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.
PHX Corp: http://www.unwinnable.com/2013/05/24/trigger-warning/ Trigger Warning05/25/2013 - 6:37am
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beemoh: Unless that pic of a Kinect taped to the underside of a phone is a joke05/25/2013 - 1:58am
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beemoh: Kinect being used in prototype to stop people walking into people while texting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-2263173105/25/2013 - 1:57am
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Cecil475: @hellfire7885 - Makes me want to support Nintendo even more.05/24/2013 - 4:49pm
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hellfire7885: Man, EA seems to be determined to destroy the Wii U ,and the evidently are so arrogant as to believe not making games for it will do that.05/24/2013 - 4:45pm
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DorthLous: Pwahahahha http://www.destructoid.com/wii-u-sales-drastically-spike-after-xbox-one-presentation-254449.phtml#LlG8HEYbQj2krql5.0105/24/2013 - 2:23pm
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james_fudge: she gets no credit until she employs some common sense. - 2 credits for her.05/24/2013 - 11:22am
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Andrew Eisen: To Stender's credit, she did unmoderate my most recent comment within a day's time. There's even a couple other replies. None from her though.05/24/2013 - 11:18am
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james_fudge: apparently gamers are all 14 - 21 years-olds living in basements according to her way of thinking...05/24/2013 - 11:11am
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ZippyDSMlee: EZK: 0_o thier video card chipset is at the very least 3 versions behind the top PC video card.......05/24/2013 - 7:38am
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MechaTama31: "You just wouldn't understand how my parenting preferences are more important than everybody else's freedoms."05/24/2013 - 7:37am
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DorthLous: I love how she plays the "I'm a parent, you're a gamer, you couldn't understand" card... I'm a parent and I find her position despicable...05/23/2013 - 4:16pm
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E. Zachary Knight: She didn't address your questions because she doesn't have any answers.05/23/2013 - 3:38pm
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Andrew Eisen: I replied to her comment. Maybe in a few weeks I'll get a reply.05/23/2013 - 3:24pm
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Thomas Riordan: @Andrew Eisen To what bowling alley does she go that puts sexual images in the faces of 6 year olds?05/23/2013 - 3:17pm
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Andrew Eisen: Well, it took a month but Linda Stender finally replied to me... and didn't address a single one of my questions. http://aswlindastender.com/2013/04/23/follow-up-video-games-and-their-effect-on-children/05/23/2013 - 3:13pm
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Imautobot: Also, from a tech perspective the PS4 is apparently already winning. http://bgr.com/2013/05/22/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-specs/05/23/2013 - 3:12pm
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Imautobot: Sony's PS4 motto should be "We play games." Microsoft's should be "We play games, when we're not rewinding your tapes."05/23/2013 - 3:11pm
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Andrew Eisen: Oh look, Dying Light was just announced For Everything But Wii U. That's 73.05/23/2013 - 2:06pm
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james_fudge: Zippy: they said the same thing about Cell. How did that turn out.05/23/2013 - 1:28pm
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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?
"We may be human, but we're still animals" -Steve Vai (World's greatest guitarist!)
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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