Glitchesarecool
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and if you don't feel like putting that trash on your account, SBF did a full playthrough of it.
Did you know you can just skip the basketball games?
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Giant Bomb #22 | Drew, F*** This Tank
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and if you don't feel like putting that trash on your account, SBF did a full playthrough of it.
Did you know you can just skip the basketball games?
stump sock
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I get what he's saying but asking for nuanced opinions on the internet, whether in discussion or op ed piece, is a fool's game. if somebody presents an argument that lies somewhere between the extremes, it's either ignored or torn apart for not picking a "side."
taking an absolute stand on an issue just prompts other people to do the same and then you get the worst parts of internet discussion...
the problem with democracy of opinion is that the majority of people have bad ones (whether wrong or poorly thought out/not able to be supported), but they overwhelm something that might resemble a "scholarly" argument.
so maybe you write it off as a partial victory in that at least people are having these discussions, even if they're fighting with sticks and rocks when more refined tools would be preferred. or you just get sad and tune everything out because it's exhausting.
taking an absolute stand on an issue just prompts other people to do the same and then you get the worst parts of internet discussion...
the problem with democracy of opinion is that the majority of people have bad ones (whether wrong or poorly thought out/not able to be supported), but they overwhelm something that might resemble a "scholarly" argument.
so maybe you write it off as a partial victory in that at least people are having these discussions, even if they're fighting with sticks and rocks when more refined tools would be preferred. or you just get sad and tune everything out because it's exhausting.
NBA 2K is a pretty great series, but yeah, that single player campaign looked terrrrrible.
Antiwhippy
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Eh, I wouldn't say that it's just the internet, because the internet is basically just... humans.
I think some people still haven't realized that.
stump sock
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but non-internet has barriers towards voicing opinions. which is also a double-edged sword, I know. but generally if you're the one who gets published in a paper or magazine or whatever, you probably had to do things to prove that you deserve being listened to. if you're giving a speech at a school, you were probably hand-picked to do so. but somewhere where everybody is on basically a level playing field, there's no real differentiators to the layperson which writer has put thought and reason into their arguments vs who hasn't. every reader has to be their own gatekeeper.
yes, it would be great if people would do research and maybe have some level of authority about the things they write about; it's not going to happen though, and if it did, it wouldn't be the one that gets the most eyes on it.
not to mention the fact that the same could be said about every "critical piece" (as austin would call it) that he's published online or, more recently, curated. i totally agree that the article is completely insufficient but so are most articles people including austin pay attention to on the internet on a day-to-day basis
Social media has changed that stuff so much, though. I'm constantly surprised by how many millions of followers certain celebrities have that can sell their brand well. That must be such a weird life. Or about the mechanics of dogpiling we've seen recently, especially around video games. You hear BS that was corrected two years ago come up, because the same old images are still floating around. Some of that is actually new, atleast in dimension and speed.
The internet is really good for someone to build his/her own echochamber without realising it and social media has made that even easier.
The internet is really good for someone to build his/her own echochamber without realising it and social media has made that even easier.
stump sock
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I don't know him, but there's also the opposite, which is being against whatever is currently happening, too. The GB guys do that from time to time. Which really is its own problem and bubble, but at a certain point you can't dive deep into everything, time is limited. Maybe I should read some of that "fan studies" stuff...
Austin is pretty much the worst on Twitter. Love the dude though.
stump sock
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I still crack up at this video existing
not that I don't think people can have these kinds of opinions, but it's like
...especially when it's your video game outlet's only coverage of a game
Sleeping Lesson
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Hahaha what the fuck is the purpose of this video?
"I don't know how guns work, I fiddled with a gun and then it went boom-boom and I got scared!"
Ok.
Sleeping Lesson
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That game had some good mechanics that it buried in terrible level design and a poorly executed story. The basic shooting of proton packs is still cool.
I still crack up at this video existing
not that I don't think people can have these kinds of opinions, but it's like
...especially when it's your video game outlet's only coverage of a game
Ben Kuchera has always been one of my least favorite people in the industry. It's honestly fitting he works for Polygon now.
Yeah you probably shouldn't place much value on an article written by a person who does stuff like this pretty regularly: https://twitter.com/somebadideas/status/633976335271112704
The Dear Leader
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The Witcher 3 (with it's DLC's and improvements) has 2015's 2016 Game of the Year written all over it, can't wait to hear the opinions about it from the 2-3 duders that put 45 minutes into and then stop!
I'll honestly be surprised if any of them(excluding Vinny) ever touch the game again.
Vinny finished the first DLC and i think he's going all in with the second so we have one duder who will know what he's talking about.
The Witcher 3 salt is still strong I see.
Really? I don't see that at all.
From what I've been listening to, it sounds like only Vinny has continued to the end with it.
People just need to accept that Giant Bomb doesn't really do RPGs.
The Dear Leader
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Chill fams, I was just making a joke, I hope to see at least a Vinny helmed playdate of Blood and Wine.
EDIT: I'd rather them not play it than to pull a Gerstmann and read the first paragraph on the games wiki page and make assumptions based on that.
EDIT: I'd rather them not play it than to pull a Gerstmann and read the first paragraph on the games wiki page and make assumptions based on that.
The Dear Leader
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From what I've gathered it runs like complete hot ass on anything but a PC but the content of it seems to be really well recieved.
Did you enjoy the core of Fallout 4, warts and all?
Yes -------> The DLC is good
No ---------> Don't buy the DLC
Chill fams, I was just making a joke, I hope to see at least a Vinny helmed playdate of Blood and Wine.
EDIT: I'd rather them not play it than to pull a Gerstmann and read the first paragraph on the games wiki page and make assumptions based on that.
Lets get some beef going. Been a few weeks since the last gb gaf civil war.
The Dear Leader
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Alright, I HEAR BY STATE THAT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T LIKE THE WITCHER 3 CAN COME AND CATCH THESE HANDS IRL!
Just bring up Max Payne 3 and something will usually start.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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Or the McElroy brothers.
MassiveNights
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It's not his fault The Witcher 3 is the best game of the gen.
As far as I'm concerned Vinny is the only duder left.
I still crack up at this video existing
not that I don't think people can have these kinds of opinions, but it's like
...especially when it's your video game outlet's only coverage of a game
wtf am i watching
lmao they will never mention the witcher 3 again
stump sock
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I thought it was incredibly tedious and the patches of amusing writing didn't make up for my general irritation with the whole thing. I'm so used to people telling me I'm wrong about it that I was surprised that GB agreed with me.
MassiveNights
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it's up there and it makes you wonder why every other Rockstar game plays like shit.
The Dear Leader
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HitDan: Episode 3 - Marykish
This stuff writes itself.
This stuff writes itself.
If they could retrofit MP3's controls into Red Dead Redemption, I might be able to make it past 30 minutes in that game.
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