MrS
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So you think the show would be better if it was Tim and Nick talking about games?
Colin Moriarty is leaving Kinda Funny Games.
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Garrett Hawke
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jontron:
FOH with your "both sides" nonsense IN 2017.
being uneducated is unattractive.
Frankie Williamson
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Just got told the same by a bunch of his fans on a non-related Facebook group. That's after their response to me calling in his maturity on a TON of his comments is to call me immature for calling him alt-right in the first place.
Are you intentionally being ignorant about this entire thread?
The explanation is they don't want to support a piece of dog shit of a human being, and are willing to support Kinda Funny now that they've done what they had to. Simple.
Raven117
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I honestly think its this more than anything else. He got tired of talking about video games.
CoolNumber9
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I actually really liked Colin because he spoke how he felt. He spoke with conviction and believed in what he said. Agree with him or not, he doesn't just pander to anyone, and I like that! Good luck Colin!
Garrett Hawke
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what do you think of trump
i genuinely think it's really sad that people value "speaking what you think!" over the truth.
I saw him, in the IGN days, as a) a guy who liked Ayn Rand, b) a guy who wrote fanboyish editorials, and c) a font of toxic Nintendo anti-fan talking points. All in a faux intellectual persona. So I avoided him and disliked him from afar.
Seems a lot of the love he gets is from writing/knowing about Sony first party, which hasn't really been my thing post-PS2 so there was also a mismatch in what seems to be regarded as his core credentials and what I'm interested in.
Re-encountered him through the GAF threads and, while the hate can come on too hot and undercooked, and a lot seemed to overflow from him being not in line with GAF Sony fan mainstream or from heady knee jerk reactions to his politics, but he didn't seem to want to engage with even the good arguments against his points.
Moreover, while preaching civil discourse he seemed to have the self destructive habit of saying offensive things and then lashing out in a confused, uncommunicative way when people took him to task and painting, say, GAF as this huge monsterous Other that wouldn't engage when he didn't even honestly try to engage himself.
Idk that's the way I see it from the sidelines. Maybe a, b, or c turned you off back in the day?
I think what Colin said last week was out of line, and I didn't like his rant against appropriation last week RE Horizon, but man I've been listening to those two guys talk video games every week for 9 years. It'll be really hard to go without, and I'm worried that they (KF, whom I've supported on Patreon since day 1) will be a little more bland now. Hope he lands on his feet, and that they get someone to shake them up who's super informed on games. RIP PS I Love You XOXO - your star shined brilliantly.
i don't know that FOH is.
And I have no need to be attractive to people on the internet. Doing just fine in real life.
thehypocrite
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Joining the ICE?
SavoyPrime
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Quite possibly.
TheSkullPrince
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I can't wait for the tell-all book.
Opinions are confusing
CrimsonSquall
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That's not even possible at this point. Also I don't even know what you're saying bc colin has specifically said that he wants developers to keep putting their views in their games. That's how we get games like Horizon and Mafia 3
Garrett Hawke
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okay, care to answer the bit where jontron's "racism" are just "different ways of thinking"?
Anton Sugar
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"Fuck outta here"
Hope we adequately explained to you why some people's opinions can be scary.
ShooterMcGavin
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Exactly this. I RARELY agreed with political views, but it was refreshing to hear a different side. Especially in the gaming echo chamber, where it seems everyone shares 97% of the same views.
At the very least, he made me think critically as to WHY I feel the way I do about certain subjects.
I think FOH = (Get the) Fuck Outta Here
Jontron is racist full stop. Colin following Jon after the recent events makes him racist too.
You know, this is the second time I've seen Neil stan for this guy, also after that infamous "shake hands with fascists" video
Not sure if I like this trend from Neil. He makes really good, progressively-themed games, but I hope he's just being nice because Colin is a reviewer
I don't care that I'm saying something ignorant, for I have a large willy. I assure you.
Raven117
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Mix in a little controversy...some opportunity doing some other things...all mixed in with a healthy dose of drama and wahlah you get "Welp, time is as good as time as any to do something else."
That's my bet anyway.
bananafactory
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You know, this is the second time I've seen Neil stan for this guy, also after that infamous "shake hands with fascists" video
Not sure if I like this trend from Neil. He makes really good, progressively-themed games, but I hope he's just being nice because Colin is a reviewer
https://twitter.com/notaxation/status/837903067978719232
They're good friends, like it or not.
Garrett Hawke
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yikes!
