tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post6371935905286670511..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: How the web was lostPatrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-61404183176061903712021-12-21T03:18:15.242-05:002021-12-21T03:18:15.242-05:00Whoops, just realized my comment will never stand ...Whoops, just realized my comment will never stand out in this mountain of spam...Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376015276931455469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-87142402870112028182021-12-21T02:53:18.234-05:002021-12-21T02:53:18.234-05:00I never expected to see the picture of Mike Russel...I never expected to see the picture of Mike Russell's lecture from The Oregonian on here! 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Sometimes you don't even get to see the text being spoken, and have to figure out what the voice artist it saying...<br /><br />This was something I didn't expect, think about a webcomic you really like and search for it on Youtube, chances are it's there but with voices, turning something that used to be active into passive consumption of the content (you don't get to imagine voices for the characters now, and hear an explosion on the video instead of the KA-BOOM that sounded impressive on your head.)<br /><br />Will people ever go to the website to read the comic, or will they just watch the video? Because, something is getting lost, it's like what gets lost when a book is turned into a movie, with the difference that here, every image and dialog fits on the video, so there's no reason to read the webcomic anymore. Who's going to pull the video and mute it to read the text with voices they imagine for the characters?Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921120488640989864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-75760066876894892192020-09-29T10:50:59.927-04:002020-09-29T10:50:59.927-04:00Hey there, long-time fan of your blog and video ga...Hey there, long-time fan of your blog and video game writings here.<br /><br />Just wanted to say that pretty much every word of your essay rings true, given that I'm old enough to have lived through both periods, though more as the detached lirker type than as the active fan.<br /><br />Thanks for a thoughtful essay, and for bringing back a few good memories from my student days.Professor Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689739169122021067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-29236812985198953442020-09-19T20:43:40.054-04:002020-09-19T20:43:40.054-04:00Hmm, I read Bob and George back in the day, and it...Hmm, I read Bob and George back in the day, and it is true that my favourite webcomic, Hark! A Vagrant, did start at the very end of that 2000-2007 period.<br /><br />As far as people using the internet to gain money and attention, I definitely noticed a sudden trend on YouTube, around 2008 or 2009, where people would end their videos by saying "Please like and subscribe to my channel." I seldom bother to do so.<br /><br />While I think it's a shame that a lot of the original, unique websites of old are no more and have been replaced by websites that generally look the same, I don't really miss the internet of old. I enjoy a lot of the modern conveniences (and, to be honest, a lot of websites I still frequent, like GameFAQs and Wikipedia, are pretty old). That said, I still much prefer one old Urusei Yatsura fansite (Tomobiki-Cho) a lot more than its Wikia equivalent. Adam E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15301656119538410691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-20808113846041706102020-09-02T00:45:23.829-04:002020-09-02T00:45:23.829-04:00Fair enough, making enough noise to get noticed do...Fair enough, making enough noise to get noticed does seem like the most vital thing before anything else these days. Darth Sephirothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550948373161407072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-74004748331484176482020-08-31T12:54:39.405-04:002020-08-31T12:54:39.405-04:00Nope—it was Jen...Jen something. Started with a K....Nope—it was Jen...Jen something. Started with a K.<br /><br />I'd like to think whatever proto-culture I'm thinking about "fails," as you put it—stays alive wherever it is, sees enough local participation to reliably fill somebody's basement, maybe diffuses enough to support a tiny subreddit of outside observers, but never gets big enough to sell shirts at Hot Topic. I'd just like to see more people getting together and making/sharing stuff IRL and not giving a shit about how many randos on Twitter or YouTube are interested in it.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-66188114065846234772020-08-31T12:46:51.829-04:002020-08-31T12:46:51.829-04:00You're not putting words in my mouth; that was...You're not putting words in my mouth; that was precisely my point :DPatrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-48380332622000479712020-08-31T12:46:09.862-04:002020-08-31T12:46:09.862-04:00If I knew anything about getting noticed, I'd ...If I knew anything about getting noticed, I'd have a blue check. Honestly, I think the trick to is to be a cynical motherfucker about it: calibrate your output towards what people are already flocking towards. Make something that hysterical idjits on Twitter will clap about. Find what people already like and make more of it.<br /><br />This is one reason why I'm (more or less) content to not get much attention.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-46201240166446559512020-08-31T12:40:48.817-04:002020-08-31T12:40:48.817-04:00I think that the sort of creativity Twitter inspir...I think that the sort of creativity Twitter inspires has less to do with finding a new thing to say, or an interesting new way of saying something old, than finding something to say that gets attention. Which is why a timeline that isn't painstakingly gardened becomes a toxic waste dump in short order.<br /><br />Hmmm. I'm going to find an opportunity to put that question to the room. I'm a creature of habit, so the mere ideas changing the block quote font to Times New Roman or Georgia kind of makes my stomach go tight. I chose Courier because it looks readable to me, but I'll fish for third and fourth opinions.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-47498633908425859382020-08-30T08:20:23.387-04:002020-08-30T08:20:23.387-04:00Some stray thoughts follow.
