Best-selling band Coldplay has been running a contest which challenges fans to create a video accompaniment to its tune Lost.
Among those submitting entries is education software-oriented website GamingKrib.
While their contest video is essentially a commercial for their business, it also pulls in some fascinating quotes and stats regarding how young people relate to digital tech, gaming and education.
Neo_DrKefka: Gawker loses advertiser MERCED ES https://mobile .twitter.com/TheRalphRetort/status/522813815260733441/photo/1 after Gawker writer advocates bullying of nerds with an anti Gamergate rant10/19/2014 - 12:32pm
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Matthew Wilson: https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/weaponised-charity a interesting audio log.10/19/2014 - 12:04pm
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prh99: Also there is no story in rational and respectful discussion (where you can find it).10/19/2014 - 10:44am
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prh99: Well they are probably doing it on Twitter and probably the GG hashtag so any voice reason gets drowned out by idiocy. Also it's far easier to broad brush a group.10/19/2014 - 10:41am
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Wonderkarp: dont fool yourself, Technogeek. Remember Mass Effect 3? How about the ferver against Phil Fish?10/19/2014 - 10:18am
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MechaTama31: None of which is the fault or responsibility of the people who are not trolling, harassing, threatening, doxxing, etc. So why is their opinion hostage to the people who are?10/19/2014 - 10:06am
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Technogeek: If the developer were male there wouldn't have been a "conversation" in the first place.10/19/2014 - 2:27am
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Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm
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Monte: Papa: Not the first time we've had a journalism scandals before, but the harassment never got close to this level; the difference with this scandal is that feminists are involved. Without the feminist angle, their would be A LOT less harrassment10/18/2014 - 9:15pm
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Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm
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Avalongod: I think that's part of what gives an esoteric news story like this real life...it taps into a larger narrative about misogyny in society outside of games.10/18/2014 - 3:29pm
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Avalongod: @Monte, well the trolls made death threats that came to police (and media attention). I think this is tapping into a larger issue outside of games about how women are treated in society (like all the "real rape" stuff during the last election)10/18/2014 - 3:28pm
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Wonderkarp: Zippy : Havent tried the PS4 controller. might later.10/18/2014 - 2:37pm
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Monte: Seirously, If Quinn was not involved and GG was instead about something like the Mordor Marketing contracts, the trolling would have never grown so vile and disgusting. There have been plenty of movements in the past that never sufferred from behavior..10/18/2014 - 1:57pm
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Monte: We have seen scandel's before but the trolling has never been as vile as what we see with GG. Trolls usually have such a tiny voice you can barely notice them, but its like moths to a flame whenever femistist are involved.10/18/2014 - 1:53pm
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ZippyDSMlee: Wonderkarp: You might be able to if you had a PS4 controller.10/18/2014 - 1:00pm
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MaskedPixelante: http://store.steampowered.com/app/327940/ Night Dive starts charging for freeware.10/18/2014 - 12:21pm
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Matthew Wilson: the sad thing is there are trolls on both sides of this. people need to stop acting like their side is so pure.10/18/2014 - 12:19pm
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MechaTama31: So, only speak out on a scandal that hasn't attracted trolls? I wouldn't hold my breath...10/18/2014 - 10:49am
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Monte: I feel like GG just needs to die. The movement is FAR to tainted by hatred and BS for it to be useful for any conversation. Let GG die, and then rally behind the NEXT gaming journalism scandal, and start the conversation fresh.10/18/2014 - 10:33am
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Comments
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
I thought this was about some entry to a Coldplay contest. Not how agonizingly terrible Coldplay apparently is to someone?
I'm going to be a hypocrite by commentating on Coldplay. Sometimes music is more about enjoyment than constantly pushing boundaries and evolving culture? I mean, there's a reason things become "cookie cutter"--the original pushed boundaries, influenced other musicians, and became the new popular thing.
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
I liked the music in this video.
I don't see why you all think this music sucks. Not all recent music is Britney Spears and crap.
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Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
This music is cookie-cutter. You can hear the same song with different lyrics if you spend five minutes on youtube.
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
Why I have the feeling that there will be a shitload of indie f*** bashing Coldplay ONLY because it's mainstream?
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Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
You're right, it has nothing to do with the fact that the music is absolute garbage.
Face it, playing powerchords with a few solos and a catchy riff or two isn't music. It's lowbrow garbage.
What would Hendrix say?
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
Someone needs to make a video that mocks them for being so fucking cookie-cutter.
Seriously, I hate most music today. It's all the same thing, with people who look and sound exactly the same.
In summation, somebody make a video mocking them and submit it. Please.
Video Killed The Radio Star.
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
That is one of the reasons I stopped listening to popular music. I listen more to indie music mostly cultural type stuff though.
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