Uncle_Franklin

Uncle_Franklin

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Re: Review: Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Switch) - Easily The Best Mario & Luigi RPG Yet

Uncle_Franklin

@N00BiSH

That's interesting about Mario RPG,
but Alpha Dream's first effort has nothing to do with my point.

Under a review of Brothership which declares it to be the best Mario & Luigi game yet (and the first Mario and Luigi game Alpha Dream didn't make)
I suggest that it's damning for Alpha Dream.

Though thinking about it now,
I may have read that some Alpha Dream staff might have gone over to this new developer,
which would somewhat undermine my point.

Re: Come On, Where Are The Composer Credits in 'Nintendo Music'?

Uncle_Franklin

@Not_Soos

It's an intetesting perspective.

Regarding putting entertainment on a pedestal,
I would argue that you yourself are doing so,
unless you also comment on furniture and culinary websites (which I guess isn't impossible).

And there are celebrity chefs at high end restaurants that are valued by some people.
And that's kind of it, isn't it?
When anyone can do something, like cook a basic rice dish, work in a factory or whatever, it's just not that highly valued, but if it's rarified, like reaching the top of the culinary profession, or producing thought provoking paintings, or creating music, then it's appreciated, and renumerated, more.
So essentially supply and demand.

At the risk of stating the obvious, the human intellect isn't capable of knowing and appreciating every person that's involved in everyday necessities.

There is also obviously more scope in art (and much of the entertainment industry) for individual expression, and in such cases it is natural to be more invested in who the individual is. Some guy working in data entry, not so much.
And of course art touches us on a deeper level than basic everyday things, so again we want to know who made us feel that way.

"there are soldiers buried in unmarked graves because no one could identify their bodies.

If this isn't a double-standard in society, I don't know what is."

Utterly bizarre example to choose, because as the point actually attests, the soldiers couldn't be identified even if they wanted to.
In any case, there are tombs for unknown soldiers.

Unhelpful choice of example aside, it ties back into my point though.
Many millions of people were trained to do what soldiers could do in WW2.
Not so many could do what Alan Turing could, so he's remembered by more people.
That's the sad and unfair reality of it.
The 'market' if you like.

Re: Yooka-Replaylee Remaster Officially Confirmed For 'Nintendo Platforms'

Uncle_Franklin

Eh, why?

It either needs a greatly improved sequel or to be completely reworked.

I think my biggest issue with the game was how the collectables, the quils, weren't cleverly placed to entice you to new areas or lead you to a challenge like the notes in Banjo (nor were they shiny and satisfying to collect like the notes were), they just appeared to have been blasted out of cannon over often fairly barren maps.

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