Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad
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...right. Because the article itself is about a random object and not the fact a major publisher was about to use it to promote and sell one of their biggest releases of the year which speaks volumes about the state of the industry as a whole.
I'm kinda loving the irony of this:
It's a good thing she brought it up on Twitter. Now it definitely won't be an issue.
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I'm kinda loving the irony of this:
Ahaha, Patrick's gonna have to go talk to the ol' ball coach after that one.
He should have realized that was the wrong picture to use before he posted the story.
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To a somehow even more cosplay-esque picture...
What are you talking about? Patrick was hired to write articles like this for GiantBomb. Him existing as an additional member of the core crew and providing this type of content doesn't cause the site to have less video content than it used to (unless you have an explanation as to how this article prevents Jeff and Vinny and whoever else from recording a Quick Look).
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But the Twitter link is still there....yikes.
I think he would like that. Looks just like him.
But not as permissive.
So cute
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PinkCrayon
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Filtering through all the bs is difficult, but there is some actual interesting discussion going on in the comments.
It's just a European idea not thinking about the consequences of releasing it in the western market, who jump on top of anything like this with claws out.
It's a play on Venus De Milo is it not?
I don't find it appealing as a collector's item, it's a lapse in judgement by them. No need to write an article about it in my opinion.
I also am not sure why there needs to be pictures of each of the women, if you are going to write this article. What is the point that brings? To humanize the text? Seems to go against the point.
It's a play on Venus De Milo is it not?
I don't find it appealing as a collector's item, it's a lapse in judgement by them. No need to write an article about it in my opinion.
I also am not sure why there needs to be pictures of each of the women, if you are going to write this article. What is the point that brings? To humanize the text? Seems to go against the point.
But almost equally as unprofessional...
This comes up a lot between me and mine, me belonging to a group of pretty avid cosplayers; even if you tell your professional world that you do cosplay, that doesn't mean you let it leak into every facet of your professional life. This was an interview for a news story, send a normal god damn headshot.
Purple_Tentacle
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Totally agree with this -- Patrick would take a lot less shit if he sourced female opinions on non-gender issues more frequently, like in his "Authorship of a Game" series.
Just a quick flip back through the archive, it's difficult to find a topic not about #1reasonwhy where a female member of the industry is interview.
Leading by example would be a far better way to address the issues torsogate reinforces about the industry's ambivalence toward women.
I agree. As an adult male the statue is slightly crass, and misjudged.
However I bore of Klepek's approach to journalism. His continuous struggle to ascertain the moral high ground through a conservative, politically correct and self-righteous attitude is tiresome, and to be quite frank ridiculous.
However I bore of Klepek's approach to journalism. His continuous struggle to ascertain the moral high ground through a conservative, politically correct and self-righteous attitude is tiresome, and to be quite frank ridiculous.
Purple_Tentacle
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I think she originally had arms. She also has a head. She also lacks giant, barely concealed mammer jammers.
If it's a parody it's a shitty one.
How so? Just because there are no arms?
Purple_Tentacle
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More than slightly crass.
Patrick might benefit from separating the editorial from the reporting. It's hard to tell when he's commenting and when he's just giving the facts, which leads to every story becoming about him.
They never said that directly, "roman statue" was mentioned and everyone thought "Venus de Milo!" - it's clearly not the case.
Naw. If that's what was intended, they did a terrible job.
That isn't the Venus you know.
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I think you're no longer playing on the Venus de Milo once you cover up the tits.
Or cut off the head.
Or cut off the head.
I never claimed it was brilliant, but it's pretty obvious. Even if you're just looking at the famous full body one. It's a zombie game, go figure they would knock the head off for it.
Nah
But Patrick wouldn't write a story called "Eight Men, Eight Responses" about it.
This is a valid point. I am interested in reading the factual news. This allows me to form my own opinions on the matter which I will discuss if the matter is of some value to me.
What does not interest me Klepek's apparent need to constantly inject his opinion turning a simple exercise of reporting the news into an opinion piece.
And the statue being more than crass? In your opinion yes. To my friend? She thought it was ridiculous and funny. Not offensive.
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Well that's because there's nothing sexual about a dude's chest. The difference is violent tones vs violent and sexual tones (two flavours that never really go well together). One you could get away with (although it'd be really fucking stupid still), and the other arguably makes the industry look bad.
I would hope he'd write an article headlined "How Dumb Is This Shit?" or "I Love Nonsense, But Come On Guys", though.
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A lesson well learned. That or don't take any of them seriously.
People on the internet are dumb.
Unless of course it was a black, or asian guy.
Wow, comparing the 'zombie bait' statuette to an actual statue just perfectly points out how fucking poorly the thing is made. It looks completely grotesque from an anatomical point of view.
I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculous, are you seriously suggesting there is absolutely no erotic imagery associated with a fit man's naked upper body? Do you not have hella semi-naked dudes on the packages of the brand of underwear you buy?
I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculous, are you seriously suggesting there is absolutely no erotic imagery associated with a fit man's naked upper body? Do you not have hella semi-naked dudes on the packages of the brand of underwear you buy?
A Sentient Keyboard
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Far Cry 3? Asura's Wrath? Probably one of the games they mentioned during their 'most surprising game of 2012' talk on the bombcast.
It's Patrick's Zombi U feature. He said it's running this Friday on twitter.
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Sleeping Dogs, probably. Looking forward to that piece.
If it's really about ZombiU, that headline seems unfair :lol
I was thinking far cry 3, but now that I look at recent releases, maybe it's gonna be DmC.
Really? oh well that also makes sense.
I assumed it would be DmC but I guess maybe its sleepy dogs or resident evil 6
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Patrick has said multiple times that he's working on a ZombiU article.
Purple_Tentacle
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True -- when the idiotic Hitman Facebook thing was announced, a piece not all the disimilar to the Torso stuff went up (minus any reactions, regardless of gender):
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I think Patrick's intentions are fine -- soliciting opinions from women because he, in fact, is not a woman. He just needs to decide when he's reporting and when he's editorializing. The beginning of this piece is full of his opinion:
I don't disagree with his opinions, but I can't tell if he's reporting the reactions of the women sourced or using their opinions to solidify his stance. It's muddled, to the detriment of the conversation.
Hah, yeah, but he'd bookend that article with lauding comments on the podcast about how great it was to have either in a game in the first place.
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A little presumptuous and hyperbolic, no?
Zombi U should have been terrible. It's a reboot of an ancient IP nobody remembers on a new Nintendo console revolving around an unproven new controller gimmick that was reworked completely from a prior game, entirely changing its story and theme and graphics and mood and everything, in a relatively short period of time.
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