You replied before my second edit (it's how I roll), so I'll add it here as well.
I doubt William/Donna is a Freud reference. I was just trying to be funny.
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#27REDACTED,
Posted: May 28 2011 at 3:34 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) No I know who sigmund freud is, I didn't realize that those kids were a reference to him lol.
Please "talk up" if your comprehension white-shifts. I will use simple-happy language-words to help you understand.
I just LOVE the references from pop culture in WoW. One makes me laugh is Gregory Charles, a rogue trainer in Undercity, because in Quebec, Gregory Charles is a proeficient singer/music composer that's rumored to never sleep or almost. It might not be a direct reference, maybe it's even a coincidence, but it still makes me giggle.
Besides, other games such as FFXI had references too. There was some instance battle names "Charming Trio" where the 3 crawlers were named Prune, Pepper and Phoedme, a direct reference to TV hit show Charmed. Did it break my immersion? Hell no! It was hilarious fighting them.
Besides, other games such as FFXI had references too. There was some instance battle names "Charming Trio" where the 3 crawlers were named Prune, Pepper and Phoedme, a direct reference to TV hit show Charmed. Did it break my immersion? Hell no! It was hilarious fighting them.
DerpLord wrote:
Horatio Lane is a reference to Horatio Caruso, the main character of CSI Miami. He was added due to a meme featuring the CSI character making crappy but often funny puns as he put on his sunglasses at the start of every episode of CSI miami:
Horatio Caine, played by David Caruso. That site also has an odd decision of where to define the start of the meme. Youtube comments can't start something if it's featured in the video they're commenting on, and the CSI crew has been knowingly hamming up that intro since season one.
DerpLord wrote:
But Horatio Lane? he's a @#%^ing joke reference.
So? At least Blizzard found some way to incorporate him into the game (which I think is clever, by the way). Besides, unless I'm mistaken, he's only in about four or five quests and it's not like any of them revolve around him or his one-liners.
To be honest, I think your problem is simply that he is in the game in the first place. You don't have to like him, but just remember that there are plenty of other people who do.
By the way, if you can't stand Claine's puns, wait until you hear some of mine.
Kaolian wrote:
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#32REDACTED,
Posted: May 28 2011 at 4:58 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) ZOMG you have mazra's avatar, I was confused for a second :O.
WarCraft is pop culture.
MentalFrog wrote:
WarCraft is pop culture.
Shut up, there is no place for logic here!
Please "talk up" if your comprehension white-shifts. I will use simple-happy language-words to help you understand.
#35REDACTED,
Posted: May 28 2011 at 6:50 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that. Don't get why people seem to think WoW is a sitcom, warcraft has not, and should not ever be, a comedy. Light jokes on the side are fun, just the references need to be more subtle.
But Warcraft is pop culture.
Your definition of pop culture just doesn't match the general definition.
Your definition of pop culture just doesn't match the general definition.
Please "talk up" if your comprehension white-shifts. I will use simple-happy language-words to help you understand.
I seem to be getting the feeling the OP is more saying "it's ok for pop cutlure reference's in game as long as they are about people I like". Just because you like Harrison Jones and hate Harris Pilton doesn't mean everyone else does.
There have always been fun reference's in the Warcraft universe not just World of Warcraft. If you don't like the idea of them being there and immersion and RPing are so important to you then just right them off as different charcters in your head.
There have always been fun reference's in the Warcraft universe not just World of Warcraft. If you don't like the idea of them being there and immersion and RPing are so important to you then just right them off as different charcters in your head.
#38REDACTED,
Posted: May 28 2011 at 7:06 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) hmm, I'll have to read that article later. Any who, it's not haris pilton specifically that I hate, its any character in game that's a celebrity reference. A Tronald Dump would equally annoy me :)
DerpLord wrote:
MentalFrog wrote:
WarCraft is pop culture.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Warcraft, in short, has put a large enough mark on our culture that it would be considered pop culture. Just like people know and recognize Indiana Jones, Paris Hilton and Horatio Caine in the game, people outside of the game know and recognize it.
World of Warcraft has been featured in music videos, movies and television shows. If you tell someone that you're playing an online game, they'll likely think you're playing World of Warcraft.
Starcraft is pop culture in Korea. They're crazy about that game over there.
I agree that this game isn't a sitcom, but I disagree that it's a serious game. Yes, the story is somewhat serious, but Blizzard's games have always had an underlying layer of humor. Even Diablo, which was a more gritty and seriousâ„¢ game, has that humor in it. There is no cow level, for instance.
Here's a cutscene from the first Starcraft game. The story itself is serious, but the cutscenes range from the ridiculous to the funny. Sometimes a bit of both.
Here's the end credits for Warcraft 3, featuring a rock concert by Arthas himself.
You might not think Blizzard's games are sitcoms, but Blizzard doesn't care.
World of Warcraft has been featured in music videos, movies and television shows. If you tell someone that you're playing an online game, they'll likely think you're playing World of Warcraft.
Starcraft is pop culture in Korea. They're crazy about that game over there.
I agree that this game isn't a sitcom, but I disagree that it's a serious game. Yes, the story is somewhat serious, but Blizzard's games have always had an underlying layer of humor. Even Diablo, which was a more gritty and seriousâ„¢ game, has that humor in it. There is no cow level, for instance.
