The Bitching Thread

[Xelbair]

Am i the only one dissapointed with this generation`s entertainment?

Music is not about romance, awsome guitar solos or deep lyrics, instead is about doing stupid catchy tunes, trying to wear the most absurd clothes and repetitive lyrics.

I agree about music - it is getting worse day by day... but as DS said - repetitive catchy tunes with no meaning have been in the industry for ages.

Movies are no longer about good impacting stories and meanful acting, instead is about just how much CGI you can shove in 120 minutes.

Moves are the same - when you were in 90s you've seen mostly good ones that were made in 80s and 70s and skipped all the crap. Now it is CGI, back then they used explosions... but good movies still exist.

Video game consoles are not even about video games anymore, is about how many other things the damn machine can do BESIDES playing games, how good the online system is and an ever growing focus on graphics while sacrificing gameplay.

It seems that you've really haven't been playing new games - this is one of branches of entertainment that is getting better and better - i agree that there are some bad games, and inide glorification is bullshit - but generally it is getting better and better.

Am i just growing old and i`m just not adjusting to the new era? is this what parents feel like? What`s next? A cellphone that can`t do phone calls? Can i have the 90`s back?

Wait a second... when did i got a custom tittle?

90s weren't so great - you've just seen only good parts of them.

[Ryllharu]

I agree about music - it is getting worse day by day... but as DS said - repetitive catchy tunes with no meaning have been in the industry for ages.

As lame as it makes me sound, a lot of the best bands today are one's most people never hear about. Clear Channel, Cumulus Media, and the RIAA (or CRIA or whatever) make sure the only stuff you hear are the same Top 40 on all stations and networks, or the same 100 classic rock songs on rotate. If people get a service like Zune, or use iTunes genius suggester and put in the effort to make those suggestions not useless (takes about a month), you can find some really good bands, many of them actively touring, or old bands you missed.

It's not that music has gotten worse, it's that people are not looking hard enough, and accepting the belief that the major conglomerates are showing them everything that's out there. Heck, even satellite radio can introduce you to some awesome bands you're not familiar with, and they are a major conglomerate. I always find new bands when I rent a car.

It seems that you've really haven't been playing new games - this is one of branches of entertainment that is getting better and better - i agree that there are some bad games, and inide glorification is bullshit - but generally it is getting better and better.

Honestly, the only bad thing about games these days is the endless streams of uninspired FPS games (which were endless Doom clones back in the day) and like you pointed out, the indie glorification movement. A lot of indie games are crap, or just really dull. There are a few great gems, but most of them are clones of each other, or flash games, or old games. Indie ≠ visionary.

The scope of the stories, the voicework, the mechanics, all of those have been getting better and better along with the graphics. I remember when all the story you got was what you read out of the manual, usually less than 100 words.

90s weren't so great - you've just seen only good parts of them.

I used to think I hated everything about the 80s. Then thanks to all those VH1 specials, I realized that everything I thought I hated about the 80s, actually happened in the early 90s.

[Kraco]

It seems that you've really haven't been playing new games - this is one of branches of entertainment that is getting better and better - i agree that there are some bad games, and inide glorification is bullshit - but generally it is getting better and better.

PC gaming did suffer, though, because great many games are now made for both consoles and PCs, and are thus compromises that have to work for both platforms. Of course it's not all bad development, not by far, since without consoles great many games would have never been made at all.