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Giant Bomb #14 | I'll Never Forget This!
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This stream is so good.
Glitchesarecool
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Is there some way to listen to Mixlr audio without using Mixlr? Shit keeps cutting out every two minutes even though I'm on a real solid internet connection.
Wait for the archives here: http://jefflr.moe/archive/
First part of the interview is already up (go to 1hr in)
It's not your connection or Mixlr, but Jeff's phone going in and out of cell service.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Dunno if anyone linked to it before, but austin's new article sure is a doozy.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/editorial-why-we-write-on-game-critique-influence-/1100-5215/
Really nice read about where he's coming from though as a games critic.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/editorial-why-we-write-on-game-critique-influence-/1100-5215/
Really nice read about where he's coming from though as a games critic.
okay thx, keep forgetting that there are coming up items that don't show.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It deals with the concern trolling of critics somehow forcing developers to adopt different ideals pretty well.
Glitchesarecool
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Jeff having Space Harrier as his ringtone is... Is really nice.
bearythebear
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Great article by Austin. I'd also add that change doesn't happen by sitting around waiting for the perfect solution. It requires aggressive attention and focus on the issues.
stump sock
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it does kind of take apart the argument of "internet jerks are taking away my anime titty games" pretty well
also this makes two From mech game references in two days from Austin
also this makes two From mech game references in two days from Austin
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also as someone who likes doing creative things I can't imagine a creative doing good stuff if they don't consider any critique.
I think Terry pratchett put it pretty well. "Give me the apprentices." "But we have the finest craftsmen." "I have no use for those who have found the limits of the possible."
Everything is a learning process.
I think Terry pratchett put it pretty well. "Give me the apprentices." "But we have the finest craftsmen." "I have no use for those who have found the limits of the possible."
Everything is a learning process.
As long as the message you got was that you should play Metal Wolf Chaos, then yes you got the right message.
Glitchesarecool
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What if the president got a fucking mech to take back the united states from terrorists
It's the most japanese and american video game to ever exist
stump sock
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today in GAF threads I'm not touching with Antiwhippy's 10 ft pole
"I am male and a feminist, but fear my female friends are genuinely sexist at times "
"What do you call noobs?"
"Girlfriend of 7+ years broke up with me, I don't know how to be human now."
"Thoughts on the Rebuild of Evangelion?"
"I am male and a feminist, but fear my female friends are genuinely sexist at times "
"What do you call noobs?"
"Girlfriend of 7+ years broke up with me, I don't know how to be human now."
"Thoughts on the Rebuild of Evangelion?"
RepairmanJack
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Great article by Austin.
The Snoop Dogg one is pretty good too.
Infinite Justice
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Read it and yea i dug it.
Seems like a breath of fresh air for GB while still being crazy dudes.
Lets see how the community fares (though to be fair they have been doing alright so far)
Seems like a breath of fresh air for GB while still being crazy dudes.
Lets see how the community fares (though to be fair they have been doing alright so far)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You only get to touch my 10 ft pole after you buy me dinner.
TheMrPliskin
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What if dinner is toast?
sproutella
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People who like/identify with things that at one point in there lives were considered weird/unpopular/offbeat build up the thickest persecution complexes.
It is some sort of "human" thing, it's got nothing to do with any specific type of culture other than fanaticism. Sports fans freak the fuck out if you criticize their favorite team in any way, ridiculous over the top "patriots" scream about how you should leave if you don't like certain aspects of the country. It happens any time people get too attached to the concept of something.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I've got standards man.
stump sock
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Glitchesarecool
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RepairmanJack
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It's a pretty damn funny podcast, but kind of has ups and downs depending on the comedians.
There is also a lot of times you just want to go take a shower because the stories just go too far. So definitely don't listen if you're sensitive about just about anything.
There was a duck tales fan fiction that was particularly crazy, about Scrooge killing launchpad with a gold brick and then doing some dark shit. It's sick, but funny sick.
Piston Hyundai
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when someone only focuses on the negatives or what could be better, it can kind of come off like that
doesn't help when you treat what a piece of media does right as an afterthought (writers often have a single "now don't get me wrong" sentence in their criticisms), either
That's a Nerdist podcast. Can be pretty funny.
stump sock
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you've got my attention.
Game criticism often involves criticizing games, yes. Trailers and PR media are there to show me what's right with a game. Reviews are there to tell me what's wrong with it.
That's true, but I don't see that kind of response to pieces on music or literature, or some TV shows compared to others (Mad Men vs Game of Thrones for example)
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
yesterday's "Xenoblade X in one word: boredom" thread was really a treat.
People who haven't imported the game or played it defended the game, even though the author had put 70 hours into it himself and they didn't challenge any of his criticisms, mostly due to loving the first one a lot and because lol kotaku.
People who DID import the game pretty much nodded and said "yeah, that sounds about right." Seemed nothing that he said was inaccurate and the game is, at it's best, apparently a flawed experience.
You couldn't make that shit up.
RepairmanJack
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I wish I could remember exactly how it goes, I just remember that one specifically hitting me hard because it being Ducktales.
I remember it involving the use of blood and going into detail about duck penis.
The joke is basically seeing how sick the comedians can go a lot of the times and there is nothing out of bounds. So a dark sense of humor is definitely needed.
StopMakingSense
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Man, that podcast did get my hyped up for MGS:S Part 4.
Exactly. I read criticism to learn, not for some sort of ego stroking. There is space for a positive reinforcement version of game criticism ("More games should do it like this!") but you also have to take on the negatives head on.
Plus, if you want to hear people gushing about a game, there are plenty of sources for that. Game critics shouldn't have to prove that they are fans of a game to earn the right to do their job. They deserve the benefit of the doubt until they show otherwise.
Glitchesarecool
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Just so everyone knows, and you should know this, a duck penis can be longer than its body, and can be used in manners akin to a lasso.
Yeah. Rogert Ebert never had to prove that he was a fan of movies when he wrote a critical piece about a movie or a trend, same with someone like James Wood and his book criticisms.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Piston Hyundai
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he was very good in san andreas
nckillthegrimace
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The thread about times publishers were right literally made my right eye start throbbing. Some of the people who post here--some of them--I don't even know how to parse their nonsense.
BreezyLimbo
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Piston Hyundai
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Don't mistake James Wood with James Woods
don't point out my jokes
Glitchesarecool
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remember that's an actual scientist demonstrating the actual mating behavior of actual animals
biology is awesome
Once some sort of reflex-skill is involved, people automatically get ready to shit on people.
Certain people will never not give ign shit for that God Hand review, no action or reason in existence will forgive it. When Germany will still get shit 1000 years from now from other countries for World War 2 reparations, it will only approach the sheer spite people can throw at others not being good at video games.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It's fascinating that ducks are so prone to raping that the females have evolved anti-rape measures in their vaginas.
Only for males to evolve better penises to rape them with.
Only for males to evolve better penises to rape them with.
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