Here's a cutscene from the first Starcraft game. The story itself is serious, but the cutscenes range from the ridiculous to the funny. Sometimes a bit of both.
Here's the end credits for Warcraft 3, featuring a rock concert by Arthas himself.
You might not think Blizzard's games are sitcoms, but Blizzard doesn't care.
Please "talk up" if your comprehension white-shifts. I will use simple-happy language-words to help you understand.
lolgaxe wrote:
DerpLord wrote:
MentalFrog wrote:
WarCraft is pop culture.
So you have tremendous respect for Varus? Alma? CrunkJuice? Pity would be a better word to describe what I feel about those three, let alone DerpLord.
He may be a paranoid schizophrenic, but at at least he has…
(Puts on sunglasses)
…each other.
YEEEAAAHHH!
(Puts on sunglasses)
…each other.
YEEEAAAHHH!
Kaolian wrote:
After a horrific accident involving a radioactive housecat, Davejohnsan becomes “THE CAT YODALER!†By day, mild mannered veterinary supplies salesmen, but by night, daemon feline scourge of the swiss alps! Swiss cheese production falls sharply in the first quarter as lack of sleep slowly drives everyone in Switzerland insane
#43REDACTED,
Posted: May 29 2011 at 4:57 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) OK, I get that, but it still doesnt change the fact that warcraft is, at it's core, a serious story. Blizz likes to joke around sometimes tho, that concert at the end of warcraft 3 is as you must know not canon. But yes I get what you mean now by WOW being pop culture.
DerpLord wrote:
OK, I get that
Mazra wrote:
Warcraft, in short, has put a large enough mark on our culture that it would be considered pop culture. Just like people know and recognize Indiana Jones, Paris Hilton and Horatio Caine in the game, people outside of the game know and recognize it.
World of Warcraft has been featured in music videos, movies and television shows. If you tell someone that you're playing an online game, they'll likely think you're playing World of Warcraft.
Starcraft is pop culture in Korea. They're crazy about that game over there.
I agree that this game isn't a sitcom, but I disagree that it's a serious game. Yes, the story is somewhat serious, but Blizzard's games have always had an underlying layer of humor. Even Diablo, which was a more gritty and seriousâ„¢ game, has that humor in it. There is no cow level, for instance.
Here's a cutscene from the first Starcraft game. The story itself is serious, but the cutscenes range from the ridiculous to the funny. Sometimes a bit of both.
Here's the end credits for Warcraft 3, featuring a rock concert by Arthas himself.
You might not think Blizzard's games are sitcoms, but Blizzard doesn't care.
World of Warcraft has been featured in music videos, movies and television shows. If you tell someone that you're playing an online game, they'll likely think you're playing World of Warcraft.
Starcraft is pop culture in Korea. They're crazy about that game over there.
I agree that this game isn't a sitcom, but I disagree that it's a serious game. Yes, the story is somewhat serious, but Blizzard's games have always had an underlying layer of humor. Even Diablo, which was a more gritty and seriousâ„¢ game, has that humor in it. There is no cow level, for instance.
Here's a cutscene from the first Starcraft game. The story itself is serious, but the cutscenes range from the ridiculous to the funny. Sometimes a bit of both.
Here's the end credits for Warcraft 3, featuring a rock concert by Arthas himself.
You might not think Blizzard's games are sitcoms, but Blizzard doesn't care.
I cant believe you didn't go with the Terran patrol cut-scene from Star Craft. That one was hilarious. And as early as Warcraft II, units had additional semi-hidden voice-acting if you clicked on them several times.
DerpLord wrote:
Alot of the themes in warcraft and things that happen in it make it impossible to not be a serious story. So many kids die in warcraft :O. As soon as warcraft gets a doctor evil type expansion villian, I'll agree that warcraft is not a serious story :)
#47REDACTED,
Posted: May 29 2011 at 7:54 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) This reminds me of when I saw Thor. It had several hilarious bits, but overall was a serious film. Not a comedy film, a serious action film with several bits of humour, but not to the extent that it was a comedy. Maybe that's what warcraft is akin to?
Criminy wrote:
So you have tremendous respect for Varus? Alma? CrunkJuice?
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
I actually like most of the references. Not all of them. For example, the Paris Hilton thing with the Bag was annoying because I couldn't afford it.... (Then again, I can't afford most of the crap she buys in real life... So maybe that was the point - now that I think about it.)
Derp, you are a troll. You come on here and spout your opinion about some topic and try to start arguments or instigate trouble. None of your posts have been well received - why don't you just go away?
Derp, you are a troll. You come on here and spout your opinion about some topic and try to start arguments or instigate trouble. None of your posts have been well received - why don't you just go away?
DerpLord wrote:
Anyone else think that pop culture references in wow are silly and break immersion?
Honestly, I haven't been immersed in this game since 2005 or 2006. Maybe it's because I'm getting older and things don't excite me as much, but I don't think I could get into a game like that anymore. I wish I could. I've been chasing those memories of mmos for years now to no avail.
The One and Only Poldaran wrote:
DerpLord wrote:
Alot of the themes in warcraft and things that happen in it make it impossible to not be a serious story. So many kids die in warcraft :O. As soon as warcraft gets a doctor evil type expansion villian, I'll agree that warcraft is not a serious story :)
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