The Only Serious Student of Gaming
by John Walker on Oct.07, 2005, under The Rest
A while back, Kieron discovered the blog of the only serious student of gaming in the world.
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October 7th, 2005 on 21:47
I was going to drop him a line to say that he really needs to calm down a bit, and understand if that he’s going to spend all his time linking to people and insulting them he’s going to attract a little flack in return. Especially mild, in both our cases, but seeming to have really got to him.
KG
October 7th, 2005 on 22:42
this guy is psycho! but still i like to read his blog. i feel kind of attracted to attitude where you hate seemingly everything in your chosen field, but still hate yourself and your life more to do something else instead of playing all that “rubbish”.
October 8th, 2005 on 09:52
I love how he doesn’t have a comments system on that blog…
And continue to laugh at the irony of him repeatedly spelling ‘Gillen’ incorrectly.
October 8th, 2005 on 10:25
According to his page at the moment, the Nintendo DS requires a stupid dongle to play online games (nope, that’s just for if you don’t have a Wi-Fi network set up in your house), crap cameras are bad (gosh!), his belief that he’s the only one who’s said that videogames are more like movies than boardgames (never mind all the talk about filmic cutscenes and Hollywood casts and all the like, or, y’know, interactive movies and games like Fahrenheit that went into it with the decision to try and blur the line), and that the word ‘Megatexture’ is silly..
I continue to be impressed by his delusion that anything he says is in any way clever or insightful.
October 8th, 2005 on 11:43
Don’t forget the fact that “wireless connections apparently only work for ten metres”
in his world, at least.
He’s sorely misinformed about many things, and I hope it’s a joke. I really do
October 8th, 2005 on 20:26
Aces! I’d lost the link to this and was beginning to despair of finding it again.
October 8th, 2005 on 21:34
I think he must literally foam at the mouth while typing all this stuff.
October 8th, 2005 on 22:49
Is it wrong that I find his blog so enjoyable. I feel guilty, it’s like rubber necking as you drive past a crash on a motorway; you know you shoudn’t look, but it’s just so compelling.
October 8th, 2005 on 23:45
no it’s not wrong. i find it compelling, too. if loving him is wrong, i don’t want to be right. dubidu, love is in the air!
October 10th, 2005 on 18:56
ok, of course i love jwalker even more. so come back and feel free to comment after me, too. tnx.
October 11th, 2005 on 15:01
Hey! He quoted me, too! Awesome.
Has he ever explained what is wrong with Grim Fandango? I mean… It’s a bit hard, I guess.
October 12th, 2005 on 22:29
Oh yeah, I remember him. Nut. Bar.
This guy is so broken he makes my Mad And Wrong phase look well-adjusted… and that’s saying something.
October 12th, 2005 on 22:35
I mean, this guy *likes and respects* Derek Smart.
http://deservingonly.blogspot.com/2005/10/smile-youre-not-alone-post-of-day.html
I rest my case. B-ro-ken.
October 14th, 2005 on 22:13
Holy Christ, I’ve just realised.
/He’s our Jack Thompson!/ A total lunatic, reactionary, devoid of any modicum of sense, modesty or humour. Totally self-assured despite being universally derided – it all adds up. Oh, come to think of it, maybe it IS Thompson, trying to infiltrate our ranks. And failing as only Jack Thompson can.