History Quotes / RuleOfFun

-->--'''[[WebVideo/{{Smosh}} Anthony Padilla]]''' - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKoahtmcHY If Video Games Were Real]]"

->"Of course it's not realistic...[[MS3KMantra who cares, you know? ]]That's the thing that I think a whole lot of people are missing right now in the driving game environment...they're trying to go for reality. Well, I drive enough. Thank you, but no thank you. I don't want reality. I want fun."
-->--'''Xion Cooper''', artist for ''Cruis'n World''.

->To lovers of adventure, lovers of pure escapism, loves of unadulterated entertainment, loves of the ridiculous and the bizarre -- to funlovers everywhere...this picture is respectfully dedicated.\\\
(If we overlooked [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope any sizable groups of funlovers]], we apologize.)

->'''Iwata''': Cat Mario is a new power up that appears this time, isn't this a bit against the rules? He can climb walls, scratch-attacks enemies, and can climb the goal pole! I'm worried something as all-powerful as that could [[GameBreaker destroy the game balance]] of Super Mario. How about that?
->'''[[Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto Miyamoto]]''': This has been a theme ever since we were making ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'', but we figure it's okay if it's fun, and we make a lot with that as a priority.
-->--'''[[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/super-mario-3d-world/0/1 Iwata Asks]]'''on VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld

->'''Reggie''': The game is fun [...] if it is not fun, why bother?
-->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HYCoAnp8vw Reggie Fils-Aimé]]''' introducing the Nintendo Switch

->Of course it's not realistic...who cares, you know? That's the thing that I think a whole lot of people are missing right now in the driving game environment...they're trying to go for reality. Well, I drive enough. Thank you, but no thank you. I don't want reality. I want fun.
-->--'''Xion Cooper''', artist for ''Cruis'n World''.

->Name one game that would still be fun if it was realistic.
-->--'''[[WebVideo/{{Smosh}} Anthony Padilla]]''' - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKoahtmcHY If Video Games Were Real]]"

->It feels childish, but in the sense of having been made ''by'' a child instead of ''for'' one... Also contributing to that feel is a strange health system which doesn't remove losses all at once, but ticks down at a steady pace, and if you receive mortal damage but can end the battle before the counter reaches 0, then the game just forgets about it. It's like playing ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' with an Alzheimer's patient.\\\
But that's not the only unique game mechanic: If you ''are'' so over-leveled for the current crop of wildlife that it isn't funny, then the moment you enter battle, the game says 'Bollocks to it!' and you just win. Why don't more games do that? Well, these days, if they cut out all the [[ForcedLevelGrinding dull, pointless, repetitive, insultingly-easy combat]], then you'd drop half the fucking game right there.

->Adam West’s Batman is just [[ManChild a big kid]]. This is a Batman who is Batman because he thinks it’s the right thing to do and it’s a hell of a lot of fun... '''The Years Where Batman Had Fun.''' The fact is, I think most modern Batman writers love this movie as much as we do. Creator/GrantMorrison certainly does, and this movie (and its accompanying [[Series/Batman1966 TV show]]) is incredibly influential on his run.

'''Simon''': Oh let me guess…the '''''fans.'''''\\

'''Simon''': That’s because [[TheSoulless they don’t have any souls.]]
-->--'''[[http://www.docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-fella-series-two.html Joe Ford]]'''

->There was so much sheer madness in this week's episode that it became difficult for my rational brain to keep up...Was it fun? Indisputably more so than any episode for the last month.\\\
Was it intensely stupid and [[CriticProof completely resistant to logical analysis?]] Oh dear me, yes.
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville10-ep08 Julian Finn]]''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Abandoned"

->Adam West’s Batman is just [[ManChild a big kid]]. This is a Batman who is Batman because he thinks it’s the right thing to do and it’s a hell of a lot of fun... '''The Years Where Batman Had Fun.''' The fact is, I think most modern Batman writers love this movie as much as we do. Creator/GrantMorrison certainly does, and this movie (and its accompanying [[{{Series/Batman}} TV show]]) is incredibly influential on his run.

-->--''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''

-->--[[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/super-mario-3d-world/0/1 Iwata Asks]] on VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld

-->--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HYCoAnp8vw Reggie Fils-Aimé]] introducing the Nintendo Switch

-->--Xion Cooper, artist for ''Cruis'n World''.

