I don’t know what kind of person you are, but I sure as hell hate to see anyone make fun of someone. It’s not like the person you’re making fun of is a “loser” or a “cheater” or some other type of person that’s really out of line. I’m sure if you were any of those things you would have enough self-awareness to know you were being a dick.
The person making fun of you has absolutely no idea about how offensive he is being, or how much he might be able to make fun of you. No, the person youre making fun of has no idea about the type of person he is, his personality, or even his race.
You’re probably thinking that some of the quotes in the new game are so obviously out of line that it would be impossible for the developer of the game to not make fun of them, but the truth is that he could.
For example, in the new trailer, we see the new protagonist, Colt, trying to make fun of a character who called him “stupid”, saying, “You know, I could do that, but you’re the one who’s stupid, and you know it.” He continues to say that to the person who just calls him “stupid” over and over again, but this time he’s actually being sincere. The developer said that “it was a real thing…
In the new trailer, you can see how he did that. He tried to kill the other Visionary. He was not being sincere until he had to kill the other Visionary for being stupid, and since that time Colt was not going to be able to kill the other Visionary just to get some stupid, stupid, stupid stuff. His point was that he should have been able to kill the other Visionary and get some stupid stupid stuff.
His point? Well, he was being sincere in the sense that it was a real thing, but it’s not the kind of thing that we have to be ashamed of. The developer is being sincere. We all should be.
That’s good, but he’s also being sincere about the fact that he’s making fun of other people’s ideas which is pretty lame, especially in the context of a game.
People who make great jokes don’t always have to be funny in the context of a game. The person making the joke is making an off the cuff comment. It’s just being playful and not being arrogant about it.
We get it, but it’s fun to make fun of people, and we all should be doing it. But that doesn’t mean you should always have to be a good joke teller. Sometimes being genuinely funny and making fun of other people is the best way to be.
This is one of those times when I feel like if you’re going to make fun of someone, you should be really good at it. In general, you should be able to recognize the most effective jokes, and be able to make them consistently. In the context of a game, a joke which uses humor to expose something about the player is always bad. It’s also bad to make a joke which uses humor to expose a weakness of others.
