Kotaku: Fanboys

We Few, We Happy Few...

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:30:00 EDT

Gabrielle Salonga, who's had it up to here with internet commenting system fanboys, shows that it's neither red nor blue (green?) that matters. It's the space between. More »

How Not To Make Fun of Nintendo Fanboys

Mike Fahey — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:00:00 EDT

See, his attractive girlfriend thinks he's a regular guy, but when she leaves the apartment we find out he's really a closet Nintendo fan, which is horrible, right? More »

Activision Seizes "ModernWarfare3.com" from Battlefield 3 Fanboy

Owen Good — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:30:00 EDT

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Two months ago, after discovering that the owner of "ModernWarfare3.com" was first using the site to spew some fanboy hate about the game, and then redirect visitors to Battlefield 3's official site, Activision moved to seize the domain. Yesterday, it won. More »

Sing Along With the Gamer Edition of John Lennon's "Imagine"

Mike Fahey — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:20:00 EDT

Today in Speak Up on Kotaku we're going to put all of the arguing and hate behind us in favor of a good old-fashioned sing along, courtesy of commenter JesusChrist, one of the few people qualified to rewrite a John Lennon song. More »

Should Video Game Retailers Screen Their Employees for Fanboyism?

Mike Fahey — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:20:00 EDT

Should video game store employees be allowed to let their personal preferences influence which products they suggest? That's the question commenter Uncle Jesse asks in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »

Gearbox Boss: Valve is Behaving Like Fanboys

Owen Good — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:00:00 EST

While not directly addressing Chet Faliszek's slap at PlayStation 3, the Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford - no stranger to stirring s—t with Valve - has taken a poke at the Left 4 Dead developer's posture toward Sony. More »

Confused About Commenting? Consult This Chart

Owen Good — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Late to the party on the latest development? Weekend friends B-Miggs and Agent B have broken down the orthodoxy of each console's partisans and their most common reactions to the most common industry news. More »

Fanboy Dorks Ruin Metacritic

Stuart Houghton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:20:00 EDT

It's just a tragic facet of the human condition - a tribal instinct that can pit friend against friend and brother against brother. Catholic v Protestant, Sunni vs Shia, Spectrum v Commodore 64 and now - perhaps most bitterly of all - Xbox 360 v PS3. More »

What Makes Fanboys Tick?

Maggie Greene — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Building off of his essay where he asked 'who's winning the battle for the hardcore?', Chris Bateman has posted an essay on 'what makes fanboys tick?'. His answer? Much like fanatics on any side of sports rivalry, political divides, or religious divides, it's cognitive dissonance at work. As Bateman explains, "When we come across situations that radically contradict our beliefs, we are filled with an uncomfortable feeling: to lessen this unpleasant experience (which is termed cognitive dissonance) we modify our beliefs in a way that will lessen the cognitive dissonance." What does this have to do with console wars (and warring factions?): More »

Self-diagnosing Fanboyism

ogood — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Destructoid has a handy list, on the heels of TechRadar's "Signs you are no longer a hardcore gamer." Now, Kotaku is an open environment where fanboys are ~~very evidently~~ welcome. But fanboyism is, like terrible driving and owning yap dogs. In case of the former, no one admits to it. The latter, well, you're just a better owner of a more well behaved yap dog. Or some other bullshit. More »

'Fanboys' Writer Sells 'Thundercade'

Mike Fahey — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:40:00 EDT

Ernest Cline, the writer of the on again, off again movie 'Fanboys', has just sold the script for a new comedy film to Lakeshore Entertainment, and the topic hits pretty close to home. 'Thundercade' follows the story of a video game junkie in his mid-30's who learns that a young gamer has beaten a record he set when he was a teenager, who then travels with his friends to the world's largest gaming championship, Thundercade, to restore his former glory. If they don't get Fred Savage for this movie, I will cry.

"I fell in love with the idea of pitting older 'classic arcade era' gamers from the '80s against teenagers — the Atari 2600 generation vs. the Xbox 360 generation," Cline said.

