i like avicenna. he invented clinical trials or whatever. and then this guy comes along like noooo you know what our civilization would be better off like? those fucking pagans who live in mud houses in britain
i like avicenna. he invented clinical trials or whatever. and then this guy comes along like noooo you know what our civilization would be better off like? those fucking pagans who live in mud houses in britain
To be fair, al-Ghazali did wind up keeping the Sufis from being driven to extinction, and I do find Sufi mysticism fascinating; he also was quick to point out that those who deny scientific fact out of disdain for secularism are blind and foolish. But I prefer those that he criticised and those who criticised him. Their beliefs are less monotonously absolutist.
I swear that "(Antichrist Television Blues)" has an almost sadistically abrupt ending, although it is kind of perfect how it stops on a dime with that last line.
This video is really frustrating to me because Arin Hansen clearly knows and understands a lot about game design and makes a ton of good points but because he spends the entire time screaming and for every good point he makes there are at least three points that are clearly more about personal preference than actual design flaws or him demonizing one game while lifting another to undeserved heights, so it makes it a difficult and irritating video to watch.
Like, I don't even have a problem with Egoraptor's shoutiness, but in this video it just came off as angry and smug and inflammatory and it was just uncomfortable to watch.
If nothing else, Arin's gotten me more interested in Zelda, which I guess is kind of nice. It does bug me that one of the attractions for his Sequelitis videos, that being he's easy to listen to and doesn't drone on and on, is also one of the main weaknesses of his series (I feel). It could easily have been a 20 minute video that more effectively critiqued both games, but it also wouldn't be Sequelitis without Arin doing what he does in general.
^^ I disliked the shouting too, though I virtually always dislike that in the stuff I watch. Inflammatory I can buy since Arin's fairly combative and likes to drop personal thoughts throughout his stuff, but I'm not seeing the smugness. Struck me more as stubbornly uncompromising while not making any actual points (or at least, bothering to elaborate on them), where Skyward Sword is concerned.
v As far as I understand him, that's his shtick. He's always wildly over the top, even if his actual opinions aren't generally as fiery. I get not liking it, though.
@Mo The Show: Again, fairly certain that's him being dramatic to make a point. How well he makes his point about Skyward Sword, that's a different subject.
i'm not going to watch that video because i do not want to hear someone shouting about Zelda
especially since all the Zelda games i have played have been fantastic and i really can't be bothered to hear how much Skyward Sword supposedly inexplicably sucked yet again or whatever it is he's mad about
He's screaming and foaming at the mouth about Ocarina of Time for the majority of it.
Again, the two most frustrating aspects of this are that he really does seem like a cool guy and I like what he does a lot along with the fact that he really does raise a lot of good points but they're sandwiched between screaming and weirdly tunnel vision-y logic.
@tachyon yeah but the problem is that some of them (one i know and i won't say who) are following me so i'm not sure what to do other than try to ignore stuff from them and they're everywhere on the internet
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^ oh, i see. cool
Also he released a story from it online, and I will read it in the morning.
somehow dying seems less scary to me of late, but no less sad when it happens to other people
unless it is like offensive on a moral level, people need to just cool out.
if it is you really need to stop following people who annoy you
especially since all the Zelda games i have played have been fantastic and i really can't be bothered to hear how much Skyward Sword supposedly inexplicably sucked yet again or whatever it is he's mad about