Like counter-culture,...Some stray thoughts follow.<br /><br />Like counter-culture, it is the fate of proto-culture to either "fail" (by whichever metrics success is measured by society) and disappear, or succeed and become... culture. Something is inevitably lost (and gained, I guess it could be argued) during such transition but you make a good case for being depressed at how corporate and exploitative this one was.<br /><br />I really liked your description of the early personal websites as "folk art". It indeed has its own undeniable brand of "kitsch": the blinking text, the poorly-dithered animated gif, the tiled background, the glitter...<br /><br />I absolutely must know if that Ranma1/2 website was Shaenon Garrity's. Ranma fandom + antique female webcomicker seem pretty good hints.<br /><br />While reading this entry and thinking about the ways how the old webcomic proto-culture has become culture, I started wondering about what the newer proto-culture could be. I like the one you propose at the end, even if I don't really think it's likely.Maokunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459710218366288832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-57445837781761299422020-08-17T22:12:23.425-04:002020-08-17T22:12:23.425-04:00Not to put any words in your mouth but I think the...Not to put any words in your mouth but I think there's something kind of optimistic about your final sentiment. I was kinda driven online in middle school because I felt alone in my interests and passions and now I share them with the people I live with and talk to IRL - the obligations come more with the internet life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-20041317482400259102020-08-16T01:08:49.967-04:002020-08-16T01:08:49.967-04:00I remember the days of internet vie phone dial up,...I remember the days of internet vie phone dial up, some of the early sites were sites like Pojo .com, where the most exciting thing was finding out what happened in Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon and the like. <br /><br />I think in the old days it was fun because it felt like the creative types were the ones who owned the internet...and we could break away from the corporate overlords...but of course they consumed that. I presume your aware of what's going on in AT@T and how they are massacring DC comics, and well, EVERY thing for the sake of there idea of the Netflix killer, its really depressing how a few Corporations are consuming so much of Entertainment just so that they can rule over all the marketable brands so that its impossible for anyone else to make money out of entertainment, its getting rather depressing. <br /><br />On my end, I saw how the Angry Video Game Nerd, The Spoony one, Nostalgic Critic and a few others made it big and thought if we tried hard we could make it big, or at least be a part of the Nostalgic Critic's site, back before he turned out to be a total monster and that whole community splintered apart, but then again my group only got a few videos done before everyone kind of got broken by there jobs and gave up.<br /><br /> Well, I'm not giving up but just, still trying, figuring out how to not be one of the" left behind" in what is already likely the Neo Great Depression. Haha, it worried me so much that I made a book about it. Ah, any advice on how to get a small slice of book story to get attention? <br /><br />Ah well don't worry about it, its a small project compared to the fantasy series I been working on, mostly just want to be able to get some thing accomplished in this dead year. <br /><br />Oh well, hope your next book is coming along well. Darth Sephirothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550948373161407072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-12598763664131554502020-08-13T11:37:35.750-04:002020-08-13T11:37:35.750-04:00Really interesting! I def followed 8EB and a varie...Really interesting! I def followed 8EB and a variety of other comic (curiously, the comics that grabbed me were all sprite-based.) The vibe was decidedly one of a fictionalized Wild-West; anything goes, do whatever you want. But, I distinctly remember when the funniest forum users migrated twitter, echoing the justification, "the limitations inspire creativity." A truth that seemingly would reverse itself in this context. Now the platforms are entirely too restricting... If you want people to see your work, you need to worry about the instagram grid, your posts-per-day, and your Last Night-esque funny hot take on the daily tragedies the second they happen.<br /><br />Idk, all these words to say: yeah, you're right.<br /><br />May I offer some constructive criticism as well? Maybe it's just me, but the font-weight on your block quotes makes them a touch hard to read. A slightly heavier font may be more accessible.Grace Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774287356156306840noreply@blogger.com