There's been this trend lately of videogames not being available at the major-chain stores until the day after the release date. I think this is absurd, and it relegates the gamer to the position of a 2nd-rate consumer. Music and movies are almost always out on the date specified. Why are release dates important? Well, when you follow any sort of media format closely, and you become excited when a certain piece of media is coming out, you want to go out and buy it on that day. You want to know that when you take valuable time out of your day to go purchase that beloved work, the work itself will be there so that you can give your money to the producer and receive the product. It is never fun ambling off the freeway in rush hour traffic, and then shuffling down the aisles in a funk of dread (since the release date of a video game is an uncertain one) only to find that the game is not in fact there, and to have a smartass ask you why you didn't know games come out a day after the release date. I think that would make the release date completely arbitrary. Why not push the release date back one more day? So that the game arrives on the date specified so that it is there when you go to buy it! Novel idea! And I think this is already in practice, but games are treated in that half-assed way so that either the game comes out on the release date or the day after. Who cares? It gets there right? So I am arguing over something that is far over my head, something that cannot be helped. Because there are schedules and there are trucks and planes and there are time tables and there are things that are going on behind the scenes that I could never fully appreciate. That is usually how a rant functions anyway. This is not an academic essay, goddammit. So why am I complaining about this shit in the first place? Why not just wait a few days after the game comes out to avoid being disheartened? Because that sucks!
This all relates to the failure of society to treat gamers seriously. Moral issues are struck down with censorship, a regressive censorship that is more harsh than any other form of media why? Because we are still in an age where gamers are supposed to be kids! But! But! We are seeing a transition here. More and more and more people are playing games. Now what happens when we get alot of people playing games? We get the better chance of gamer intellectuals, and game designers who are intellectuals, and thus the maturity of a growing media format. Everything starts as a gimmick and then matures into a higher form of art and intellectualism. This is when society treats the issues seriously. So again, am I just talking about something that is already happening and cannot be controlled? Yes! Useless rant! I am just frustrated! And complaining about things that are beyond my scope! It feels good! Like taking weight off of a burden! Yes! Rants are fun! Rants are useless! But rants are OK!
Fuckin' FIN.
