So apparently, my
brother reads this blog.
It was during an update
for Black Ops 2 (joy of joys) that
the topic shifted to my distaste for CoD.
See, he’s under the impression that I only like Japanese things, given
my talk about Kingdom Hearts and Halo.
Of course in saying so that he revealed that he only SKIMS the blog --
maybe getting no further than the titles -- considering that I’ve slammed both
Japanese AND American games. Apparently
he missed the weeks I spent tearing into Final
Fantasy 13-2, or how I’ve willingly explained that Japanese media has its
faults, or even that I laid into Kingdom
Hearts 2 on multiple occasions…which you think he would have found
instantly, considering that they’re under the same tab.
And this whole “I hate
American games” business? Yeah, no. I hate terrible
things. If a
game gives me enough reason to pick it apart, then I’ll pick it apart -- but if
it does something right, I’ll say so.
I’m pretty damn sure that even though I said Halo 4 was awful in general, it had a bright spot via Cortana -- and by extension, the biggest issue was that she was so
underutilized in comparison to a refrigerator on legs. I’m ALSO pretty sure that I’ve praised Far Cry 3, PlayStation All-Stars, Ratchet
& Clank, and most recently BioShock
Infinite in more than a little detail.
I like American books. American
TV shows. American movies. American comics -- with my favorite hero
being, you know, Captain America. If the work is high-quality, then I don’t
give a damn about its country of origin, and neither should anyone else.
I’ll get deeper into
this topic another day, but for now we’ve got another issue to discuss: Iron Man 3. Is it good?
Is it bad? Well, I know one thing
for sure: it’s definitely American -- and in a lot of ways, that’s all I could
ever ask for.
You know, this is usually the part where I
say SPOILER ALERT, but for once I think I’ll hold off. It’s not that there’s nothing to spoil --
there is, and quite a bit of it -- but I feel like it’s time to do something a
little…different.