->Name one game that would still be fun if it was realistic
--> [[WebVideo/{{Smosh}} Anthony Padilla]] - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKoahtmcHY If Video Games Were Real]]"

-->--[[http://www.docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-fella-series-two.html Joe Ford]]

--> [[{{Smosh}} Anthony Padilla]] - "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKoahtmcHY If Video Games Were Real]]"

Oh let me guess…the '''''fans.'''''\\

->It feels childish, but in the sense of having been made ''by'' a child instead of ''for'' one... Also contributing to that feel is a strange health system which doesn't remove losses all at once, but ticks down at a steady pace, and if you receive mortal damage but can end the battle before the counter reaches 0, then the game just forgets about it. It's like playing ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' with an Alzheimer's patient. But that's not the only unique game mechanic: If you ''are'' so over-leveled for the current crop of wildlife that it isn't funny, then the moment you enter battle, the game says 'Bollocks to it!' and you just win. Why don't more games do that? Well, these days, if they cut out all the [[ForcedLevelGrinding dull, pointless, repetitive, insultingly-easy combat]], then you'd drop half the fucking game right there.

->With ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', the old maxim, "{{be careful what you wish for}}", holds special meaning.\\\
For weeks I've been lamenting the fact that we've been getting not just [[{{Padding}} filler]], but increasingly bad and unnecessary filler.\\\
"Where is my [[MythArc meta plot]]?" I wailed.\\\
"What about {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}?" I moaned.\\\
"Who gives a crap about which surface Lois and Clark are going to do the ''Smallville'' equivalent of '[[{{Film/Superman}} Can you read my mind?]]' on?" I cried.\\\
Oh, ''Smallville''. When you aim to dish up the crazy, you really commit.\\\
There was so much sheer madness in this week's episode that it became difficult for my rational brain to keep up. Not only did we get a full on assault of the senses with the introduction of [[ComicBook/TheNewGods Granny Goodness and the Furies]], but we were also given an absolute barrage of {{stunt casting}} drowning in [[ContinuityPorn fan service.]]\\\
Was it fun? Indisputably more so than any episode for the last month.\\\

-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville10-ep08 Julian Finn]]''' on ''Smallville'', "Abandoned"

->Adam West’s Batman is just [[AdultChild a big kid]]. This is a Batman who is Batman because he [[InsaneTrollLogic thinks it’s the right thing to do]] and it’s a hell of a lot of fun... '''The Years Where Batman Had Fun.''' The fact is, I think most modern Batman writers love this movie as much as we do. Creator/GrantMorrison certainly does, and this movie (and its accompanying [[{{Series/Batman}} TV show]]) is incredibly influential on his run.

"Where is my [[MythArc meta plot]]?" I wailed.

->''"To lovers of adventure, lovers of pure escapism, loves of unadulterated entertainment, loves of the ridiculous and the bizarre -- to funlovers everywhere...this picture is respectfully dedicated.\\\
(If we overlooked [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope any sizable groups of funlovers]], we apologize.)"''

->''"Of course it's not realistic...who cares, you know? That's the thing that I think a whole lot of people are missing right now in the driving game environment...they're trying to go for reality. Well, I drive enough. Thank you, but no thank you. I don't want reality. I want fun." ''

->''"Name one game that would still be fun if it was realistic"''

->''"It feels childish, but in the sense of having been made ''by'' a child instead of ''for'' one... Also contributing to that feel is a strange health system which doesn't remove losses all at once, but ticks down at a steady pace, and if you receive mortal damage but can end the battle before the counter reaches 0, then the game just forgets about it. It's like playing ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' with an Alzheimer's patient. But that's not the only unique game mechanic: If you ''are'' so over-leveled for the current crop of wildlife that it isn't funny, then the moment you enter battle, the game says 'Bollocks to it!' and you just win. Why don't more games do that? Well, these days, if they cut out all the dull, pointless, repetitive, insultingly-easy combat, then you'd drop half the fucking game right there."''

->''"Adam West’s Batman is just [[AdultChild a big kid]]. This is a Batman who is Batman because he [[InsaneTrollLogic thinks it’s the right thing to do]] and it’s a hell of a lot of fun... '''The Years Where Batman Had Fun.''' The fact is, I think most modern Batman writers love this movie as much as we do. Creator/GrantMorrison certainly does, and this movie (and its accompanying [[{{Series/Batman}} TV show]]) is incredibly influential on his run."''

-->--'''''BatmanTheMovie''''', opening dedication

->'''[[ShigeruMiyamoto Miyamoto]]''': This has been a theme ever since we were making ''SuperMario3DLand'', but we figure it's okay if it's fun, and we make a lot with that as a priority.
-->--[[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/super-mario-3d-world/0/1 Iwata Asks]] on SuperMario3DWorld

->''"Adam West’s Batman is just [[AdultChild a big kid]]. This is a Batman who is Batman because he [[InsaneTrollLogic thinks it’s the right thing to do]] and it’s a hell of a lot of fun... '''The Years Where Batman Had Fun.''' The fact is, I think most modern Batman writers love this movie as much as we do. GrantMorrison certainly does, and this movie (and its accompanying [[{{Series/Batman}} TV show]]) is incredibly influential on his run."''

