This is the first Tim Rogers article I've been able to get through. Kind of... I started skimming a few paragraphs here and there, and now I regret it. I have too much work to do to reread the whole thing, but by god this man has a POINT. A well articulated and astute POINT. It would just require actually taking in…

I never understood just why people were so venomous about the second two movies, but I rewatched them all in a row recently and now I'm beginning to understand... I think they just fell too in love with the action/drama/epic stuff and kinda tossed the attitude of the first movie into the fire.

I have a strange feeling it might be fantasy... I would definitely be hankering for some some hot sword on wand action after 10 years of Halo.

@kurozukin: Exactly. I don't mean to say that it isn't harmful, no not at all, but that ignorance shouldn't be treated with the same hands as purposeful hate. A lack of knowledge isn't something that should be attacked but rectified. To use a small scale example, look at communication with strangers. At any given time…

@LusipherPE: I totally agree. I'm not sure if I mentioned this but I didn't mean to say that it was an excuse, but just a possible reason. I wholly condone and support anyone who attempts what you described.

@Bridget Gdfskjdfkjkdf: You're argument is EXACTLY why their should be a "European Club."

@Mark 2000: I'm only talking about school clubs here. I go to a college in the Bay Area, but you're right, they would probably allow specific nationalities as clubs.

@Mark 2000: You literally cannot form a "white pride" or "European Club" on high school or college campuses. Everyone else can.

@GeneralBattuta: Well it depends on what exactly you're writing. Most superhero stories are very much inside the mundane world, only with a bagfull of fantastic elements sprinkled in. And like I said, although fantasy is very much, well, fantastic, it's roots are firmly set in the middle ages. But, like I also said,…

I 100% agree that the tough questions need to be asked and racism is something that needs to be dealt with. And yes, as a white guy who is also one of the fellow outcast nerds, it's hard to not bring emotion into discussions about race in the things that I love.

I wonder if this has any potential to backfire. Shooters don't do so well in Japan, and taking potshots at what IS popular seems dangerous. But hey, maybe they'll attract a good crowd. I'm sure if a Japanese developer used the same technique to pick at shooters there would be plenty of peeps smiling about it.

@Alucardz: Hurgaderg... I agree with the sentiment that JRPG's should NOT take overwhelming cues from Western games. Maybe a little? Sure why not, but JRPG's need to evolve through their own stuff, not by slapping on other development techniques.

@Antiterra: I totally agree. I don't necessarily relish the thought that all video games may move towards becoming like like the Matrix one day, but I do so enjoy wandering through forests in Oblivion. Are they real? Hell no. Still pretty.

@Soliloquy: What exactly did I miss, then? It seemed to be an argument against immersion because it restricted the potential for games, and I'm saying that I believe immersion in practical terms is just a way to create a video gaming experience, not to necessarily neglect reality.

I'm not in favor of buzz-words or the market as a whole moving in one single direction, but this is a little strong... Avoiding real life? That argues from the perspective that video games are a waste of life or that gamers in general feel they are. I disagree with this for many reasons.

@icepick314: That's exactly what I was thinking...

@Blastarr: Yargh, I knew I was putting my foot in my mouth somehow... The cartoon is firmly ingrained into Americana, though.

@Luke Plunkett: This was intended as tongue-in-cheek pissed offedness. Although, isn't this akin to a Gundamn UC MMO being made for every country but Japan?

What the hell...? No North America? It's Transformers, it was made in North America!

@bokscutter: Shhh... They could be listening.