For all its touchy-feely language – added, of course, to gain Lib Dem acceptance – Open Public Services is a document that Sir Keith Joseph and Friedrich Hayek, those two hardcore critics of postwar collectivism, would have had no trouble in endorsing.
As soon as "Luv/Wrong" went up on YouTube, hardcore critics blasted the band's lack of polish, fostered in most idol groups over years of near-martial training within a hit-churning machine.
"Die Hard With Pugs" has everything a hardcore film critic could want, including stuffed bears, toy cars, very fake explosions and magic-marker facial hair.
Fucked Up's latest album further cemented their position as the critics' hardcore band of choice, while Sacramento's Trash Talk teamed up with Odd Future to help shove the circle pit into hip-hop's lexicon.
That was before the tidal wave of shit that was Gamergate swallowed most rational conversation, smashing hobbyist bloggers and full-time critics, hardcore players and casual participants alike into a chorus of cacophonous cackling over issues that, for the most part, had fuck all to do with games.
Dismissed by critics and hardcore gamers as a gimmick, it nevertheless went on to sell over 10m units, mostly on its promise of evolving the whole motion control concept and freeing players entirely from the tyranny of the controller.
The show has already done well – big ratings (it's on AMC in the US, but streams on Netflix in the UK), awards and plaudits from critics, from hardcore Breaking Baddites, from people who have never even seen BB and have come to BCS fresh; it's a success, you're a success, Bob.
In response to criticism spawning from rumors of Vans' use of sweatshops, Rise Against released a statement to address the matter on both their MySpace profile and website saying, Rise Against's musical style throughout the band's career has been described by most critics as melodic hardcore, punk rock, and hardcore punk.
As hardcore pictures flourished and feminist critics excoriated him, Meyer's career declined.
Although I agree that Chagnon was often despised for his hardcore sociobiology, in fact, the critics of Chagnon and Neel have tried hard sometimes to appeal to documentary evidence, seemingly admitting that documentary evidence can constitute irrefutable, unambiguous proof of their claims.
While Dear Esther was winning awards and garnering plaudits from critics and, interestingly, the hardcore first-person shooter modding community, it was also meeting resistance and fuelling controversy about what games were or could be.