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->''"Adam West’s Batman is just a big kid. This is a Batman who is Batman because he [[InsaneTrollLogic thinks it’s the right thing to do]] and it’s a hell of a lot of fun... '''The Years Where Batman Had Fun.''' The fact is, I think most modern Batman writers love this movie as much as we do. GrantMorrison certainly does, and this movie (and its accompanying [[{{Series/Batman}} TV show]]) is incredibly influential on his run."''

->''"You know how in ''TheSims'' you could get a job as a mailroom clerk? You remember how you had to go into the office, every single in-game day, and play a little minigame where you fling envelopes into pidgeonholes? Of course not! Because it would have been '''really fucking boring!''' Yes, alright Peter, it's more realistic than [[MoneySpider dead monsters dropping pocket change]], but you know what else is realistic? Working a desk job for fifty years in a cloying mire of tedium and self-hatred before dying of a disfiguring facial cancer, alone and unloved, forgotten within a decade, but you won't see many games about that, at least not until [[TheEeyore I finish the design document]]."''
-->--Ben ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw addresses Creator/PeterMolyneux on the design choices in ''VideoGame/FableII''.

(If we overlooked [[OutLawyersAdvisedThisTrope any sizable groups of funlovers]], we apologize.)"''

->''"You know how in ''TheSims'' you could get a job as a mailroom clerk? You remember how you had to go into the office, every single in-game day, and play a little minigame where you fling envelopes into pidgeonholes? Of course not! Because it would have been '''really fucking boring!''' Yes, alright Peter, it's more realistic than [[MoneySpider dead monsters dropping pocket change]], but you know what else is realistic? Working a desk job for fifty years in a cloying mire of tedium and self-hatred before dying of a disfiguring facial cancer, alone and unloved, forgotten within a decade, but you won't see many games about that, at least not until I finish the design document."''
-->--Ben ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw addresses Creator/PeterMolyneux on the design choices in ''VideoGame/FableII''.

->'''Chris:''' Witches possessing Lois, Lana and Chloe, throwing up the Devil Horns to make Clark booty dance instead of getting a college scholarship! Not only is it what the series should’ve been from Day One, but you can draw a direct line from this to the heights of [[DenserAndWackier Season 10's craziness.]]\\
'''David''': To hell with Lucy, this is the real Missing Link.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-4-8-spell/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Spell")

->''"The ultra-realistic games of recent years have been one long, gritty, [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy depressing]] [[RealIsBrown grey-a-thon]] [[FollowTheLeader after another]], and it’s up to games like ''SaintsRow2'' to remind us that [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality realism is an acceptable sacrifice]] if it means [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential I get to throw old ladies into jet turbines.]]"''
-->--Ben ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw again.

->'''Neku''': The decal makes [[InvisibleToNormals us]] visible, right?
->'''Joshua''': Yup. Every shop licensed to sell to Players has one.
->'''Neku''': I’m not complaining, but... why let us shop at all? The Reapers want us erased, don't they? Why help us?
->'''Joshua''': Does it really matter? Shopping is fun. The Game's better this way.
-->--''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''

->'''Iwata''': Cat Mario is a new power up that appears this time, isn't this a bit against the rules? He can climb walls, scratch-attacks enemies, and can climb the goal pole! I'm worried something as all-powerful as that could destroy the game balance of Super Mario. How about that?
->'''Miyamoto''': This has been a theme ever since we were making Super Mario 3D Land, but we figure it's okay if it's fun, and we make a lot with that as a priority.
-->--[[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/super-mario-3d-world/0/1 Iwata Asks]] on SuperMario3DWorld

->'''Chris:''' For 40 minutes, this episode made me feel like I was completely missing out on something I would’ve loved by not watching this show for the past ten years. Then the last bit, the part that actually had something to do with the plot of the show as a whole, made me very, very glad I’d [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible stayed the hell away.]] This one, though. Witches possessing Lois, Lana and Chloe, throwing up the Devil Horns to make Clark booty dance instead of getting a college scholarship! Not only is it what the series should’ve been from Day One, but you can draw a direct line from this to the heights of [[DenserAndWackier Season 10's craziness.]]\\

->''"For 40 minutes, this episode made me feel like I was completely missing out on something I would’ve loved by not watching this show for the past ten years. Then the last bit, the part that actually had something to do with the plot of the show as a whole, made me very, very glad I’d [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible stayed the hell away.]] This one, though. Witches possessing Lois, Lana and Chloe, throwing up the Devil Horns to make Clark booty dance instead of getting a college scholarship! Not only is it what the series should’ve been from Day One, but you can draw a direct line from this to the heights of [[DenserAndWackier Season 10′s craziness.]]"''\\

-->--Ben ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw, on the design choices in ''VideoGame/FableII''.

-->--Ben ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw

-->--Ben ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw, on the design choices in ''VideoGame/FableI''.

-->--Ben ''[[ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw

-->--Ben ''[[ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw, on the design choices in ''VideoGame/FableI''.

-->--Ben ''[[ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw, on the design choices in ''{{Fable}}''.