Comments on: Flawed Genius http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/flawed-genius/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:47:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ImpeccableRevisionist http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/flawed-genius/#comment-193 ImpeccableRevisionist Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:44:43 +0000 http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-193 I forgot to add: eventually, you will move away from a What Would Greg Kasavin Write attitude to a What Would Kevin Write. This is part of the process of establishing your own voice. It is good to have a framework to emulate, but eventually your voice (mindful of those you respect and necessarily incorporating some elements) will be fully confident of its own choices. I forgot to add: eventually, you will move away from a What Would Greg Kasavin Write attitude to a What Would Kevin Write. This is part of the process of establishing your own voice. It is good to have a framework to emulate, but eventually your voice (mindful of those you respect and necessarily incorporating some elements) will be fully confident of its own choices.

]]> By: ImpeccableRevisionist http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/flawed-genius/#comment-192 ImpeccableRevisionist Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:38:39 +0000 http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-192 As an addendum to my "Misgivings" post, I think you need to remember that above all you have a love of games. More than helping people spend their money wisely, you are an archivist for your contemporaries in determining what should be saved for posterity and what should end up in a landfill. Love then could be synonomous with passion. Remember, too, that those who criticise you are also very passionate about games. As you hand out "9"s to these games you love, they are handing you their scores (and, moreover, an essence of their passion). You have a voice that they don't . Perhaps this frustration in having a lack of a soapboxed voice may create an anxiety for these consumer critics and you receive this ugly brunt. Don't let your passion and heart-tugging vulnerability, however, affect your work. A certain level of detachment must be exercised when playing the role of critic. This is not to criticise your passion or self-admitted nature. It is merely to point out the difficult balance a critic must make in separating and conflating the objective and the subjective. Ultimately, your care, concern, and self-relectiveness (honesty, perhaps) reveals the makings for a successful and (dare I say) great critic and critical career. Keep up the good work. As an addendum to my “Misgivings” post, I think you need to remember that above all you have a love of games. More than helping people spend their money wisely, you are an archivist for your contemporaries in determining what should be saved for posterity and what should end up in a landfill. Love then could be synonomous with passion. Remember, too, that those who criticise you are also very passionate about games. As you hand out “9″s to these games you love, they are handing you their scores (and, moreover, an essence of their passion). You have a voice that they don’t . Perhaps this frustration in having a lack of a soapboxed voice may create an anxiety for these consumer critics and you receive this ugly brunt.

Don’t let your passion and heart-tugging vulnerability, however, affect your work. A certain level of detachment must be exercised when playing the role of critic. This is not to criticise your passion or self-admitted nature. It is merely to point out the difficult balance a critic must make in separating and conflating the objective and the subjective.

Ultimately, your care, concern, and self-relectiveness (honesty, perhaps) reveals the makings for a successful and (dare I say) great critic and critical career. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Stephen http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/flawed-genius/#comment-178 Stephen Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:28:00 +0000 http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-178 You shouldn't let other peoples opinions change how you feel about a game. You are a superb game critic and although gamespot isn't doing to well at the moment I still enjoy reading your reviews. Assassins Creed was a good game but I am one of the people who finds it repetitive, but as you said in your review it does create an almost living, breathing world, and I completely understand why you would like it so much. Also, What Would Greg Kasavin Write is a good philosophy to have. You shouldn’t let other peoples opinions change how you feel about a game. You are a superb game critic and although gamespot isn’t doing to well at the moment I still enjoy reading your reviews. Assassins Creed was a good game but I am one of the people who finds it repetitive, but as you said in your review it does create an almost living, breathing world, and I completely understand why you would like it so much.

Also, What Would Greg Kasavin Write is a good philosophy to have.

]]> By: Joe http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/flawed-genius/#comment-177 Joe Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:36:41 +0000 http://fiddlecub.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-177 The key is to not question yourself so much, Kevin. Don't pay attention to the critics. Your opinion is your opinion. That's it. Don't let anyone tell you it's wrong because it is different than theirs. Dude, your playing video games for a living. Have fun. As for my feelings of Assassin's Creed, the only thing that I really HATED about that game was the ending. Oh god, that pissed me off. =P But, besides that, a great game and certainly something special. I agree completely with your review. The key is to not question yourself so much, Kevin. Don’t pay attention to the critics. Your opinion is your opinion. That’s it. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong because it is different than theirs. Dude, your playing video games for a living. Have fun.

As for my feelings of Assassin’s Creed, the only thing that I really HATED about that game was the ending. Oh god, that pissed me off. =P But, besides that, a great game and certainly something special. I agree completely with your review.

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