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Giant Bomb #7 | Hey There, Small Business Owner!
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MickeyKnox
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That's almost exactly what they are.
I've always felt like Patrick's opinions haven't really become differentiated enough from a forum poster -- that's how he typically sounds or reads to me. A good poster, sure, but his insights aren't different enough for me to find much interest in them, unlike, say, Jeff's. I think he's a pretty entertaining guy, though.
Also, Patrick linked to Max Temkin's post on his tumblr, which is a take I like a lot more. Not because I necessarily agree with it, but because it doesn't treat idealism like a system malfunction.
ThreePiMatt
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Oh dear. Vinny got his hands on that make-your-own-manga software that released on Steam no too long ago.
SatelliteOfLove
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Oh dear. Vinny got his hands on that make-your-own-manga software that released on Steam no too long ago.
Oh.
Dear.
LAWD.
This. So much.
Opinions are like a-holes, right? They all end up getting abused in pornography. I think that's how the saying goes, anyway...
After perusing Mr. Kleptok's opinion piece about the Oculus adoption by Facebook... what's the problem? If you don't agree with his line of thought, that's fine. It doesn't make Kleptok a moron or some anti-crowd sourcing scourge. If you think that Facebook is the devil and that Oculus is going to burn in a sulphur hot tub... go for it. People can have opposing opinions without having to rely on bombastic language to describe how "off" someone is in their thinking. We don't know the full details, as it happened on Monday, so let's wait a year or so before passing judgement on who is way off base. Let's do some wild speculation (and lots of cocaine!) and just have some fun, folks!
As for my VERY IMPORTANT view on this: Oculus VR is a business that got acquired by a bigger business. Who cares if their first round of funding came from donations via Kickstarter? They delivered on the promise for that deal. No one was Michael Rooker-ed... yet. This isn't a dictatorship run by the internet opinion, right? Oculus can choose to do business or sell out to anyone they so choose. They went from a cool idea with no product to $400 million and some stock that could be worth less than my socks in six months. I wish my socks were worth $1.6 billion... Anyway, who wouldn't take that kind of payday after a few years of research and presumably medium-to-hard work? You would all jump that opportunity's bones in a split second, just like you would Don Johnson at a Miami Vice convention. Your obsession with Don Johnson is a bit weird. I don't get it.
As for Notch pulling the plug on an Oculus port of Minecraft... that made me laugh. Now this is only my opinion from my dungeon beneath a steel foundry... but I'm not sure how much longer Sweden can contain Notch's ego. I don't know if he'll grow into the indie impresario that he imagines himself to be, but for now he's the multi-millionaire Minecraft guy who shares profits with Apple, Microsoft and Google (through app and game sales), yet pictures Facebook as some sort of creep. Uh... maybe his sombrero is too tight, or the brim has a reality distortion field in it. I don't know. I just use beer to create one. It's far cheaper and quite refreshing!
After perusing Mr. Kleptok's opinion piece about the Oculus adoption by Facebook... what's the problem? If you don't agree with his line of thought, that's fine. It doesn't make Kleptok a moron or some anti-crowd sourcing scourge. If you think that Facebook is the devil and that Oculus is going to burn in a sulphur hot tub... go for it. People can have opposing opinions without having to rely on bombastic language to describe how "off" someone is in their thinking. We don't know the full details, as it happened on Monday, so let's wait a year or so before passing judgement on who is way off base. Let's do some wild speculation (and lots of cocaine!) and just have some fun, folks!
As for my VERY IMPORTANT view on this: Oculus VR is a business that got acquired by a bigger business. Who cares if their first round of funding came from donations via Kickstarter? They delivered on the promise for that deal. No one was Michael Rooker-ed... yet. This isn't a dictatorship run by the internet opinion, right? Oculus can choose to do business or sell out to anyone they so choose. They went from a cool idea with no product to $400 million and some stock that could be worth less than my socks in six months. I wish my socks were worth $1.6 billion... Anyway, who wouldn't take that kind of payday after a few years of research and presumably medium-to-hard work? You would all jump that opportunity's bones in a split second, just like you would Don Johnson at a Miami Vice convention. Your obsession with Don Johnson is a bit weird. I don't get it.
