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[tchocky]

Reading Austin's top 10 list this part about Fantasy Life has made me want to hear him and Dan on a podcast together.

First: it is exactly the sort of power fantasy that I hate. Through narrative and mechanics, you’re told that you can do anything (“if you try hard enough!&#8221 As you work through your different fantasy “lives” (read: jobs) you’re encouraged to keep at it. You’re told that you can make it through this, and you’ll be rewarded for your hard work! This story shows up in media and in common wisdom over and over, and anyone who has studied the history of, well, any field knows it’s just not true: lots of folks work really hard and never receive any reward, or have their reward taken from them, or sometimes it takes years and years to even really know who did what work.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

god fucking damnit I actually thought Brad Muir was on UPF from the splash image. Was just waiting for his appearance the whole fuckin' time

hahahhahaaa

 

[Zaph]

Reading Austin's top 10 list this part about Fantasy Life has made me want to hear him and Dan on a podcast together.

Huh.

 

[tchocky]

Huh.

Because Dan has often said all you need to do is work hard and good things will happen the opposite of what Austin said in that comment.

 

[Zaph]

Because Dan has often said all you need to do is work hard and good things will happen the opposite of what Austin said in that comment.

Nah, I got what you meant. Was more of a huh at his statement. Hopefully his interviews are good.

 

[Haunted]

Because Dan has often said all you need to do is work hard and good things will happen the opposite of what Austin said in that comment.

 

[NumberThree]

Reading Austin's top 10 list this part about Fantasy Life has made me want to hear him and Dan on a podcast together.

Man, I wish at some point I'll end up playing a game that's even close to being as important for me as Fantasy Life seems to have been for Austin.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Heh, Danny on his pre-FA cup Periscope (over now) said he had to go into work because he left the episode of Danswers un-uploaded.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

I have Fantasy Life, and I've played a couple of hours. It just seems very... rudimentary? Like it's a My-First-RPG. Does anyone know if it picks up at some point?

 

[daydream]

I have Fantasy Life, and I've played a couple of hours. It just seems very... rudimentary? Like it's a My-First-RPG. Does anyone know if it picks up at some point?

I played a lot of it (like, close to 100h) and loved it. Still wanna go back and get every job to God rank. What do you mean by "picks up"? It's basically Rune Factory with MMO trappings with you as a walking one-man economy. The game definitely gets more difficult, with later bosses best being handled in online co-op as they will wreck you otherwise.

One of the most underrated soundtracks of the year, too.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Interesting. I'm playing as an archer, and the combat just seems so simple. Press button to shoot arrow. I suspect I didn't play enough to understand what the game is all about.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

r u looking forward to fantasy life 2 on mobile daydream?

 

[daydream]

Interesting. I'm playing as an archer, and the combat just seems so simple. Press button to shoot arrow. I suspect I didn't play enough to understand what the game is all about.

You can easily spend 200h with the game if you wanna do and max out everything. Playing a couple of hours won't really give you a good idea of what it is. The game gets real addictive once you get into the thick of things.

Honestly expected one of the duders to get into it but it didn't pan out that way.

r u looking forward to fantasy life 2 on mobile daydream?

shuddup

*knocks over magazine rack*

Spoiler

doesn't look like it'll be a real sequel, anyway

 

[randomlyrossy]

*cough*IGN*cough*

The story actually came from The Know, Roosterteeth's news show. Either way a lot of it sounds like nonsense.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

The story actually came from The Know, Roosterteeth's news show. Either way a lot of it sounds like nonsense.

I know, but IGN was among the sites writing about it

 

[EnlightenedMint]

In case anyone is interested Brad will be playing some D&D today on http://twitch.tv/itmeJP at 3 PM Eastern.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Reading Austin's top 10 list this part about Fantasy Life has made me want to hear him and Dan on a podcast together.

His Unstoppable Pessimisism vs Dan's Unmovable Optimism at E3 and GOTY will be amazing.

 

[Archaix]

In case anyone is interested Brad will be playing some D&D today on http://twitch.tv/itmeJP at 3 PM Eastern.

Somebody mentioned that yesterday, I thought it was a joke. Brad should take some notes to bring back to the Unplugged shows, JP's games are great from what I've seen.

 

[EdReedFan20]

I know, but IGN was among the first sites writing about it

Did they learn anything from publishing last year's stories regarding the "tyranny" of Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley at Naughty Dog or the "confirmed cancellation" of The Last Guardian right before E3 2014? Clearly not. All about those clicks. I'm glad the Kinda Funny guys got out of there. Funnily enough, the seem to be more associated with GameSpot/Giant Bomb than IGN nowadays. In fact, IGN management has said no IGN employee is allowed to be a guest at Kinda Funny.

 

[SlowRevolution]

His Unstoppable Pessimisism vs Dan's Unmovable Optimism at E3 and GOTY will be amazing.

don't know that pessimism/optimism are the words I'd go with.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

man, puzzle fighter's some fun shit

I really suck ass at it though

 

[Curufinwe]

Did they learn anything from publishing last year's stories regarding the "tyranny" of Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley at Naughty Dog or the "confirmed cancellation" of The Last Guardian right before E3 2014? Clearly not. All about those clicks. I'm glad the Kinda Funny guys got out of there. Funnily enough, the seem to be more associated with GameSpot/Giant Bomb than IGN nowadays. In fact, IGN management has said no IGN employee is allowed to be a guest at Kinda Funny.

Their reviews editor also spends a lot of his time making a complete ass of himself on Twitter.

 

[Hot Coldman]

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[EdReedFan20]

Their reviews editor also spends a lot of his time making a complete ass of himself on Twitter.

