Too bad such epic necromancy isn't used in games. It's interesting how a thread from 6 years ago is still relevant today. Why the Masses (tm) can't understand why something is shit is a thing I ponder a lot. Saying "they are just stupid and uncultured" is true to an extent, but it reduces the complexity of the problem. It doesn't answer the question of why they like this particular thing instead of another, especially now that Bioware churns out focus group tested abortions which should be regarded well but aren't. Is it only technical issues or they see problems with gameplay or the artistic aspects? It's a mystery.
Or maybe we are deviant minds who just can't fathom the brilliance. I actually had a discussion regarding this with a colleague of mine, in the current climate of "serious" art can we even recognize what is good and what isn't? Are we too busy recycling the past to recognize current greatness? Modern AAA games obviously aren't "the greatness", but I meant in general.
It is the difference between priorities. Do you obsess over video games or is it a passing hobby? The level of care, equals expenditure of time, and this is significant.
Let's define a Grognard as a person with an obsession with video games.
Obsession over video games exposes the Grognard to older media, leading to knowledge a larger catalogue of what's good.
Acquiring knowledge means spending time and effort, a limited resource. Being obsessed, a Grognard deems this trade acceptable.
Without obsession means less knowledge, therefore a non-grognard will praise mediocre shit, because without a justification to find past games, they simply judge from whatever comes along.
Let's define a Normie as a person who doesn't have the same level of obsession on video games. They have limited time and other shit to do.
However! For the past decade, we have a
cultural zeitgeist that makes some aspects of nerdiness as cool.
Being a nerd now makes you popular.
Obviously, some Normies will become Poseurs. It requires little effort for some gain in social standing.
Poseurs take the shallow, easily copied, socially popular (with other Normies) traits of the Grognard and use it to enhance their social life.
Poseur's opinions become popular amongst other Normies. They appear to be Normie-Grognard hybrids, all the nerdiness without having to listen to a nerd.
But being Poseurs and ignorant, Poseurs can only form retard opinions. Normies don't care, because they too, are ignorant.
Normies take Poseur's retard opinions into their own, while accepting Poseurs as a source of knowledge, creating a
Climate of Ignorance.
This clashes with the Grognards, who know better. Poseurs also claim to know better, and but have support of the Normies, so the Climate of Ignorance self-perpetuates.
TL;DR Vidya is passing fad for normies and they'll fuck off to ruin other things like they did surfing.