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Edited for inappropriate comment.

 

[tirminyl]

Remote Play would definitely be cooler on Xbox because tv.

"Xbox, snap remote play"

 

[SeventhSon]

I've read all about him and his failures right here on gaf, but I had never seen him on camera. Is it just me or does this guy have a terrible attitude (at least the few minutes I watched this past hour) it's like he doesn't even want to be there. Is this a normal attitude from him?

It is his normal attitude. It's the reason I had to quit listening to Rebel FM earlier this year.

 

[USC-fan]

I've read all about him and his failures right here on gaf, but I had never seen him on camera. Is it just me or does this guy have a terrible attitude (at least the few minutes I watched this past hour) it's like he doesn't even want to be there. Is this a normal attitude from him?

I think he been up all night. Maybe jet lag? He looks really rough.

 

[Nymphae]

Seriously, read this shit and check out all the links.

The fucking guy is one of the biggest morons ever to grace the enthusiast press.

I hope everyone reads this. I laughed quite a bit.

 

[Zombie James]

The PS3 syncs controllers in the exact same way.

 

[F0rneus]

I really get the feeling that the X1 stream will be all smiles from Polygon. And Doritos outta Dew for all exclusives.

 

[udiie]

If I were in a room with Hitler and Gies and had a gun with 2 bullets, I'd shoot Gies twice.

Comments like this make you really wonder who the stains of the industry are

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

They were saying some nice things about KZSF a while back.

 

[Lokbob]

I don't even think Microsoft likes stuff like this, its just making both of them look like fools.

 

[SneakySneaks]

Yet i wonder why EviLore still refuses to ban Polygon...

Justin's pretty good, also their site isn't that bad aside from their reviews. They are up their own ass, but they aren't malicious.

 

[3rdamention]

Because Gies isn't all of Polygon, and they've got great people

So ban Gies written material?

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Jesus at this thread. I don't think Gies is out to Sony but even if he did have a bias so what? You don't think people have biases? You don't think there are reviews out there that prefer Playstation or Nintendo? I stopped listening to rebel FM because I can't stand Arthur but he's entitled to his opinion. His review wasn't even that far off of the average. I already said it once today but Polygon had the best hardware review of the PS4 and anybody that didn't read it is missing out. Don't let one mans opinion of a game you have your biases for put you off a whole site.

 

[BBboy20]

I really get the feeling that the X1 stream will be all smiles from Polygon. And Doritos outta Dew for all exclusives.

I was going to ignore Xbox streams but now I want to see all the biased shit Polygon is gonna' say for it.

 

[Big_Al]

Sorry, it is worth my time. Arthur Gies is yet another stain on this industry, and that is always worth my time.

If you guys want to be complacent and act like we should never care, that's on you. I have standards and will always push back for them

The great thing with Gies is that you don't need to do a damn thing. He constantly puts his foot in it and his natural us vs them cynical personality rubs many people the wrong way, even other enthusiast press members. It's fun to see what utter drivel he comes off with next. I would like to think that a lot of GAF caught onto his nonsense a long time ago.

 

[kurbaan]

If I were in a room with Hitler and Gies and had a gun with 2 bullets, I'd shoot Gies twice.

This guy says stupid shit but what you just said makes you dumber than him. Step outside dude.

 

[The Future]

I think he been up all night. Maybe jet lag? He looks really rough.

I actually thought that might be it.

 

[Nzyme32]

Cross posting from other thread so people can see what a fucking moron Arthur Gies is:



*sigh*, ok, one more time for the road since I am tired of repeating it

He welched on a BET with a GAFer, and then refused to ever come back and pay up. He never returned to GAF. His excuse was he did lose the bet for exactly the reasons said, but for some reason it didn't count because he put the word in "scare quotes."

Evilore called him the most disreputable person in the enthusiast press



Read his whole recap, because it's especially damning.

For months and months Arthur Gies has lashed out at gamers for criticizing the Xbox One. He lashed out at us for calling Adam Orth out on his shit. He constantly, and consistently makes up abject bullshit because he feels like it - beating the drum that Xbox One had some fucking secret component that would help it compete with the PS4. During the Sim City fiasco, he vigorously defended EA to the bitter end. Seriously, read this shit and check out all the links.

The fucking guy is one of the biggest morons ever to grace the enthusiast press.

Did not know any of that, thanks for the recap. Not really sure what to say. Speechless

 

[admartian]

Why does Polygon need 12 hours to nitpick, and hate on a Sony product?

They're getting less efficient.

 

[Bookoo]

Lying about only MS making new IPs is understandable?

Claiming Killzone is not a AA exclusive is understandable?

Saying it will be on PS+ in a few months is understandable?

#1 This was probably the only shitty and shady thing I heard (I only watched like the last 10-15 minutes though)

#2 Didn't hear this, but I will assume Gies said this and he gave the game a 5 so it doesn't surprise me.

#3 People have been saying this about Knack for months. Don't know why we are getting offended by it now.


I will agree that Gies comes off as a douche, but people seem to be more upset just because of their negative opinions of the launch even though many of their reasons seemed understandable.

 

[Viruz]

Sorry, it is worth my time. Arthur Gies is yet another stain on this industry, and that is always worth my time.

If you guys want to be complacent and act like we should never care, that's on you. I have standards and will always push back for them

I had to translate "complacent", thank you for this. I think there's a misunderstanding here, let the guy speak to his audience, you don't need to go so low. Live and let die.

 

[Zemm]

That video of the guy playing battlefield 4 is incredible and explains a lot. Is he high off mountain dew fumes or something?

 

[ClearData]

I felt that they really genuinely had no enthusiasm for the console that was launching. I felt depression after 15 minutes of steady criticism about every aspect of the system and Killzone. If they don't like the game, understood. But you would think it did not have one single redeemable quality.

