Jimmyfenix
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that one time keyser posted the entire destiny OT in a GB thread was pretty ok
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I look forward to a MKX Jason quick look. The website really has slacked on the MKX coverage, this will redeem them in the eyes of their fans and the gaming community at large
BUNTING1243
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I literally want to be like Vinny when I grow up
Jason is a rebel.
edit: I'm now mostly getting German ads and anime ads on Youtube. I fully blame this thread.
i hope this ql is also 2 and a half hours
stump sock
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yay, Old Games Show tomorrow!
schedule is weirdly light with QLs though. not much out this week?
schedule is weirdly light with QLs though. not much out this week?
Speak for yourself bro. His job looks fun and I envy him that at times. Glad I am not renting a shared apartment in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
That isn't a measure of his success though, more how screwed up SF is.
From experience, more like say a cheese cobbler - as one might find on top of a stew (casserole for the yanks).
This is a problem of the database only having an entry for the browser version. A version they already quick looked http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-westerado/2300-7004/
TharpDaddy
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Who needs to watch a QL when you can watch the GB music video
stump sock
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yeah I do pretty ok for myself I guess.
actually I'd feel pretty bad about the world if Dan was more successful than everybody who follows his work. I don't think "video game talker-abouter" is particularly high on the list of lucrative jobs.
Antiwhippy
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He's doing what he loves, which is what I consider succeeding in life.
Yep, that's a pretty good way of looking at life in general I find.
yup, I think being happy and satisfied is more important than straight up financial success.
shadyspace
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Though of course as long as you're not directly negatively effecting someone's life of course.
Like, a racist getting a job in the KKK is not succeeding in life.
Just to be clear.
Like, a racist getting a job in the KKK is not succeeding in life.
Just to be clear.
He is near the top of the profession he has chosen. Given how few EIC positions are available, there isn't really any further to climb unless you go management or skip to the dev side.
I wasn't talking him down but I find it a little odd when people say "we would all love his/her job" or how lucky games press are. There are a ton of perks but it isn't all fun and games [sic]. Especially if you don't work for an easygoing site like GB. Still a job.
The irony being that Dan is Super American and has been conditioned by society to believe otherwise.
I think both wealth and job satisfaction are both measures of career success. A few lucky people land a job which provides both. Unfortunately the vast majority are stuck in a job that provides neither. Which just sucks. But such is life sometimes.
I ain't no english grad, but I always understood you could also use it to denote that you are acknowledging something could be interpreted as a pun or contradiction, or that it was intentionally so.
Sort of drawing attention to the previous word or statement and giving a knowing wink at it. Saying "I know how that reads and I am going to leave it like that. Just so you know that I know". Winky face.
In the context of quoting a misspelled word, it is essentially the same. You are saying - I know that this isn't how you spell the word but that is a direct quote. Guy is an idiot.
Antiwhippy
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I know, but it's all relative isn't it? Very few jobs have zero downsides, even dream jobs. Love cooking but I feel like I would absolutely hate working in the cooking industry, but if people consider it their dream job who am I to say they haven't succeeded? Success is ultimately measured on a personal level anyway.
tryagainlater
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I've never seen why anyone would think the game press is lucky. All people do is yell at you on twitter all day. Shitty job. GB seems fun to work for but other than that, it seems like a shitshow.
giant_frying_pan
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We need English graduate rudds to give a ruling.
I only use it when quoting a phrasing or typographical error.
I only use it when quoting a phrasing or typographical error.
People are yelling at twitter all day anyway. It's just a question of how easily you can ignore the fact that the majority of people are awful human beings.
Sleeping Lesson
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The use of [sic] is pretty varied, I've found. I've even seen it used to denote factual errors in a quote ("The sky is green" [sic]), although I don't know the technical correctness of that.
But I just used four pieces of punctuation in a row, so who cares what I think. A space is punctuation, right?
But I just used four pieces of punctuation in a row, so who cares what I think. A space is punctuation, right?
Most public facing professions have to deal with people yelling at them on twitter all day. I'll take being yelled at on twitter all day if it means I can play games for a living for sure
stump sock
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I have an english degree and this is how I have understood its use.
also I'm not at all rich and I still have unfulfilled ambitions but I wouldn't consider myself unsuccessful.
whatever.
TheMrPliskin
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The idea of playing games for a living sounds super unappealing to me, I think having them be a part of work would diminish how much I enjoy them as a hobby.
stump sock
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I play lots of games and I don't get yelled at by strangers
sometimes I even play games at work
life's okay
sometimes I even play games at work
life's okay
Sleeping Lesson
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I think everyone here knows that, we're merely discussing the uses beyond the obvious.
I agree. I go through phases where I don't play many games even as-is. If I played them every day at work I would probably sour on them pretty quickly and stop playing outside of work entirely.
THPS HD dev and I'm kinda iffy on the early details. Some people will also be super not thrilled by cross-gen. Certainly interested in what Jeff thinks, I can't say I'm a huge fan or anything.
snowboarding games were always more fun
oh yeah, give me a new Cool Boarders.
Also, had awesome time with that 1080 game on N64.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I just rewatched the Sonic Boom QL and noticed for the first time how they just used the fucking MS Word special font for "Yesterday" at the beginning.
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Jeevesmeister
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You better forward this info to Chris Chan, Our Glorious Crusader Against The Unholy Blue Armed Bandit
TheMrPliskin
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Sounds like you're living the dream.
stump sock
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NIGHTMARES ARE THE BEST PART OF MY DAY
I agree. If it is your dream job then you take the good with the bad. I point I was making is that games press isn't everyone's idea of a dream job - but on GAF it is often assumed to be.
That is certainly the traditional usage.
I did a quick google to see if I was crazy and it seems I was using in in an ironic fashion.
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