Josef Fares (It Takes Two, Split Fiction) reacts to Youtube comments

I hadn't heard of this guy until he came out on the stage to showoff Split Fiction at TGA. Could tell within 30 seconds he's an insufferable.
 
Its great he has made good games, none of them i care about, but damn his persona is wearing thin on me... the Oscars bit was cute but that 15 mins is dead and gone.
 
Aside from the fact that Hazelight make genuinely amazing games, they're one of the only studios out there making really good, thoughtfully designed couch co-op games.

Automatic support from me every time.
 
Shaki12345 said:
This is the kind of guy that jerks off to himself in the mirror.
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Don't know what to think about this guy. What I can see is that his studio seems to product high quality product. I can't take that away from him.
 
Video game industry needs more guys like him, actually. Devs and creative leads with actual personality, making what they want with some kind of artistic vision and confidence. There's not a lot left.
 
mckmas8808 said:
It's crazy right? It's homoerotic for them.
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It's a well known and oft used saying in English speaking countries. Means he loves himself, fuck all homoerotic by saying it. This site used to have the vast majority being English language first speakers, USA, UK, CA etc but since a certain point (and more places getting enamoured with the net) its dynamics have shifted hugely.

Some things are bound to fly over some peoples heads but damn!
 
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amc said:
It's a well known and oft used saying in English speaking countries. Means he loves himself, fuck all homoerotic by saying it. This site used to have the vast majority being English language first speakers, USA, UK, CN etc but since a certain point (and more places getting enamoured with the net) it's dynamics have shifted hugely.

Some things are bound to fly over some peoples heads but damn!
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Some things fly eh? 💦
 
Don't get why people don't like him. He's charismatic, he loves games, he's funny, and he's avidly against micro transactions and for co-op gameplay. We must protect this man.
 
Shaki12345 said:
Nah. There's normal confident and I want to fuck myself the whole time confident.

I'm just confident and let other people fuck me because I'm awsome.
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I mean....you literally seem more cocky than he does bro. I get what you're saying, but this is definitely a pot calling kettle black situation.

The man is passionate about games and has put out stand out titles. Would he be exhausting to be around after a while? Yeah, probably,....but I appreciate his enthusiasm and his positivity. I'll take that over someone being all down on themselves and dour I suppose, but I can see how it's off-putting to some. I was laying in bed giggling with the wife at the video, dude seems very fun to me, and he knows how to market his games. Part of me wonders if a lot of his public facing persona is just kind of an act to get his games noticed more, and if that's the case it certainly does seem to be working.
 
poodaddy said:
I mean....you literally seem more cocky than he does bro. I get what you're saying, but this is definitely a pot calling kettle black situation.

The man is passionate about games and has put out stand out titles. Would he be exhausting to be around after a while? Yeah, probably,....but I appreciate his enthusiasm and his positivity. I'll take that over someone being all down on themselves and dour I suppose, but I can see how it's off-putting to some. I was laying in bed giggling with the wife at the video, dude seems very fun to me, and he knows how to market his games. Part of me wonders if a lot of his public facing persona is just kind of an act to get his games noticed more, and if that's the case it certainly does seem to be working.
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Bro, don't take it all that serious. I often whack myself in the mirror as well. Turns out me and Josef are both really awesome.
 
Shaki12345 said:
Bro, don't take it all that serious. I often whack myself in the mirror as well. Turns out me and Josef are both really awesome.
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I'm not being serious broseph, just talking to ya. I was laughing and enjoying conversation, didn't think we were fighting or anything.
 
amc said:
It's a well known and oft used saying in English speaking countries. Means he loves himself, fuck all homoerotic by saying it. This site used to have the vast majority being English language first speakers, USA, UK, CN etc but since a certain point (and more places getting enamoured with the net) its dynamics have shifted hugely.

Some things are bound to fly over some peoples heads but damn!
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By why say him and Neil Druckmann want to jerk each other off?
 
I don't love his teams games (though the Street Fighter homage as squirrels fighting on the wings of a biplane was pretty rad), but his energy is refreshing.
 
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mckmas8808 said:
By why say him and Neil Druckmann want to jerk each other off?
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Not jerk each other off, you weirdo. He was talking about them jerking off themselves, in each other's presence, while staring at each other and wondering when the other will climax.

You seem to be projecting your own homoerotic thoughts onto what is actually a perfectly normal situation.

Get your mind out of the gutter.
 
Yeah, I'm sure he's getting flak for this game being woke (whether it is or not, I have no idea - I know nothing about the game). But it's one thing to not like overtly woke stuff, it's another thing to assume that everything is woke due to having X, Y, or Z and that's mostly what I've been seeing lately to a ridiculous degree. Much like Avowed's art style getting the "omg purple/pink barf" slander when it doesn't even accurately describe the game.

I had someone try to tell me the other day a 10+ year old game called "Heroine's Quest" was woke simply because the main character is a woman. That game I do know a lot about and there's nothing woke about it, it's old, it's meant as a compliment to the original name of Quest for Glory, "Hero's Quest", and simply has a female protagonist this time. Otherwise it's a literal love letter to that series in terms of design and scenario. Are we going to go back and say Tomb Raider on PSX/PC/Saturn is woke now? I'm so tired of it already.

Come to think of it, I received the same bs complaint about "The Crimson Diamond" - again, merely because it's a female protagonist. There's a common theme there - in both cases the person had no knowledge or actual information about the game, but made knee-jerk attacks calling them "woke" when they are anything but. I'm all for getting rid of the woke shit... but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
 
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I like this guy.
He's a bit too obsessed to do everything co-op or nothing, which isn't really my personal preference, but I respect what he does and the way he works.
 
Grizzled Ghost said:
Not jerk each other off, you weirdo. He was talking about them jerking off themselves, in each other's presence, while staring at each other and wondering when the other will climax.

You seem to be projecting your own homoerotic thoughts onto what is actually a perfectly normal situation.

Get your mind out of the gutter.
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My mind in the gutter? LOL! Yall wild.
 
DownLikeBCPowder said:
Yeah, I'm sure he's getting flak for this game being woke (whether it is or not, I have no idea - I know nothing about the game). But it's one thing to not like overtly woke stuff, it's another thing to assume that everything is woke due to having X, Y, or Z and that's mostly what I've been seeing lately to a ridiculous degree. Much like Avowed's art style getting the "omg purple/pink barf" slander when it doesn't even accurately describe the game.

I had someone try to tell me the other day a 10+ year old game called "Heroine's Quest" was woke simply because the main character is a woman. That game I do know a lot about and there's nothing woke about it, it's old, it's meant as a compliment to the original name of Quest for Glory, "Hero's Quest", and simply has a female protagonist this time. Otherwise it's a literal love letter to that series in terms of design and scenario. Are we going to go back and say Tomb Raider on PSX/PC/Saturn is woke now? I'm so tired of it already.

Come to think of it, I received the same bs complaint about "The Crimson Diamond" - again, merely because it's a female protagonist. There's a common theme there - in both cases the person had no knowledge or actual information about the game, but made knee-jerk attacks calling them "woke" when they are anything but. I'm all for getting rid of the woke shit... but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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I'm happy to see more people coming to the light.
 
I don't care for his games personally, but I respect him. The guy clearly knows what he's doing, and he's passionate. The industry needs more of that behind its projects. Especially the larger ones.
 
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