Yeah. I honestly don't care if someone doesn't like Bloodborne or not (I'm loving it personally). It is a game that is clearly not for everyone. But, if I was IGN's reviewer of the game, I would've had words with him. What Dan Stapleton did was unprofessional in my eye. IGN has said time and time again that they stand with their reviewers, but Dan (the reviews editor!) essentially wrote and published his own scathing "review" of the game while the assigned reviewer was putting together his! Seriously!? A least wait until the actual review has been out for (maybe) a week before you put out your thoughts. Or put it as an addendum at the end of the official review. I didn't read the comments of the official review (which had a positive score), but I have to imagine some people in the comments were using Dan Stapleton's "review" to bash the official reviewer and his final score. His twitter rant was ridiculous as well. Although, I do think Shane Satterfield of SIFTD Games (formerly of GameTrailers) takes the cake. He essentially called out reviewers by calling them irresponsible for giving Bloodborne such high scores, essentially calling the general public/non-hardcore gamers' intelligence into question by saying they will just look at the Metacritic score and be duped into buying the game and will be burned because it's too hard for them.

 

[Askherserenity]

How was the Splatoon Quick-Look? Did it seem like they were enjoying it?

 

[Glitchesarecool]

How was the Splatoon Quick-Look? Did it seem like they were enjoying it?

Yes, and it's a good romp of fun.

 

[Askherserenity]

Yes, and it's a good romp of fun.

Nice, just saw it's almost 50 minutes long. Excited to give it a watch later

 

[Haunted]

How was the Splatoon Quick-Look? Did it seem like they were enjoying it?

Alex really likes it.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Nice, just saw it's almost 50 minutes long. Excited to give it a watch later

You know that weird excited tone that Alex gets? The one you so rarely hear, but is infectious to your own glee? He's got that a lot during this game.

If I randomly got to play with any of the GB crew that would be great.

 

[Shiny Llama]

...Ranking Of Fighters?

Whatever it is, looks like that Jeff/Jason fighting game feature may be coming soon.

Edit: My vote goes to Restrospective Of Fists.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

I wish Jeff would make more lists.

This still has me laughing. Congratulations to Dan for beating Punchy the Raper after all these years.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Dunno if I would call Hayabusa a boob enthusiast when he's stone cold celibate (I think?) in 2 series full of ridiculous boobs.

 

[demidar]

Number 10 got me, despite being low hanging fruit.

 

[Aaron]

Dunno if I would call Hayabusa a boob enthusiast when he's stone cold celibate (I think?) in 2 series full of ridiculous boobs.

He likes to watch them kick high.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Suck it Villa Fans!

Chips' Challenge seems like a game that is only interesting because of the history behind it.

 

[Curufinwe]

Yeah. I honestly don't care if someone doesn't like Bloodborne or not (I'm loving it personally). It is a game that is clearly not for everyone. But, if I was IGN's reviewer of the game, I would've had words with him. What Dan Stapleton did was unprofessional in my eye. IGN has said time and time again that they stand with their reviewers, but Dan (the reviews editor!) essentially wrote and published his own scathing "review" of the game while the assigned reviewer was putting together his! Seriously!? A least wait until the actual review has been out for (maybe) a week before you put out your thoughts. Or put it as an addendum at the end of the official review. I didn't read the comments of the official review (which had a positive score), but I have to imagine some people in the comments were using Dan Stapleton's "review" to bash the official reviewer and his final score. His twitter rant was ridiculous as well. Although, I do think Shane Satterfield of SIFTD Games (formerly of GameTrailers) takes the cake. He essentially called out reviewers by calling them irresponsible for giving Bloodborne such high scores, essentially calling the general public/non-hardcore gamers' intelligence into question by saying they will just look at the Metacritic score and be duped into buying the game and will be burned because it's too hard for them.

Stapleton also said similar but not as harsh things about Bayonetta 2. You really have to question why IGN would hire a reviews editor who only knew PC games and didn't even use a controller regularly until a few years ago.

 

[shadyspace]

How was UPF?

 

[Hot Coldman]

If they put Chip's Challenge on iOS for like 2 quid I'd buy it.

 

[Xater]

How was UPF?

Super boring.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

How was UPF?

It started off strong with Puzzle Fighter and became kinda forgettable.

 

[shadyspace]

Did they not play Splatoon? Seems like that would have been a no-brainer.

 

[ratcliffja]

Did they not play Splatoon? Seems like that would have been a no-brainer.

GBeast just played it live that morning.

 

[Archaix]

I liked the shadow stuff for KI. Probably wouldn't have heard about it otherwise, and it's scary but not entirely surprising that Dave Lang is responsible for a computer program that acts like Jeff after less than ten minutes of learning.

 

[Zaph]

I feel like Brad's deeply regretting saying yes to whatever is going on on this stream.

 

[daydream]

jeff's zillion avatar is still the best on the site

 

[Backfoggen]

Vinny should green screen himself into a pic of the UPF set and play FMV games. Last eps were boring. Only Drew and Dan seem to occasionally bring interesting games in.

 

[Jeevesmeister]

Quick Look: Chip's Challenge 2

This was hilarious, holy hell. Well worth a watch.

 

[Fattony12000]

Wow. What a pull, duder!

giantbomb.com/grand-theft-auto-iv/3030-20457/forums/what-happened-to-the-lost-and-damned-quicklook-537220/?messageId=7927841#js-message-36

11 months 7 days

 

[Tan]

I don't know why but the "It's a Website" video suddenly floated to the top of the home page for me.

 

[Noray]

If you guys want to hear more Austin Walker speak very intelligently on a recent podcast, check this one out http://ontologicalgeek.com/the-ontocast-4-police/

Really interesting talk about police in games