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| Sasquatch!:
I just re-found one of my favorite quotes, posting a friend of mine - "Legomancer" - on the SA forums. Thought I'd share: It's video games. Specifically, video games you can win or finish. That's ruined everything. When we were kids, there was one thing we all knew: The Space Invaders were coming. Yes, you could shoot at them, you could destroy them, and you might slow them down a little, but then they would resume their inexorable march. You couldn't stop them. You couldn't win against them. Missile Command, as well. It only had one ending: the flashing words THE END accompanying the inevitable nuclear holocaust. Yes, you could somewhat postpone this, but it was going to happen. The question was not whether you'd fail, but how much time would pass until you fail. This taught us the reality of life. There is no winning. You'll never be on top of the mountain holding the sword and the princess with your foot planted on the corpse of the villain. There is no final boss who is difficult to defeat but still possible to defeat. There is only an endless marching horde of space invaders, bearing down on you until you submit. |
| paigeoliver:
Exactly. Same reason why Robotron is so much better than Smash TV. Robotron is just an endless nightmare starting with level 5. While Smash TV gets harder and easier, and eventually has an ending. Smash TV has bosses, while Robotron doesn't need them. |
| AceTKK:
I wish that quote would fit on a t-shirt! -Ace- |
| Dave_K.:
I distinctly remember reading this before, and I could have sworn it was a quote from some book. ??? Good quote none the less. |
| Brax:
--- Quote from: AceTKK on April 22, 2003, 02:18:48 am ---I wish that quote would fit on a t-shirt! -Ace- --- End quote --- I think it needs to go on a t-shirt regardless!!!! That would be perfect on the back of our BYOAC shirt hehe. Well, for all of us except Snaake and the other youngins. |
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