MeleeMonk
Cartoon Pony Wrangler
Part-time gamer, full-time environmentalist, and member of PAPO (People Against Palm Oil)
Posts: 3,651
|
Post by MeleeMonk on Aug 18, 2022 2:38:03 GMT
What are, in your own experience, the weirdest video game fandoms?
My vote goes to the Sonic fandom and the Pacman fandom. Proof:
Disturbing.
|
|
stratogustav
Supreme Overlord
Warrior with Bandana
Posts: 7,460
|
Post by stratogustav on Aug 18, 2022 8:07:34 GMT
Honestly they all are, we all are, considering we are following video games. Personally I legitimately enjoy the fighting community, and some of the behavior we see there is weird and hilarious, but funny and fun, and that's what keep us coming back for more.
|
|
Cervantes
Off-Brand Transformable Robot
A former Incompetent Evil Commander (XP: 2423)
Posts: 2,819
|
Post by Cervantes on Aug 19, 2022 4:40:40 GMT
What are, in your own experience, the weirdest video game fandoms? My vote goes to the Sonic fandom and the Pacman fandom. Proof: Disturbing. Hahahaha that's some weird shit. But it's hard to think of something weirder than Sonic's fandom, just by the virtue of part if it being people who wants to fuck those characters. The other part is there for the weird memes, to the point that even the official Twitter account and the games incorporated that. There's also Gary's Mod, which is entirely about fans making deranged animations. For a more niche weirdness, I want to say indie gaming circa 2010-16, as it was all about snotty 20 somethings rambling about the DeEPer MeaNiNgS of ART and hating anyone who actually had fun playing video games (there was also a strange hate for the Japanese industry). The fact that those idiots had no understanding of art history at all made their ramblings all the more weird. I think it all culminated with the debate around Phil Fish/Fez and mostly ended with the triumphant return of fun japanese games to the top with Metal Gear Rising, Nier Automata and a clearly more Japan focused Capcom, which in turn opened the way for the currently more light-hearted indie games and fans. I miss having that weird and obnoxious fandom around.
|
|
centipede
CGR Undertow Groupie
It was just one soy latte, I swear!
Posts: 2,691
|
Post by centipede on Aug 31, 2022 12:33:50 GMT
The Sonic fandom will give you a heart attack...
|
|