True DP Confessions: Super Castlevania 4

[j_factor]

Yes, text invites laziness, because the tools are included with every computer and for most people it's just "open wordpad and start typing."

No different for videos, except you say out loud what you typed in wordpad. If you even type it up beforehand at all, and aren't just saying things off the top of your head.

It's not just game reviews I've seen it in. When I read a lot of modern literature, prose strikes me as lazy, clumsy, and like it seriously wishes it were a Hollywood movie instead of a book, and clearly the writer doesn't have much of a vocabulary so the actual text gets boring pretty quick. As compared to greats like Tolkien and Dumas, who clearly knew how to spin a word or two and keep it compelling.

I agree when text is done right, its done awesome, but the same can be said for videos, but even when a video is done badly you can still actually see a game in action. When text is done badly you're left with a jumbled, confused and nonsensical mental image full of typos and lacking in commas. Sort of like my post just now.

When I see some text that is full of typos and lacking in commas, I recognize that literally within one second and move on. It takes longer to decide a video is rubbish, unless you simply decide they all are. Really, that's my problem with videos generally -- they take too much time. I read faster than (most) people talk, to say nothing of unnecessary video intros, segues, etc.

I also prefer to read the news rather than watch it. Perhaps that's related.

Let's Plays are often annoying, but longplays and narrator-less video walkthroughs are boss.

Yeah, I find longplays useful. But I never sit down and watch a whole one. Still, when I want to see a game in action, that's the type of thing I look for, not video reviews.