15, 2007, 04:12:48 PM
Having read Boardgamegeek for a while, I've definitely noted the swineishness.  Risk and Monopoly are regularly attacked as the worst games ever created.  And every once in a while you'll see someone who makes a comment like "[Risk] is the kind of game that puts people off boardgames forever."

It may be true, but it's not universally true.  I'd have no inclination to play wargames if not for those bygone games of Risk when I was a child.  I still love a good game of Risk.  The main obstacle is lack of players.

And yes, I agree that the supporters of the Nintendo DS and Wii and damn near the entirety of the videogame press are the videogame equivalent of swine.

Thanatos02

#18
January 15, 2007, 10:54:18 PM
Quote from: GabrielAnd yes, I agree that the supporters of the Nintendo DS and Wii and damn near the entirety of the videogame press are the videogame equivalent of swine.

Er, what? Whatever.
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KenHR

#19
January 16, 2007, 08:07:25 AM
Quote from: GabrielHaving read Boardgamegeek for a while, I've definitely noted the swineishness.  Risk and Monopoly are regularly attacked as the worst games ever created.  And every once in a while you'll see someone who makes a comment like "[Risk] is the kind of game that puts people off boardgames forever."

Yeah, I've been lurking at BGG for two years or so, and there's definitely a lot of that.  But (with rare exceptions like the original post I linked to) they tend to be less annoying than RPG swine.  You don't get "boardgaming agenda" bullshit and endless theories that have no connection to reality or actual research.

Maybe it's because the vast majority of them actually play the games they're talking about?
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