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Giant Bomb #6 | You'd be hard pressed to find 10 better threads this year.
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You think class and poverty are issues for videogames? You mean like how people of different social classes are portrayed in videogames or people in certain classes can't get jobs in videogames? From what angle do you feel those two issues blight the videogame industry?
Cannon Goose
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I'm pretty sure it happens to everyone at one point or another. For me it was 1-4 right before I was going to go face Allant at the end of the game.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Just seems weird that you want them to stop talking about shooting old TVs with guns and musing about fast foods to talk about social issues. Not really in their wheelhouse imo.
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Deleted member 22576
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Its not that I don't think its important to be aware of those issues I just think this is the wrong website to ask. And so what if Patrick had rich parents, dude clearly works his ass off and earns his keep.
shadyspace
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It's systemic. Name a triple A game series that stars a POC. Name a notable video game designer that is a POC. Name an indie darling that has been featured across gaming websites who is a POC. Then ask yourself why that is.
Patrick's made his bones writing about the fringe and the disenfranchised of the industry, it's not unwarranted to question why he sticks to criticism that only pertains to a specific group instead of widening his scope re: problems of representation within video games. The Jeff stuff I brought up is perhaps wishful thinking on my part. That's just a gut feeling there from inference over the years that he has a populist view that I'd like to hear more in depth.
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I think Patrick's made his bones breaking legitimate news in a professional non-blog starved way.
RiccochetJ
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Getting your stuff wrecked isn't that bad. It's just annoying. The devs were nice enough to make repair costs not that expensive. Just go to 4-1, kill a couple skellys and you're up and running again minus being at full health.
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Grand Theft Auto, Hideo Kojima and I don't follow gaming websites so I can't say.
But, what does it matter? The majority of video game consumers are white men so the industry caters to its market. Could there be a more diverse range of characters? Sure, I'd have no problem with that, but the constant declarations that the industry is massively racist/sexist/misogynistic/etc get old.
Is it also problem that the majority of Bollywood actors are Indian?
Bubble Metropolis
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Women's Issues Correspondent, Patrick Klepek
Senior Black Correspondent, Jeff Gerstmann
Has A Latin Girlfriend, Brad or Rorie I don't remember which (maybe both??)
Italian, Vinny Caravella
Surely a team well equipped to deal with all of the social issues in the games industry.
Senior Black Correspondent, Jeff Gerstmann
Has A Latin Girlfriend, Brad or Rorie I don't remember which (maybe both??)
Italian, Vinny Caravella
Surely a team well equipped to deal with all of the social issues in the games industry.
shadyspace
Banned
At the other end of the spectrum, Brad could not be better if he tried:
I think there is a difference between barriers existing outside the industry that affect it and barriers that exist within the industry that affect it, Also I asked specifically about class/poverty and not race. I mean there are factors like quality of education in lower income schools, likelihood of console ownership, culture within lower income areas, ability to get loans for schooling for lower income students, and a variety of other things that would likely help explain why there are fewer game developers/designers from lower economic backgrounds. Videogames have certain hurdles purely because of what it takes to make them,.
The Dear Leader
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I'm watching BB Demons Souls part 3, and Brads killing me with the "hair of input lag from PSN" line, the look on Vinnys face when he says it is priceless.
Antiwhippy
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Apparently fobwash from gaintbomb made this. It's pretty awesome.
The Dear Leader
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Where can I download that Dustin Diamond Spelunky skin?
As to the the other guys not talking much about social injustice in gaming. I think they represent the view of the majority - in that they are aware of issues, they have empathy for those offended, but when it comes down to it, they really don't spend much time thinking about it.. It is enough that Pat raises such issues on the site.
Two big scoops in the last 5 years, Infinity Ward and Xbox u-turn, and you could argue that hi-fi site beat him on the xbox one.
l value his output but he isn't really a breaking news guy any more. Much more of a feature writer.
Two big scoops in the last 5 years, Infinity Ward and Xbox u-turn, and you could argue that hi-fi site beat him on the xbox one.
l value his output but he isn't really a breaking news guy any more. Much more of a feature writer.
I wish Matt Rorie was in every video.
I could listen to that guy talk about nothing for hours.
The greatest Giantbomb/Whiskey Media moment is still where Rorie was drunk and rambling about puppies on some livestream and the female guest next to him was clearly freaked out.
Does anyone else remember this?
I could listen to that guy talk about nothing for hours.
The greatest Giantbomb/Whiskey Media moment is still where Rorie was drunk and rambling about puppies on some livestream and the female guest next to him was clearly freaked out.
Does anyone else remember this?
You're nothing for hours.
Its best when he starts a really elaborate story that goes absolutely nowhere.
NumberThree
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That awkward moment when people ask "And then what?" after you've finished your story.
Fattony12000
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Infinite Justice
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That pic of Drew on the latest UPF upload is cracking me up for some reason
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Listening to the Patrick/Alex cast and it's almost hilarious how wrong they are about Broken Age. Not that it's necessarily better, but the assumptions they make based on what they've played are just plain wrong. It'd be funny to hear their reactions after they finish the game anyway.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
It almost looks like his head is floating...
LackingSaint
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Hey, I know i'm suuuuper later on this, but does anyone else find it kind of weird that a couple Bombcasts ago the duders seemed so excited about the new Aliens game based on the premise, despite the fact that it seems like an exact copy of Miasmata (survival-based gameplay based around avoiding a single AI-controlled monster with little emphasis on combat) which came out over a year ago and none of them cared about at all?
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Thats not weird at all. Also the non-combat aspect of Miasmata wasn't unique to that game. The cartography/crafting aspect of Miasmata was what made that game special. This Aliens thing sounds a lot like Amnesia on a Spaceship. I also think you're misreading their excitement level.
Typographenia
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It appears as though Vinny, at one point in his budding career, made an attempt at becoming a professional male model on stock image websites.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
OMG lol
It appears as though Vinny, at one point in his budding career, made an attempt at becoming a professional male model on stock image websites.
Zabant
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It appears as though Vinny, at one point in his budding career, made an attempt at becoming a professional male model on stock image websites.
What, I? err...
What is the meaning of this!?
vinny pls
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Someone needs to ship them a wig and aviators and get Vinny to do some poses.
I remember that image from 2-3 years ago on the GB forums. We used to have a lot of threads about staff look-alikes.
modern art
Typographenia
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Wait, so this isn't Ryan either?
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