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Yesterday, Fairfax columnist Katherine Feeney wrote a piece titled The Games We Play. The opinion piece suggested that men who play video games are dull and lack the social skills to engage in romantic relationships. Kotaku reader, CookingMama, decided to respond.
A while back on Let Off Some Steam, Kotaku reader David ‘RaygunBrown’ Rayfield put the case forward that movies based on video games were doomed. Many people agreed. Some didn’t. Patrick Stafford was one of those people, and he has written a retort – this is why video game movies are not doomed.
You might know RaygunBrown from his comments here on Kotaku, or from his frequently hilarious Twitter, but today he’s ‘letting off some steam’, by writing about movies and how video games have drained his enthusiasm down to a non-existent trickle!
Welcome to Let Off Some Steam, the section where you guys get to discuss a topic of your choice. You can rant, you can gush – anything goes! Today’s post may be one of my favourites. David Rayfield, AKA ‘RayGun Brown’ discusses mainstream attitudes to video games, and how he himself is part of the problem.
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a Let Off Some Steam column but now, thanks to Patrick Stafford, we have an absolute humdinger. As games move towards a more social experience, even in single player, it seems as though co-op is becoming more common – but are developers taking advantage of the narrative possibilities this creates? Patrick doesn’t necessarily think so…
Let Off Some Steam is a new section where we let you guys get something off your chest – it can be a vitriol laced rant, a sappy love letter to whatever, or anything inbetween. Send your ranty words in this direction, and try and keep it under 600 words. This time Corey Lee discusses the lack of quality launch titles for the 3DS.
Let Off Some Steam is a new section where we let you guys get something off your chest – it can be a vitriol laced rant, a sappy love letter to whatever, or anything inbetween. Send your ranty words in this direction, and try and keep it under 600 words. This time Thomas Muller makes an impassioned, articulate, confusing case for/against Dragon Age 2. I still don’t know if he likes it or not!
Let Off Some Steam is a new section where we let you guys get something off your chest – it can be a vitriol laced rant, a sappy love letter to whatever, or anything inbetween. Send your ranty words in this direction, and try and keep it under 600 words. Today Shane Walsh-Smith gets wound up about the way video games end. Beware folks – there will be spoilers!
Let Off Some Steam is a new section where we let you guys get something off your chest – it can be a vitriol laced rant, a sappy love letter to whatever, or anything inbetween. Send your ranty words in this direction, and try and keep it under 600 words. This time ‘Jamesmacusedmyhandle’ get stuck into Capcom for their treatment of loyal fans.