MrS
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Neil actually knows him. Do you? Does Neil have to run who he is friends with by you too?
I'm more for coming from the point of what's next cause with Colin leaving 2 shows are pretty much done and they have one less person to talk about videogames. Only Tim & Greg.
I had already drifted away from Kinda Funny's content as I wavered back and forth on Greg being too positive and Colin being too negative.
I enjoyed having different views in the GameOverGreggy show even when I disagreed with Colin(Even un followed him on twitter to get away from some of the obnoxious stuff he says). That's why I watch Totalbiscuit even though I disagree with him often, differing points of view.
Not admonishing anyone for being glad he's gone, I know I trim my Twitter feed of stuff I don't want to see regularly. So I can understand why this would be a draw for people to start watching again.
I guess I had nothing really important to add.
I enjoyed having different views in the GameOverGreggy show even when I disagreed with Colin(Even un followed him on twitter to get away from some of the obnoxious stuff he says). That's why I watch Totalbiscuit even though I disagree with him often, differing points of view.
Not admonishing anyone for being glad he's gone, I know I trim my Twitter feed of stuff I don't want to see regularly. So I can understand why this would be a draw for people to start watching again.
I guess I had nothing really important to add.
You know, this is the second time I've seen Neil stan for this guy, also after that infamous "shake hands with fascists" video
Not sure if I like this trend from Neil. He makes really good, progressively-themed games, but I hope he's just being nice because Colin is a reviewer
they are friends, not much else to read into likes, RT's and stuff like that
Gaming echo chamber? Do we live in the same world? Is your perspective of the gaming world limited entirely to NeoGAF?
Gamergaters are a thing. Shitty, insecure, petulant people like JonTron and now, seemingly, Colin Moriarty plague this industry. There's basically a larger contingent of alt-right horeshit in gaming than any other entertainment medium.
Maybe Druckman is one of those secret tech libertarians
Also he looks like Vandal Savage
Garrett Hawke
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Ironically. I'm blocked from seeing this tweet. It happened a while go too.
As long as he challenges him I wouldn't worry too much. Colin is a bit of a knob who says some awful stuff but he's not JonTron.
MadLaughter
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Not yet! I do wonder why he suddenly follows JT, though..
I decided to listen to a Kinda Funny Games podcast and yeah, I'm glad to see Colin go. They were talking about Horizon having a woman in the lead role and how somebody wrote to them that they can't relate to a woman being the protagonist. Colin kept going on about how it is dumb that you can't relate to video game characters because they are doing fantastical things. It's this strange "perfection or nothing" attitude that just makes for bad dialogue. It is dumb that a person can't "relate" to a woman as a protagonist, but people can relate to a video game protagonist. I relate to Aloy in Horizon because I grew up in a religious family. I know what it feels like to have a non-religious view and everybody around me act like I'm being an idiot about it.
The whole time, I just felt that Colin was pedantically handling the conversation.
The whole time, I just felt that Colin was pedantically handling the conversation.
KZXcellent
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……forgetit
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It's possible to have friends who's politics you disagree with.
Yes, JonTron said things that other people don't agree with, let him say them, he has the right to do it. That's what he THINKS, that's how he FEELS.
I know you are big advocate for LGBT rights, I know you lean left, you have the right to say whatever you want and if someone came here on GAF to tell you to get the "Fuck Out of Here", that wouldn't make you happy right?
Opinions shouldn't be scary, if you don't agree with someone just say it, but let people say what they want.
following someone doesn't make you racist. you throw that word out too easily.
Yes you can. I've had to do it in the past.
Of course he does. Those two would get along just fine.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Heh.
Kinda funny how predictable that was
I know you weren't talking to me buuuut.
There might be a teeny tiny difference between "I want to make the life of other people a bit better" and "I want to make the life of other people like living hell" that might be worth considering.
Colin on a Co-Optional episode hopefully?
Garrett Hawke
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no because I don't come here on GAF to tell you about how black people are genetically inferior to me because i'm white
Audioboxer
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They're friends, he'll know Colin irl and professionally in similar way to Greg. I just knew posting that would end up with people now hinting at Druckmann being some sort of problem or hitting up with the boycott ND, which would be overboard. That's yet another example of while Colin might have been an asshat, scorching the earth around him by micro-managing who follows him on Twitter, who he's ever spoke to, and so forth and then burning them all is a tad out of control.
I mean, is Adam Boyes also a problem because he spoke to Colin?
Interesting
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
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