Cline is a gamer himself, who got the idea for the film when his nephew trash-talked him over Xbox Live. DAMMIT! I knew I should have written a movie script! 'Thundercade' is being fast-tracked by Lakeshore, so hopefully it'll have more luck seeing the light of day than 'Fanboys' has. More »

On Fanboyism and Reviewing

Maggie Greene — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:00:39 EDT

Leigh Alexander has another great Aberrant Gamer column up over at GameSetWatch, this one talking about 'fanboyism' and the inherent conflicts that crop up with the review system: More »

Developers Make PS3 Look Bad, We Don't

Mark Wilson — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:40:11 EDT

Just a quick note to our lovely readers (mostly the fanboy segment) after I posted this bad PlayStation 3 screenshot from Lost Planet yesterday. When we complain about bad ports—something notoriously affiliated with the PS3—why would that mean we're coming down hard on the PS3? On the contrary, because we believe the PS3 is difficult to program for but plenty powerful, we (but mostly I) hate to see bad versions of games come to the system. It screws PS3 owners who are paying full retail price for a game that's often already had a price drop on other systems. More »

The Sony Sprint

Mark Wilson — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:00:08 EDT

Fallout 3 Forums Are Live, Insane

Mike Fahey — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:20:35 EDT

Bethesda threw wide the doors of the Fallout 3 forums last night, and already they are filling up with the usual elements that make forums great. It's like a giant drain was opened, sending the fans that have been hovering above the site in wait spiraling down into the dark underbelly that is community commentary. More »

Jesus Versus Zelda

Brian Crecente — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:00:47 EST

While Game Revolution's Jesus versus Zelda fanboys is a genius idea, (the site reviewed both Twilight Princess and Eternal Forces and then collected the hate mail) it sounds like the Eternal Forces review may have been deliberately over the top. More »

Singing Fan Boy Confronts Nintendo Exec

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:22:43 EST

Being surrounded by clapping teenagers, a shirtless, singing adult in Mario overalls and a video camera-weidling dude in a Toad hat. Yep, this is a Nintendo exec's nightmare. Though, half way through, Nintendo's Senior VP George Harrison does warm up to Game Jew. No wonder: It's not a bad tune, not a bad tune at all. Brian Ashcraft More »

Fanboys Dissected and Studied

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:22:33 EDT

We know that you, our lovely readers, may like one particular console more than another. And then whenever we badmouth your beloved game machine, you see red spots, feel slightly dizzy and write us an angry email. These tirades typically come written in all caps, peppered with bold face and displaying mangled spelling that even Crecente cannot match. We're talking about fanboys here, folks. More »

One Crazy Sony Fanboy's Pathos

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:23:54 EDT

Poor Sony fanboys. Times have been tough recently, with everyone picking on the company and knocking its upcoming console. Take heart, there are others out there going through the same pain. Some cope by sending us illegible emails, lambasting Florian for being lippy. Others drink large amounts of Mr. Pibb and call GameSpot, just as this caller did. Feel free to continue using GameSpot as your fanboy forum to vent. Brian Ashcraft More »

Cosplay Fanboy Nerd Debate Caught On Film

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:31:04 EDT

Wow, people. This is one of those moments I'm embarrassed to own a PlayStation. Sure, I liked Final Fantasy VII well enough—never did finish it though—but there comes a time when one must take a long hard look in the mirror, reevaluate one's priorities, and put the controller down. Filmed at the Anime Expo 2006 in Anaheim, this anime nerd debate/shouting match is brief, but hard to stomach. The responses to this cosplayer's hot topic, "What video game of Nintendo has made you cry?" are also equally embarrassing. Michael McWhertor More »

Are You A Console Fanboy?

brownlee — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:40:13 EDT

We saw this quiz over at Guardian Gamesblog, pondering the nearly metaphysical question: "Are you a console fanboy?" We're proud to say we (and by 'we' royal we means me) are not: More »