Midway into December already....
Dec. 13th, 2020 01:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rogueslayer452++ We are on lockdown again because cases have risen significantly. Seriously, what is so difficult with abiding by the rules, staying at home, wearing a mask and social distancing? I'm so tired.....
++ The Last Of Us: Part II basically swept The Game Awards, including best performance by Laura Bailey as Abby Anderson and Game of the Year, and honestly I am so incredibly happy, especially when you consider what happened earlier in the year with the leaks and people bashing the game before even playing it and people who cannot separate fiction and reality harassing and sending death threats to Laura for the character she played, these wins are absolutely well-deserved. I know that there are genuine criticisms going into this though, mostly when it comes to awarding crunch culture and the mistreatment of employees, a massive problem within the gaming industry as a whole and that shouldn't be ignored. And yeah, award shows in general are often popularity contests, but I'm not going to lie and say that I don't feel somewhat vindicated that something I love won and felt was well-deserved (and it sucks that there are these other behind-the-scenes factors that go against it, aka crunch culture). The Last Of Us franchise, while not entirely perfect, is a masterpiece of gameplay and storytelling, and The Last Of Us: Part II delivered more of that in a brutal and heartbreaking way.
++ With all the announcements made of upcoming Disney/Marvel/Star Wars/etc content, my overall feeling is just....meh. There may be couple of things that I'm curious about, but otherwise I'm just so exhausted. Between the constant reboots/remakes and large continuing franchises being announced every five minutes it seems, I'm just so burnt out. We've known for a long time that the entertainment industry lacks in originality, but seeing these announcements back-to-back really drives it home.
++ The Last Of Us: Part II basically swept The Game Awards, including best performance by Laura Bailey as Abby Anderson and Game of the Year, and honestly I am so incredibly happy, especially when you consider what happened earlier in the year with the leaks and people bashing the game before even playing it and people who cannot separate fiction and reality harassing and sending death threats to Laura for the character she played, these wins are absolutely well-deserved. I know that there are genuine criticisms going into this though, mostly when it comes to awarding crunch culture and the mistreatment of employees, a massive problem within the gaming industry as a whole and that shouldn't be ignored. And yeah, award shows in general are often popularity contests, but I'm not going to lie and say that I don't feel somewhat vindicated that something I love won and felt was well-deserved (and it sucks that there are these other behind-the-scenes factors that go against it, aka crunch culture). The Last Of Us franchise, while not entirely perfect, is a masterpiece of gameplay and storytelling, and The Last Of Us: Part II delivered more of that in a brutal and heartbreaking way.
++ With all the announcements made of upcoming Disney/Marvel/Star Wars/etc content, my overall feeling is just....meh. There may be couple of things that I'm curious about, but otherwise I'm just so exhausted. Between the constant reboots/remakes and large continuing franchises being announced every five minutes it seems, I'm just so burnt out. We've known for a long time that the entertainment industry lacks in originality, but seeing these announcements back-to-back really drives it home.
