tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post6428080880295727676..comments2024-03-28T08:39:25.069+00:00Comments on Aiee! Run From Kelvin's Brainsplurge!: Not So Grim and Perilousthekelvingreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post-88420028968774074812016-11-23T18:18:41.596+00:002016-11-23T18:18:41.596+00:00I think the humour is still there, and I think it&...I think the humour is still there, and I think it's in the over-the-top nature of the settings. Both -- <i>40K</i> more than <i>WFB</i> I would say -- are full of ridiculous cock rock posturing; the reference to <i>Spinal Tap</i>above is quite apt, I think.<br /><br />That said, I do think you're right in that there used to be more; there was a political, satirical edge to things in the thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post-38494230120633462722016-11-23T18:11:37.217+00:002016-11-23T18:11:37.217+00:00I was thinking about Spinal Tap today in relation ...I was thinking about <i>Spinal Tap</i> today in relation to this, because that, surely, is what <i>Warhammer</i> is; a gaming version of <i>Spinal Tap</i>.<br /><br />And of course, <i>Spinal Tap</i> is American, which shows that Americans do, in fact, Get It.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post-8673921716936535612016-11-23T17:24:14.138+00:002016-11-23T17:24:14.138+00:00I don't know. Puns and silly names have their ...I don't know. Puns and silly names have their place, but the humour seems to lack any satirical bite, it simply parades images of fascism then <i>fails to provide any critique</i>.<br /><br />For an example look at <a href="http://realmofzhu.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/mcdeath-and-miners-strike-1984-85.html" rel="nofollow">McDeath</a> where the <i>Good</i> downtrodden working class dwarves face Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post-51543540243143624472016-11-23T16:51:49.214+00:002016-11-23T16:51:49.214+00:00Interesting stuff! I don't know much about th...Interesting stuff! I don't know much about the WH (or 40k) lore, so a lot of the details of that piece are lost on me, but I think you're right on. I think there's a certain approach to satire that maintains enough respect for its targets - out of recognition of its appeal, even if not out of agreement - that it doesn't even feel like satire.<br /><br />That was really obtuse. Jonathan Linnemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04711517194240426383noreply@blogger.com