Theory

[icycalm]

I am not aware of any others. You'd think that the hipsters' sites would have ONLY theory forums, but alas that doesn't seem to be true.

Link any such forums here, if you know of any. They should be worth at least a browse for some laughs.

[Amor fati]

It is not a forum but there is a YouTube channel called "The Game Theorists": http://www.youtube.com/user/MatthewPatrick13

It calls itself "The Smartest Show in Gaming".

Game Theory: The Complete Series playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 4B157509C9

One that I found interesting:

Game Theory: Video Games Predict YOUR FUTURE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZ3NWSL3VY

[Cassowary]

I found a forum called "gaming theory", if that counts. It seems largely inactive and the most recent posts look to be from spam-bots. It doesn't have an explicitly named "theory" board, but the "academia" (ha) board seems to fill that purpose. It all has the air of a personal project that never really took off. Considering what content does exist there (there's even a dedicated Minecraft section), it never had a chance anyway.

http://www.gamingtheory.com.au/

[icycalm]

One that I found interesting:

Game Theory: Video Games Predict YOUR FUTURE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZ3NWSL3VY

Goddamn! This is the best videogame-related YouTube video I've ever seen. The only YT video I've ever given a thumbs-up to. It's insane. It starts out very shittily, with the crappy blown up pixels and "retro" music that all the other shitty videogame shows on YT use, but 3 minutes in it's gripping, and 6 minutes in I was laughing out loud with how awesomely he had patched up dozens of games' stories into a hellish scenario that I can only DREAM about. Amazing, truly amazing.

Also, a wise man once wrote:

The fact that there is not a single successful artwork — whether a novel, movie or videogame — depicting "utopian" conditions, proves that we, as mankind, DO NOT WANT THEM. The prevalence of so-called "dystopias" in art, on the other hand, proves what we really want — and where we're headed...

Glad to see that video has been viewed so widely.

[icycalm]

It's also cool how he ends the whole thing with a parody-themed game, like a Greek tragic cycle, which consisted of three tragedies culminating in a satyr play.

And of course at the very end he displays the customary American contempt of thought, by saying that the whole thing is "just" a theory. Meh.