Which video game would you say has the highest media literacy bar?
>>739981312I have no clue what it even is supposed to mean
>>739981575I'm trying to impress a girl that goes to film school, and she says video games are the lowest denominator for media literacy. I want to prove her wrong.
>reddit froggo back
>>739981312Tetris
>>739981312Ninja Gaiden 2
>>739981671Show her Pajama Sam in there's no need to hide when it's dark outside.
Media literacy is as legitimate a term as emotional intelligence.
>>739981738it originated on 4chan, you fucking tourist
>>739981312disco elysium unironically
Pokemon
>>739982056https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog>Pepe originated in Furie's 2005 webcomic Boy's Club. The character became an Internet meme when his popularity steadily grew across websites such as Myspace, Gaia Online, and 4chan from 2008 onwards; by 2015, he had become one of the most popular memes on 4chan and Tumblr.
>>739981671this: >>739982067but extremely cynically. it's not deep but a generic film school student might think so.
>>739981671You can't. The only category in which video games are better than other media is in their ability to evoke emotions in the viewer/player, and only good games achieve that
>>739982210>copy pastes wikipedia article>ctrl+f: reddit>2 results>ctrl+f: 4chan>25 resultstouristourist
>>739981671Tell her that we live enough in a postmodern world where references are nothing more than a fanservice for people with a bachelor's degree. In this case, Nier Automata with all those Marks, Engels, Paskal, Immanuel, Plato... robots should work well
>>739981312Deus ex in the sense that if you are not well read you won’t understand that the game is making fun of le deep themes.
>>739982210>Khan, Imad (April 12, 2015). "4chan's Pepe the Frog is bigger than ever—and his creator feels good, man". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.fact checked by your own source
>>739981312Just talk about dorf and how it dynamically generate stories that interact with your actions.Trying to shove a book in a video game is a waste of potential of the media.
>>739981312Any Warhammer game where you play as the Imperium(most of them).If you dont have media literacy you wont realize you are playing as the bad guys.
Final Fantasy XV
>>739982018Not a girl but i would be very impressed if this was your opener to me.
Killer7
>>739982429>claims it originated on 4chan>very clearly didn't originate on 4chan per evidence providedSimmer down, little one.
>>739982445Wonderful Everday as well if you count VNs as vidya.
Shadow Generations unironically
>>739982618I cannot for the life of me remember why it's a big inside meme in my friend group but at one point it was funny enough to buy the entire series on steam at like 90% off.
>>739982210>>739982429>>739982662Sad to see some never recovered from the rare pepe market crash
>>739982270>Filtered
hierarchies between mediums are for pseuds.
>>739982859i miss them days bro was such a simpler time
>>739982764I don't consider it a meme. I have fond memories of that game.
>>739982705Man I miss the times when i played this VN.
is disco elysium hard to understand?didn't play it yet
>>739981312FFXSoul reaver seriesXenogearsplanescapewitcher 1metal gear seriesdeus ex 1el shaddai kinda its pretty pseudPathologic seriessecond sightsilent hill serieselder scrolls (the lore mainly)steins gate if vn counti have no mouth and i must cream
>>739983648also lands of lore gamesstargate series literally ripped off most of the lore
>>739981312Any game that makes no sense if you don't love videogames. Something like a bullet hell, Ninja Gaiden Black, a good fighting game, Nier Automata (though this recommendation to an outsider is guaranteed to go over their head) or Doom Eternal.
metal gear rising
>>739984321>Any game that makes no sense if you don't love videogames.That would be most games from 1985-1994
>>739982210>>739982429Get the FUCK off my board alphies
>>739984414In a way yeah. But conversely they tend to be simple enough to also work as great entry points, so it's not quite accurate to say they "require" media literacy, they'll teach you how to read.
