This is a very narrow and limited way of seeing music. Music can be created for a purpose and a setting but once it’s out there it has no boundaries beyond what you impose upon it. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was written for the Wizard of Oz but it’s not like the only way to enjoy it is in a movie theatre. Certainly, music can be more or less appropriate for certain activities and moods, listening to EDM to fall asleep might be self defeating. However, music made for games can evoke all sorts of mental states and people are free to find appropriate settings and uses outside of them to enjoy it.
In the same way that a kid can watch a baseball game and notice none of the nearly superhuman athleticism playing out, many people simply can’t notice the difference between a bespoke listening experience and one tuned for a specific setting. And that doesn’t make them evil or stupid, and I’d never argue that. But it does place them firmly beneath vermin. People are allowed to feel any which way they like, even if it’s objectively WRONG.
Ok so you do mean to offend people then. Have fun with that, I’ll just be over here enjoying things on their own merits despite your whole thing going on over there.
This is a very narrow and limited way of seeing music. Music can be created for a purpose and a setting but once it’s out there it has no boundaries beyond what you impose upon it. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was written for the Wizard of Oz but it’s not like the only way to enjoy it is in a movie theatre. Certainly, music can be more or less appropriate for certain activities and moods, listening to EDM to fall asleep might be self defeating. However, music made for games can evoke all sorts of mental states and people are free to find appropriate settings and uses outside of them to enjoy it.
In the same way that a kid can watch a baseball game and notice none of the nearly superhuman athleticism playing out, many people simply can’t notice the difference between a bespoke listening experience and one tuned for a specific setting. And that doesn’t make them evil or stupid, and I’d never argue that. But it does place them firmly beneath vermin. People are allowed to feel any which way they like, even if it’s objectively WRONG.
Ok so you do mean to offend people then. Have fun with that, I’ll just be over here enjoying things on their own merits despite your whole thing going on over there.