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O/T I hate how many people "liked" Human Centipede just to be shocking.
If we're going to compare video game reviewers to movie reviewers though, can we at least remember that Bikini Car Wash 3 didn't get reviewed by serious critics? Some films/games make the claim that they're something more than popcorn flicks or button-mashers and should be treated with the same level of seriousness as the fashion in which they are created.
Sonic and Mario games are a lot like harmlessly dumb CGI family films, Rockstar Games attempt to be a bit of everything and are usually called out on the juvenile aspects. Obviously the comparison could go on for a bit, but I'll stop there.
My only problem is when a "reviewer" has no interest in the medium and instead wants to force artists and schlock-writers/directors/game creators to stop making things that don't fit into their narrowly defined list of acceptable art. When a reviewer treats a dumb action film like it's cultural kryptonite because it doesn't attempt to display the confusion and pain of people with gender identity issues we can safely say that person is missing the point.
There are plenty of truly vile things out there to complain about though.
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