13th May 2007, 2:00 PM
While that's true it ignores my point. If you want to know about Okami, yes, you can get that information, but what if you never heard the name "Okami" in your life? A google search for "weird and unorthodox games", or something? That'll turn up jack squat, as it's just too broad a search. Further, that's just not a question that gets asked anyway. Also, no one's going to ask "is there a game where you roll things up" or "is there a game that's about a cell shaded wolf god?".
The fact is, it's just plain ignorance, and despite what you seem to think, even WITH the internet people are going to be completely unaware that this stuff even exists to BE asked about a LOT of the time. For example, I myself am still finding out there are ENTIRE SUBCULTURES that exist off elsewhere on the net, and I can't possibly be blamed for being ignorant of these groups, because I NEVER CAME ACROSS ANY INFORMATION EVEN HINTING AT THEIR EXISTANCE. How can I ask ABOUT second life if I never heard the name of that 3D chat room service?
The internet makes information more available and provides more links from one source of information to another, but it's not perfect information provided to everyone on all things that is perfectly linked to all other parts of itself. There are vast parts of the net that are totally unlinked to other parts, or the links are at least so obscure as to the person interested in one thing may never come across information about some other topic.
Do you really think someone visiting an online pottery barn site is going to find out about the PS3's cell processor?
The fact is, it's just plain ignorance, and despite what you seem to think, even WITH the internet people are going to be completely unaware that this stuff even exists to BE asked about a LOT of the time. For example, I myself am still finding out there are ENTIRE SUBCULTURES that exist off elsewhere on the net, and I can't possibly be blamed for being ignorant of these groups, because I NEVER CAME ACROSS ANY INFORMATION EVEN HINTING AT THEIR EXISTANCE. How can I ask ABOUT second life if I never heard the name of that 3D chat room service?
The internet makes information more available and provides more links from one source of information to another, but it's not perfect information provided to everyone on all things that is perfectly linked to all other parts of itself. There are vast parts of the net that are totally unlinked to other parts, or the links are at least so obscure as to the person interested in one thing may never come across information about some other topic.
Do you really think someone visiting an online pottery barn site is going to find out about the PS3's cell processor?
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