Watching the MtG community have argument after argument about the series' constant Vertically Integrated Media Property crossover releases is interesting.
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Watching the MtG community have argument after argument about the series' constant Vertically Integrated Media Property crossover releases is interesting.
A day or two ago their lead developer said on Tumblr that the reason they do so much crossover stuff is that it's wildly popular, and I don't doubt that. Crossover stuff is popular everywhere right now, and it feels -- at risk of sounding like a hater -- like a society full of people who just don't want to spend any energy on something new.
Like, I get it, society is stressful. It's hard just being alive right now, I'm not exactly shocked so many people have no room for anything but comfort food.
But also I'm tired of mac and cheese five days a week.
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Watching the MtG community have argument after argument about the series' constant Vertically Integrated Media Property crossover releases is interesting.
A day or two ago their lead developer said on Tumblr that the reason they do so much crossover stuff is that it's wildly popular, and I don't doubt that. Crossover stuff is popular everywhere right now, and it feels -- at risk of sounding like a hater -- like a society full of people who just don't want to spend any energy on something new.
Like, I get it, society is stressful. It's hard just being alive right now, I'm not exactly shocked so many people have no room for anything but comfort food.
But also I'm tired of mac and cheese five days a week.
@CactuarJoe I find this particularly frustrating in the context of speculative fiction media, because the whole point of speculative fiction is to imagine the world as other than it is. If you just get the same speculative fiction stories over and over again, it's no longer doing its job—no longer telling new stories about how the world *could be*.
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@CactuarJoe I find this particularly frustrating in the context of speculative fiction media, because the whole point of speculative fiction is to imagine the world as other than it is. If you just get the same speculative fiction stories over and over again, it's no longer doing its job—no longer telling new stories about how the world *could be*.
@jwisser Agreed. And the more they crossover the more they bleed into one another and the harder it becomes to actually do something speculative in the space, for fear of breaking continuity. Or sales.
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Watching the MtG community have argument after argument about the series' constant Vertically Integrated Media Property crossover releases is interesting.
A day or two ago their lead developer said on Tumblr that the reason they do so much crossover stuff is that it's wildly popular, and I don't doubt that. Crossover stuff is popular everywhere right now, and it feels -- at risk of sounding like a hater -- like a society full of people who just don't want to spend any energy on something new.
Like, I get it, society is stressful. It's hard just being alive right now, I'm not exactly shocked so many people have no room for anything but comfort food.
But also I'm tired of mac and cheese five days a week.
@CactuarJoe totally agree.
Now excuse me I have a giant tub of Mac and cheese to swim in. *Scrooge McDucks away*