>>739981671just show her a resident evil requiem leon gameplay and her panties will melt
Team Ninja games
>>739984528>ut conversely they tend to be simple enough to also work as great entry points,Not really they dont teach you or tell you anything on how they are played or what you have to do in them. Try beating the first legend of zelda its literally impossibleAlso point and click games in general they are super obtsue
>>739981671If she doesn't know about Disco Elysium, this game always work for this kind of idiot. You can't show anything that's actually a game because they have 0 experience and would struggle to even walk properly, but blame said "inferior medium" instead of themselves.
>>739984615I mean they worked for child me. Point n click maybe, never been really into those so I guess they did filter me.
Garage bad dream adventureChulipBad day on the midway (she won’t get it)
what the FUCK is media literacy?
>>739984668>I mean they worked for child me.Most people here have fond memories of games from that era specially things like battletoads but most people even people who played the whole day every day never made it past the first stages most games from that era are super hard even someoen who grew up with them would get filtered by a lot of them
>>739984654If she knows about Disco Elysium, try Garage Bad Dream Adventure. Worked like a charm for a dude I met once who had similar opinions.
>>739984691she will get hard filtered by chulip anon lol. moon or chibi robo should suffice.
>>739982270what if she calls his bluff
>>739984496no way unc move yo ass back over to the nursing home LOL 67 67... oh god the words im typing make me want to kms
>>739981671I agree that Disco Elysium will have your highest chances of "impressing" her. But it probably won't. >>739983220If you've ever read in your entire life outside of having to read for school, you'll be fine. I'd love to say most people would get it, but most people are retarded. You need some very basic knowledge (like I'm talking High School College Prep tier) of political science, history, and have played at least one isometric CRPG to "get" it. It's not a high bar afaic, but it's one the majority of people on this planet won't pass.
>>739981671>trying to impress a girlAlready lost
>>739981671She's not. Quite a few games are deliberately designed to have minimal cultural literacy needed, so much so that dolphins monkeys and crows can play.I'm not going to dig up games you don't give a fuck about and aren't going to understand.>>739984983The only winning move is not to play.
>>739981312>>739981671It's impossible to change the mind of shallow people, anon. It's pointless. With that being said, the answer is The 25th Ward.
>>739981671She's completely correct and I WANT to tell you she's wrong so you can do the cringiest thing and give her the ick trying to over explain yourself to her but I have too much shame to be the one to lie to you. >>739984654>>739984923Disco Elysium isn't good. And even if it was, writing a glorified Choose Your Own Adventure book and gating it behind a videogame doesn't change anything about the medium of gaming as whole. The strengths of videogames as a medium are its interactivity, atmosphere and ambience. Games like Ico, Shadows of the Colossus, RE1 and Silent Hill are the most artistic videogames that play into the medium's strength and you won't get anything better than that because it doesn't sell. Games that try to be movies or books are absolute fucking trash and don't deserve to be mentioned at all in the discussion of videogames as art.
>>739987058>or booksvideo games are very close to books
>>739987104I agree. Mario and pong are my favorite books.
>>739987208Because you chose being a cunt im not going to elaborate
probably pathologicidiots will say disco elysium though
>>739981671>grill>film school>muh media literacyPathologic 2. I haven't played 3 yet but I can see myself recommending it too.
>>739987249>Assuming anybody wanted thatYou already lost in the battleplace of ideas.
>>739987390you are ignorant and proud of being one and also full of prejudice
>>739981671Senran Kagura.
>>739987438I'd call you a woman but no woman in 2026 is submissive enough to forfeit like this. I don't want to continue a discussion with a homosexual.
>>739987623you are the one who forfeited by being a cuntif this was a game you would have lost a life already
>>739981671>I'm trying to impress a girl [...] I want to prove her wrong.
Shadow Generations Someone with medi literacy (like me) plays it and thinks>coolSomeone without medi literacy plays it and thinks>ew edgyThere is a very fine line betwen cool and cringe and many cant tell them apart
>>739981671You should take a photo of her, and then show her a video of you ejaculating onto that photo. Works every time. Also, video games.
>>739981671Tell her that film can never be Art, unlike videogames
