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[hesido]

What an unflattering picture. Did he have 0 say in this?

I understand they wanted to convey some motion but it looks hella stupid, with those cheeks juggled upwards, the whole stance..

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Cover is awesome. Y'all have no sense of irony. Or humour.

...Because those are the hallmarks that Time magazine is known for.

How silly of us.

 

[def sim]

I wish they would have done a better job with the cover. It absolutely looks like a parody at his and the industry's expense.

 

[Piggus]

B-b-but VR will just be a niche product! I hate it! I'll game on a TV forever because video games are sacred and should never change!

 

[robotrock]

The article itself is just as bad....

https://twitter.com/LudwigK/status/629354261424545792/photo/1

Oh fuck this

Fuck you TIME fuck

 

[Draft]

Time magazine strongly associates computer programmers and bare feet.

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

Ugh, this cover.

Dad: "Fantastic_planet, you like computers, why can't you come up with something like this kid"

And i believe the article said something about email going extinct because teens just use facebook messages.

 

[Dr Dogg]

Now there's a VR demo I'd be willing to play. Crane kickin' till the sun goes down

Except there will probably be a tutorial lasting 20 hours of just washing cars. "First lesson antitrop-san wax on, wax off."

 

[LiK]

whatever happened to Kevin Rose?

 

[Dog Problems]

Looks like a younger version of this guy:

 

[SerTapTap]

This made me wonder what it'd be like if news outlets covered other media like they cover VR.

Film: "These men just sat still in moderately uncomfortable chairs for TWO HOURS. And they *paid* for it!"
Music: "Woman puts strange device on her head and convulses to what is only known by music fans as the 'Beat'"
Art: "Can you believe people paid $100,000...for THIS (picture of blank canvas and unused paint)"
Architecture: "You wouldn't believe how much they pay this guy to draw lines on a large piece of paper for days!"

 

[ironcreed]

Somebody beat me, but fuck it:

 

[Hale-XF11]

whatever happened to Kevin Rose?

The only thing I know about him from the past 5 years or so is that he threw a raccoon down a stairwell after it attacked his dog. That's all I got.

 

[antitrop]

whatever happened to Kevin Rose?

Digg v4. It was a bad day. I remember it, every single top link on Digg that day was a link to Reddit.

EDIT: If you mean since then, he's been pretty much off the grid.

 

[Cross-Section]

Time magazine strongly associates computer programmers and bare feet.

I get the impression that these guys came in wearing sandals and the TIME photographer was just like "Okay, you look too ratty in those; just go barefoot, it worked for Steve Jobs"

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

This is awkward.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

This would have made a better cover:

I agree.

 

[BiggNife]

The article itself is just as bad....

https://twitter.com/LudwigK/status/629354261424545792/photo/1

Heard it was written by Joel Stein and now I'm not surprised. He seems to enjoy pissing people off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Stein#Controversial_columns

tl;dr he also wrote about how the Jews control Hollywood and how he was annoyed about how a large immigration of Indians changed his hometown.

 

[Lingitiz]

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/time-unloads-full-clip-into-vrs-chances-for-mainst/1100-5254/

 

[Stilton Disco]

Wow. Even still images make Palmer Luckey come across as an utter toss pot.

 

[tim.mbp]

The article itself is just as bad....

https://twitter.com/LudwigK/status/629354261424545792/photo/1

I mean, it's Joel Stein.

 

[Dartastic]

This cover is amazing for all the wrong reasons. Or all the right ones? Not sure.

 

[Roshin]

Just tried Google cardboard for a couple of hours and a few different apps and videos. I am onboard the VR train! I know cardboard is barebones and the real experiences are much much better, but if cardboard is so good, I cant even imagine how good actual VR would be. My hype and excitement is through the roof!

Really? My cardboard experience was awful. I didn't expect much, but I was still disappointed. I really want proper VR, though.

 

[akira28]

Cover is awesome. Y'all have no sense of irony. Or humour.

I have a hyper-evolved sense of both. Would you like to explain the humor and the irony found in the article, and how it benefits...anything at all?

 

[rexor0717]

From Chris Remo:

 

[FStop7]

Cover is awesome. Y'all have no sense of irony. Or humour.

No, it's cringeworthy. Particularly combined with the article excerpt posted earlier in this thread. VR has a massive perception issue to deal with and if it's not properly handled it will never go mainstream.

 

[Train of Midnight]

Reason #4,376 that print media is fucking dead

 

[e_i]

I stopped reading Time a long time ago because of their cover choices. A millions horrible things going on the world, but they think Americans are dumbfucks so they do these idiotic cover stories.

I'm talking about this stupid shit:

 

[Spring-Loaded]

From Chris Remo:

aw geez.

 

[darkside31337]

This cover is proof that regardless of how much money you have you're going to make some pretty bad decisions when you're 22 years old.

 

[jmood88]

The part about his feet being "black" is gross.

Yeah, I can't relate.

 

[xxracerxx]

The part about his feet being "black" is gross.

But the nerd speaks in normal sentences....NORMAL!

 

[ironcreed]

I agree.

LMAO

 

[Nibel]

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/time-unloads-full-clip-into-vrs-chances-for-mainst/1100-5254/

You know shit hit the fan when Gerstmann takes time to write something up. Damn.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Yeah, I can't relate.

Would you care to try virtual black feet?

 

[tcrunch]

Mainstream media article: check out this "kid"

Posts picture of grown man dressed like a 5-year-old from the 80s.

 

[L Thammy]

I can't help but imagining a crowd of confused people in bikinis and swim trunks crowding around outside the frame. Watching a guy prancing around on the beach with an Oculus Rift strapped to his face.

 

[Breakage]

very nerdy.

 

[VideoMan]

.

 

[The Lamonster]

The article itself is just as bad....

https://twitter.com/LudwigK/status/629354261424545792/photo/1

did my mother write this?

 

[FStop7]

Seriously, how the fuck did Oculus or Facebook's PR people agree to this? They need to be fired.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

 

[Sephiroth_VII]

Still less embarrassing for the platform than when normal people discover Summer Lesson.

Just like the existence of porn is embarrassing for the movie platform?

 

[SerTapTap]

The article itself is just as bad....

https://twitter.com/LudwigK/status/629354261424545792/photo/1

Christ that's awful

Just like the existence of porn is embarrassing for the movie platform?

And books, PCs, text messages, DVDs, the internet, digital cameras...

 

[SigSig]

Man, I already knew that the anti-VR-crowd is a bunch of lunatics, but actually going as far as sabotaging a TIME cover?

 

[inm8num2]

I always feel bad that the first thing I think of when I see actual virtual reality games is a Sinbad movie.

Same here. It's either that or the "sex scene" from Demolition Man.

I remember thinking that game in First Kid looked pretty neat, though.

 

[a secret-boss]

I was told its a niche like motion control.

lol

 

[off duty ninja]

Looks like the Willy Wonka simulator...

 

[Darth Smurf X]

I am dying here. No more, GAF. I can't breathe!

 

[L Thammy]

Just like the existence of porn is embarrassing for the movie platform?

Well, the existence of tentacle porn had certainly created a stereotype for anime.