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Giant Bomb X | Built-In Automatic Death Thing For Secret People
- Thread starter Hot Coldman
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SlowRevolution
Member
"I want to see an anime lady representation of a tank."
I should start listening to Jeff's mixlr more
I should start listening to Jeff's mixlr more
Jimmyfenix
Member
I hope you all enjoyed my panels at the Wii U Anime Expo i am delighted to announce my new panel.
"Forget Mobile , Wii U!"
Coming soon.
Did you ever see this?
"Forget Mobile , Wii U!"
Coming soon.
Did you ever see this?
I think it's definitely news. It brings in a good discussion of people undervaluing content and creativity in mobile games for a price while lauding destructive monetary and advertising practices in the expense of timed mechanics.
We're starting to see that sort of toxic timed lockout microtransaction logic in our console/pc games because people act like children whenever they see something they don't agree with. We used to live in a world where an expansion pack would come out and offer more content for a lower price, but now everything seems to revolve in a righteous "this should be free!" or "this isn't at the price point I expected it to be at!" horde.
It's an important discussion to have, frankly.
SlowRevolution
Member
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
huh, so assrogue actually isn't embarrassed of ACIII to the point of ignoring it. Good on them, because ACIII gets too much shit and ACIV doesn't get enough. I'm now a lot more interested in Rogue just to see what they do with the ACIII stuff.
It's certainly interesting, no?
Hot Coldman
Banned
fuck all those reviewers
gonna buy the game and DLC just because of that shit
gonna buy the game and DLC just because of that shit
Drew did say they could use it for stuff, so I don't think it's too weird; it's probably nice to have an extra computer around. They'll probably get more use out of it than the person who sent it in, which is why he mailed it to them in the first place. Either way, Windows 95!
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I dunno, wether they can use it or not it's still pretty weird that a guy would just send them a 1000$ PC cause he was too lazy to sell it.
No, not really. Except in that it's an example of how personality driven site doesn't mesh well at all with news articles. It's only posted because it's a game Patrick liked that got bad reviews because of DLC. People being angry at paid DLC (particularly when it isn't the norm on that platform) isn't a story, it's the reality of gaming life for the past 6-7 years.
There might be an interesting proposal for an article to be found in what Patrick posted. Unfortunately, it was posted as a complete article itself.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Jeff should do impressions of bad raps more often
People can be really stupid when it comes to money and math. They'll happily pay 10p/day for the rest of their lives, but ask them for a one-time £2 payment, and they'll freak out.
The current state of the industry, with expansion packs all but abandoned in favour of piecemeal monetisation, exists thanks to the exploitation of that ignorance.
stump sock
Member
It's a multi-billion dollar marketplace where the line between massive success and complete failure often hinges not on critical acclaim or curation, but the velocity and content of user reviews. It's interesting.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Jeff needs to watch Girls und Panzer then, while not "representation of a tank" there are anime girls and tanks and funnies.
shadyspace
Banned
His QL showings recently have been real bad.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Don't you mean "His QL showings recently have been real Brad?"
HEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't understand the first part. Are you implying Monument Valley is a game only Patrick knows about? It sold pretty well and won Apple's design award, it's a good example of a non-f2p smartphone game.
And paid DLC is a success story for publishers on other platforms, so this is pretty smartphone specific and not a general problem.
Maybe not everyone knows about "the state of the app store" and how it's so poisonous to every single game that costs money, even if it's just 99 cents.
No, I'm just saying it wouldn't have been brought up if it wasn't a game he enjoyed. Which makes for a real weird impetus for a news story, even weirder when it doesn't expand on the topic at all or go beyond "People are being mean to a thing I liked"
It just would have fit more as either a podcast discussion, a mention in Worth Reading, or an article with a lot more work put into it (Comparisons to reviews of other games with paid add-ons, exploration of whether this is a trend or an anomaly, whether it's just a response to an admittedly short game charging for extra content)
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
entitled folk in general really grind my gears, but there's something about entitled gamers that irks me even more. not sure why that is, but it just does.
stump sock
Member
Nobody was really asking for Giant Bomb to cover app store ratings, but Patrick's already on it.
