Assuming we have one reader in Pittsburgh, congratulations! Your crew of heavily-muscled, phenomenally wealthy athletes managed to put the ball in the end-zone more than Arizona’s bird-themed posse. Now go flip over cars and get maced as your forefathers once did!
And how am I supposed to tie this into my contractually obligated gaming-themed scribblings? If only there was some kind of “game” named for an obese network television fixture, based on the “sport” America has spent all day glorifying…
Failing that, let’s replace Ben “Severe Head Trauma” Roethlisberger with an orc:
I’d offer a deep, scathing look at the socio-political implications of elves and skeletons playing football, but like Christians who only attend church on Christmas I’ve spent the day lying about my allegiance to whichever team had most recently done something awesome in exchange for Vodka shots.
In short: I just puked on my keyboard.
All it needs is Bruce Springsteen T-bagging the camera.
No disrespect to you personally, but give me a flipping break. It’s fine if you don’t like football, and I can even understand feeling resentful amidst the pomp and circumstance of Super Bowl Sunday. But why even write a post if you don’t have a single legitimate criticism to make of any substance whatsoever? If hangovers weren’t already the worst feeling in the world, I’d wish some major discomfort for you.
As someone who loves arts and other more respected intellectual pursuits than football, I’m sick and tired of people whining about the game as if there’s no talent involved, or as if physical gifts always denote idiots. There are no “socio-political implications” to football, except that it gives people who love the game an escape from all the socio-political stresses out there right now.
I could easily, EASILY point out the stereotypes out there about gamers. But I’m not going to continue your pointless ignorant whining. I’m sure video games have an important place in the culture and no serious socio-political implications. You all just SEEM like dorks; I’m sure you’re not actually dorks.
I agree that the hours of Super Bowl coverage are superflous, but the game itself was magical for any of us who followed it. To those who don’t care about the Super Bowl, that’s totally fine. But don’t rain on my parade. I’ve been supporting the Steelers my whole life, and today is a great day.
Nex, is Blood Bowl going to be PC-only? Or are they doing a console release?
Postscript to Brian: Jesus, dude. Your team just won, calm the fuck down.
Fair enough, Graham. I just get tired of being a sports fan amidst a sea of non-sports fans in my Portland arts-culture world.
Um, Brian, it was a joke lampooning all the people who do that thing you hate as a way to set up a post about a videogame — ie, what I do around here.
Sorry that your day has apparently been filled with internet folk shitting on your sport of choice, but really, I promise, I don’t care enough about anything to actually insult you for enjoying it.
@ Graham: Console and PC! Glee!
Sorry Earnest, I guess I didn’t take my meds yesterday morning.