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An ongoing point of discussion with several of my friends and I is: which group of people is more prone to an over-developed sense of entitlement and the kind of narcissistic rage that can only come from an excess of privilege, video game fans or comic book fans? I mean, on the one hand, I've never seen comic book fans actually complain about publishers and artists actually expect to be paid for their work, and yet I see video game fans constantly complain that add-ons for video games should be free. But then, on the other hand, I've never seen video game fans complain that Nintendo is being disrespectful to them by ignoring their fan-fiction in which Mario is fucking Link.
So I was greatly amused when I found this in an article about the upcoming Watchmen game:
"Noble antihero"? Well, of course he is! If there's one thing (one thing?) that video game and comic book fans have in common, it's the inability to recognize that a protagonist may not necessarily be intended as a figure of admiration. That Rorschach is deeply mentally disturbed just makes him even more "bad ass."
"Say, Mike, if I were to show you this two-page spread in this catalog, what would you say about it?"
"Well, Dorian, I'd say that nerds, especially in Japan, like themselves the sexy lady statues." "And what if I told you that I could instantly make the layout I just showed you the most appalling thing you've seen all day?" "I'd be very surprised."
Yes, because when I think "girl toys from the 80s" I think about a song describing a woman's attempts to sexually excite men by shaking her breasts at them.