I dunno, it bothers me because its video games and it seems a little nutty to get up in arms over something so trivial.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Mario Party will do that to you.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Yeah, its just a lazy piece of work. If he wanted to research and write a longer piece about the overall state of mobile game monetization, the impact thereof, and highlight various successes and failures, that'd probably be great. You know, journalism. But this is just him stretching out someone's tweets into a longer article and feels more a promo piece than real news.
Maybe that's what Dan's plan was all along.
Ruin years of finely crafted video gaming muscle memory through 3 hours of Mario Party torture.
SlowRevolution
Member
no clue if it's any good, but just saw that alexa did her first gamespot stream (with peter)
He forced people at game informer to play Mario Party as well! You might be on to something here.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Catching up on the podcast, straight goddamnit to Dan for that terrible, terrible baseball story.
ThreePiMatt
Member
The Mario Party stuff is weird. Despite the constant groans of anger and disappointment (mostly from Jeff, but Brad and to a lesser extent Drew), I have to assume that they all know that it is potentially captivating content from the viewer's standpoint. And while they may outright despise the game, they may take enjoyment in knowing that they're making content that is resonating with the community.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I don't know. I was telling a friend about the Mario Party videos, and the conversation went something like this:
"...and he somehow convinced a staff full of people indifferent at best toward Mario Party to play through every one of them, starting at Mario Party for N64"
"That's great! That would be so much fun! I loved those games, especially the early ones, they were the best."
"They're playing 50 turns on each one"
"FUCK! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!"
I imagine that by the time hour three comes around the quality of the content isn't really on their minds. Hell, Jeff might just be spending most of his time trying to understand why people are still watching.
I had a completely shitty week last week, but man. Watched the archive of that on Saturday and it gave me the laughs I needed. Hope they continue on with it soon and get another one out before the end of the year, but I'm sure Dan is on the case.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
truly a foul ball if there ever was one.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Patrick's description of Telltales Boderlands game Did anyone care about the story in Borderlands?
Evidently as people. for whatever reason, cosplay as Handsome Jack
Jesus Patrick, you have become pretty dismissive of stuff you don't care.
Evidently as people. for whatever reason, cosplay as Handsome Jack
Jesus Patrick, you have become pretty dismissive of stuff you don't care.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
to be fair, if he's talking about the first game he's absolutely right. I platinumed BL1 and i remember nothing outside of the vault or something.
AuthenticM
Member
That comment was not unreasonable, though. Borderlands has never been popular because of its story. And considering how minimal it is and how underdeveloped the lore is, it is weird that Telltale is making an adventure game in this universe.
Well, it's no Five Nights at Freddie's but there are a lot of people who loved the characters and the comedy in Borderlands 2.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
He is talking about the Telltale game... the one that focus in characters introduced in 2
Obviously. But I'm seeing people really care about the lore or even the playable characters (it seems the DLC of 2 give them more banter). I mean, I would not say is good story but Patrick has doing this for of dismissive in trailers of other games.
I wouldn't say this is a new development. It's odd that on one hand he's more willing than any other staff member to try games that are outside his comfort zone, but on the other hand he's still constantly mocking stuff he doesn't know much about/like.
I guess that's his attempt at humor. Sarcasm is pretty easy, actual comedy isn't (as demonstrated by how unfunny Alex -and I loved him on Screened- is on QLs).
stump sock
Member
the cosplay defense doesn't really work. I know enough cosplayers to know that it's more about liking the aesthetics of a character for some people than actually liking the character. Obviously that's not across the board but you can't use it as a defense.
But yes, I'm sure there are plenty of people who like the story, what a weird, dismissive statement to make.
Alexa, Peter Brown, Captain Toad, 52 minutes long...
Wow I haven't seen this version of the gif hah.
You can say that again.
stump sock
Member
I usually stretch out the bombcast across my entire week's commute but you guys are really making me want to just finish it early this week.