<blockquote>The difference is that you believe your opinion is the only valid/correct opinion. Whereas I believe that mine is correct, while yours also carries some valid points, such as how some individuals might mistake Nei's bonus revival as canon. You might not have outright said that, but you've certainly illustrated it. </blockquote><br>Then what's the fucking problem? We both believe our opinions to be correct.<br> <blockquote>Not really. The facts going against this are many... for one, that it's impossible in the the context of the Phantasy Star universe that this could happen. Sonic Team is stupid, but not quite that stupid.</blockquote><br>Sure there are enough facts to say that it can't. That's partly also why it's a bad idea to include that so-called 'bonus', and even giving an ending screen. Yet the ending screen is still there, and ending screens are usually part of the story.<br> <blockquote>Sarcasm, Benoit. I was insinuating that you always believe that your opinion is the only valid one... but of course to you, it's not opinion, it's "fact".</blockquote><br>Only in the bishoujo game case.<br> <blockquote>Sounds like you admitted to your inconsistency, no?</blockquote><br>Yes and no. You could see it that way, but what it really means it's that it's not easy to convey my ideas, and why individuals like you see holes where there aren't. I'm being pretty consistent, but this may not be all that apparent when writing.<br> <blockquote>Think about how stupid that sentence is. According to your claims on the earlier thread, the "media" (read as: magazines, books, online sources... things that must be written) have such a huge bias against Bish games. Why, that's funny! You made the media out to have some sort of monstrous bias against the genre, and when you go to find negative reviews, there are none!</blockquote><br>I already explained this to you, but you fail to get it. Bishoujo games are a niche market. This means that people don't often get confronted with it. Hence, not often is there someone who writes about them.<br>The huge bias I'm talking about is more like this:<br>-Individual encounters bishoujo games (let's take you as example)<br>-Individual gets biased against the genre, and lumps them together as perverted games<p>I said that I didn't find
negative reviews about Brave Soul. You take that as meaning that there are no negative reviews about
bishoujo games in general. Am I supposed to see that as you being inconsistent? I guess I am.<p>You once again are saying "OMG he says
there are none!", when I really was saying "I
found none!". See the difference?<br>[quote]Weird, because I'm sure if there was this supposed bias, it surely would've shown itself in a review of the game, would it not?[/fquote]<br>Since when was Brave Soul the only bishoujo game?<br>Since when did every publication/source have to review Brave Soul?<br> <blockquote>I noticed how quick you were in that arguement to jump to the " you just saw that on a biased website" point.</blockquote><br>I jumped to that when hearing what the website/publication said, because that's typically how biased sources talk about such games. I can say so, because *gasp!* I actually played the game!<br>How would you react if a website said about PSO Ep III: "It's a dumb card game like Yu-Gi-Oh! with almost no story to speak of!"? Wouldn't you call that website biased, based on what it says and your experience with the game?<br> <blockquote>How could've I, if there aren't any "biased" reviews?</blockquote><br>See above.<br> <blockquote>...says Benoit, master of the Open Mind. Of course I looked in to the subject... thats how I formed the opinion.</blockquote><br>Thanks to a biased magazine and a biased HuBBs.<br> <blockquote>I bet you're an idiot, because I read the whole thing.</blockquote><br>So, you did, and you still lump them together as perverted games? Sounds like you didn't understand what was written. You're still stuck in the early 90s when it comes to views on bishoujo games.<br> <blockquote>Then why are they in the bishoujo genre? If they're exactly like other games, then why are they in the genre? Explain without using the weak "they're about relationships is why" point.</blockquote><br>Because, as I explained before (in my posts and through the link to Animetric's page on this), it focuses on pretty girls.<br>Here's a paste from
the page which you don't seem to have read:<br>"Before I explain any further, let us first define what bishoujo means. Bishoujo is the Japanese term for "pretty girl", and thus bishoujo games are actually pretty girl games."<br> <blockquote>I said that the genre is questionable because of the main demographic, which I still take to be middle-aged men who prefer videogame "relationships" to real one.</blockquote><br>The "relationships" bit was me talking about Brave Soul, which you chose to attribute to the whole genre. You got the main demographic wrong. While the genre is targeted mainly at adult males, they do not play them because they prefer virtual relationship. Many are married, have girlfriends, and actual social lives.<br> <blockquote>What I did say, however, was that rape videogames were objectively wrong.</blockquote><br>And you call yourself more open-minded than me? I don't like rape games, but if someone else enjoys them, as long as he doesn't actually do it in real life, more power to them. To each their own. But no, you have to say that rape games are bad, and you must think that games with violence aren't bad, while in that mindset, it's just as wrong as rape games.<br> <blockquote>You know people like Onna (you might as well take that user title down, Benoit), Khyron, Prince Noah, myself.</blockquote><br>Only you belong in that list. You know the case with Prince Noah. The others are still my friends, and I don't alienate them at all.<br> <blockquote>it's hard to understand you</blockquote><br>What's that? Do I hear inconsistency of the great LaconianShot?<br>You said before:<br> <blockquote>Whatever you say, though I would argue that you're not all that hard to read. Definetly not the most complex person I've ever met.</blockquote><br>And half of your last paragraph you already said through e-mail. Way to go for repetitivity!
