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Giant Bomb #24 | In the beginning...
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Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I mean, don't they also put out maybe one video each week at most?
The main draw of PAX for me is it's a great way to meet your online friends in person and hang out. Then the panels. The games are just a nice backdrop =P
I knew the first part but the second is surprising tbh
EdReedFan20
Member
I actually found a neat channel the other day. And I actually like their gimmick, as I'm always looking for the type of video game videos they happen to produce. Basically, all they do are commentary-free let's plays, that lets the games speak for themselves. Sometimes I just want to see what a game is without the player talking over it. I liked the name too, as it represents the lack of voice over. It's called ShhNowI'mPlaying. I watched a playlist of theirs where they built a city in Cities: Skylines.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I like the Game Grumps. Theyre a good youtuber.
TurboButts
Member
#notallyoutubers
Now he feels even more like he's missing a party, good job.
For real, though. Actually going to PAX looks like fun, I never doubted that.
i support a few on Patreon so yea. i watch them more than TV these days.
That's a fair point. I suppose Gopher is more of an outlier since he does mostly Let's Play's and mod tutorials, but the other three I mentioned typically hit all the big games or interesting discussions around them.
one of them has been posting PAX vlogs so yea? lol
I heard Giant Bomb likes anime?!?!
you missed my post didn't you
I heard giant bomb doesn't do shit
Master_Funk
Member
I like quite a few YouTube gaming channels. Run Button ( friends of Austin), chip and ironicus, geek remix and voidburger.
YouTube can be good, just gotta get through the trash.
YouTube can be good, just gotta get through the trash.
HappenstanceUK
Member
When Youtubers are simply entertainers and doing Let's Plays etc I'm fine with them but when they start with actual reviews or news I find it harder to trust them. There's too much advertised content going around and before it became standard to actual mark their videos, a few too many couldn't understand the uproar when people found out they were being paid to advertise a game. Jesse Cox was one I stopped watching when he became really obnoxious to his viewers who called him out on it.
lmao
I don't remember this, so I guess I didn't listen to all the GOTY stuff last year. As much as I love Brad, hearing him squirm as he realized what Dan had done was too good. "You can't actually do that," he says, even when he knew it had already been done. What a twist, especially with Brad's reputation for strong arming to get what he wants.
There is only one No Man's Sky rant on Youtube that is worth listening to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DhaUe6y-Co
(Hbomb is generally fantastic. Nobody's better at making fun of right-wing fuckboys.)
Generally that's the thing with Youtube... steer clear of the big stuff. That's mostly depressing lowest common denominator shit. There are some really good people doing fantastic work though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DhaUe6y-Co
(Hbomb is generally fantastic. Nobody's better at making fun of right-wing fuckboys.)
Generally that's the thing with Youtube... steer clear of the big stuff. That's mostly depressing lowest common denominator shit. There are some really good people doing fantastic work though.
FlammableD
Banned
Yeah, I love Hbomb and that video, but going of the thread of it yesterday, it's not the best one to start people on. The whole thread was people taking it at face value
Sleeping Lesson
Member
This thread is a disaster zone. Please stop posting youtuber videos.
Can we just lock the thread?
Sleeping Lesson
Member
I wouldn't be opposed to closing up shop until PAX was over.
But people want to post Giant Bomb videos here...
Starts in 2 hours, 50 minutes.
Glitchesarecool
Member
So what's with the raging hate boner for Youtube?
I don't dislike YouTube itself, it's a great tool. I dislike the culture around it and the typical YouTube formula. JUMP CUT FUNNY FACE HAND MOVEMENT JUMP CUT ANGRY DUBSTEP ANGRY SCREAMING JUMP CUT.
funkystudent
Member
Listening to the Fallout 4 fight from GOTY last year and man. Its real disappointing to hear Brad and Austin defend that mess of a game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1SZgRL1n4o
I mean shit. Even Bethesda admit Fallout 4 was a bit of a misstep now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1SZgRL1n4o
I mean shit. Even Bethesda admit Fallout 4 was a bit of a misstep now.
Definitely. That's the kind of esoteric "but we know about game development you guys you're wrong" that I didn't expect out of GB. At least Jeff was keeping it real throughout. And he was right, again.
funkystudent
Member
Its when Brad goes "well they would have to start taking steps back with their open world systems if they want less bugs" comment that got me.
Because Fallout 4 was already a GIANT step back in terms of open world-ness from Skyrim and Fallout 3 / New Vegas. The world was noticeably smaller. You had less quests. The quests themselves more limited limited in design and had fewer options with hour you handled them. The speech system was gutted.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Didn't expect this.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Making some annoying on purpose still makes it annoying.
It's like when games try to be funny "Now it's time to kill 100 chickens eh? Cause games do that? And it's super annoying, we know that lol.....but seriously, kill 100 chickens now. It's ironic though!"
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj1GW9z7OWI
Edit: Ah damn, sorry for dp
I don't hate Youtube. Only like 95% of it. The rest is really, really good
Repping Gunbound.