As for Notch pulling the plug on an Oculus port of Minecraft... that made me laugh. Now this is only my opinion from my dungeon beneath a steel foundry... but I'm not sure how much longer Sweden can contain Notch's ego. I don't know if he'll grow into the indie impresario that he imagines himself to be, but for now he's the multi-millionaire Minecraft guy who shares profits with Apple, Microsoft and Google (through app and game sales), yet pictures Facebook as some sort of creep. Uh... maybe his sombrero is too tight, or the brim has a reality distortion field in it. I don't know. I just use beer to create one. It's far cheaper and quite refreshing!
SatelliteOfLove
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I sense...anger. Also strawmen.
RaySpencer
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We really need more Kinect games to come out.
Gozer the Gozerian
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Vinny Hairavella
Vinny's hair looks crooked in this photo
maybe it fell off, not out.
Jeff constantly sounding like he was on the verge of fucking throttling Brad during most of the quicklook was the best part about it
Gozer the Gozerian
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Jeff and Dave mixlr is the best secret podcast
Yep, it was my favorite part of the QL. You really sensed Jeff trying to keep his shit together at a few points.
MrTroubleMaker
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Vinny's comics are great!
D
Deleted member 22576
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Today was a good day for Giantbomb.
That is frontpage news if I've ever seen it.
- Facebook, Occulus, and Trust
- Quick Look Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes
- The Binding of Patrick
- The Giantbombcast
- Caravellas Comic Corner
- Goat Simulator Coming out soon
That is frontpage news if I've ever seen it.
Infinite Justice
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dat Goat Simulator trailer LOLOLOLOL
Those all happened today?
Typographenia
Member
It's just his schtick.
I really hope Vinny continues to grace the internet with his storytelling.
Hahahah
This and the goat simulator trailer have me so excited for what's to come on the site.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Man, the longer I look at Vinny's comic there more convinced I become that it actually makes sense.
bloodyroarxx
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I assume Arkham Knight was what Brad and Vinny saw and couldnt talk about on the Bombcast?
And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Hayter overacting to the random bullshit going on around him is da bes. He really leans in to it.
you know... i feel like i see this post a lot in here. patrick write's an article and someone says its "over his head"
what kind of fucking patronizing bullshit is that? jesus
"oh look how cute patrick wants to try to write an article about his topic like a big boy"
ShockingAlberto
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It comes from the "I could write for Giant Bomb if I just made my forum posts in to articles and used spell check and then the entire crew would be my best friends" mentality you see so often. Everyone likes to pretend the only thing keeping them from Patrick's job and the praise he gets for it is opportunity and that he clearly doesn't know as much as them. It's fucking tiring.
I think a lot of people just don't like Patrick. It doesn't necessarily mean that they want his job.
It's a mentality that too many people on here (and in the gaming community at large) have with everything related to games. "ZOMG Kickstarter game looking for free money, *I* could code for less than that, even though I've never coded in my life."
And Patrick does a great job of touching on issues/games that usually only see super long-form work done on Gamasutra; he's the only person that presents the kind of material that he does on the website, so I definitely don't understand why people get angry and even offended (as if suggesting he's stealing your $50 subscription fee).
Whatever it is it's definitely not the greatest dynamic. They need Vinny in the third chair.
NumberThree
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It's not like I hate Patrick or anything, but just this one time I'm going to take a quote from him out of context or put words in his mouth to try and make him look bad!
We all could use a little vinny in the third chair.
rakkadakka
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Patrick if you're reading this, you did a great job of summing up the OR situation but man you need to cut that word count down.
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