 

[sublimit]

Arthur Gies -isn't- all of Polygon, and even then I'd be against banning them. But the point is, Arthur Gies as a person with any opinions ever worth considering is a non-starter. He is a moron, he will always be a moron, and the more people that realize this the better it is for our industry.

Yes but since he writes on Polygon he's also representing that site.He's being paid by them to say what he says.

 

[Fantastical]

I've read all about him and his failures right here on gaf, but I had never seen him on camera. Is it just me or does this guy have a terrible attitude (at least the few minutes I watched this past hour) it's like he doesn't even want to be there. Is this a normal attitude from him?

As someone who used to listen to Rebel FM

Spoiler

you couldn't force me to listen to that shit now

, the answer is yes. He is always smug and miserable. I don't take a lot of joy hating on someone like that, but he just a joyless person who is also incredibly biased and iritating.

 

[mozfan12]

If I were in a room with Hitler and Gies and had a gun with 2 bullets, I'd shoot Gies twice.

Criticize Gies as much as you want for his lack of professionalism or his often erranous statements, but this is a pretty disgusting comment.

 

[Kacho]

Comments like this make you really wonder who the stains of the industry are

No kidding. What a terrible comment.

 

[Curufinwe]

Jesus at this thread. I don't think Gies is out to Sony but even if he did have a bias so what? You don't think people have biases? You don't think there are reviews out there that prefer Playstation or Nintendo? I stopped listening to rebel FM because I can't stand Arthur but he's entitled to his opinion. His review wasn't even that far off of the average. I already said it once today but Polygon had the best hardware review of the PS4 and anybody that didn't read it is missing out. Don't let one mans opinion of a game you have your biases for put you off a whole site.

The NBC review was much better. No dishonest editorializing or gimmicky video crap.

 

[Typomancer]

"If you're like, a 1080p person and care about minimal differences no one can really notice, get the PS4 version."

Wow.

Holy shit.

 

[B.O.O.M]

#1 This was probably the only shitty and shady thing I heard (I only watched like the last 10-15 minutes though)

#2 Didn't hear this, but I will assume Gies said this and he gave the game a 5 so it doesn't surprise me.

#3 People have been saying this about Knack for months. Don't know why we are getting offended by it now.

.

You agreed on two of the three things he said. And the third thing wasn't about knack..it was about Killzone. there's literally no valid reason to make such a statement nor any basis for it

 

[tusken77]

Not watching the stream (I can just imagine how dour it is) but I'm glad it's making people realise just how utterly dreadful Gies is. How he got anywhere in the industry is beyond me.

 

[CF22]

Are they seriously making their parents pay an extra $60 a year for Netflix?

 

[dreamfall]

Criticize Gies as much as you want for his lack of professionalism or his often erranous statements, but this is a pretty disgusting comment.

Yeah, holy shit. Nothing like that is warranted, or should be tolerated.

The guy looks like he hates Killzone, is completely bored with the PS4 but is not deserving of that ridiculous comment.

 

[nynt9]

Yes but since he writes on Polygon he's also representing that site.He's being paid by them to say what he says.

Also he's the site's reviews editor and they score their reviews by committee so he most likely has a hand in everything.

 

[Doran902]

how fucking lame and demanding and whiny are people when they bitch about having to scroll to tv and video to find all the netflix and other apps

like who the fuck cares about having to go to a category to see all of the entertainment apps

fucking snobs complaining about nothing

 

[Ubiquitar]

I'm watching the two guys on the couch right now and all I can think is I wonder how they feel (deep down) working with a guy like Gies.

 

[breakfuss]

I'm watching. Yeah, they don't seem to be overly impressed, but I still fail to see what's "biased" about what they're saying. It's commentary; opinion. And they've given them kudos for the hardware design.

 

[Curufinwe]

I'm watching. Yeah, they don't seem to be overly impressed, but I still fail to see what's "biased" about what they're saying. It's commentary; opinion. And they've given them kudos for the hardware design.

Saying only MS are making new IP isn't an opinion. It's just a lie.

 

[Big_Al]

Criticize Gies as much as you want for his lack of professionalism or his often erranous statements, but this is a pretty disgusting comment.

I agree. You should use at least 4 bullets.

 

[Ubiquitar]

I'm watching. Yeah, they don't seem to be overly impressed, but I still fail to see what's "biased" about what they're saying. It's commentary; opinion. And they've given them kudos for the hardware design.

You came in late. These guys are tame.

 

[Nightengale]

I'm watching. Yeah, they don't seem to be overly impressed, but I still fail to see what's "biased" about what they're saying. It's commentary; opinion. And they've given them kudos for the hardware design.

The Verge duo right now?

Verge is okay. Polygon, not so much.

 

[breakfuss]

how fucking lame and demanding and whiny are people when they bitch about having to scroll to tv and video to find all the netflix and other apps

like who the fuck cares about having to go to a category to see all of the entertainment apps

fucking snobs complaining about nothing

You mean like 90% of GAF that complains about the ad tiles on the 360 dashboard? Come on! It's a legitimate complaint.

 

[RedNumberFive]

Mike Phillips retweeted this the other day:

With anyone else I'd like to think that tweet was just a case of bad timing, but this is Arthur we're talking about.

 

[Kacho]

I'm watching. Yeah, they don't seem to be overly impressed, but I still fail to see what's "biased" about what they're saying. It's commentary; opinion. And they've given them kudos for the hardware design.

Yeah, I'm not seeing it myself either. I actually agree with a lot of the criticisms they've brought up through out the day.

 

[VanWinkle]

Man, everything takes forever to load in that UI. Hope it's just the connection.

I also don't get the idea that "PS4 is ONLY for video games." My PS3 is my ALL-IN-ONE entertainment system, for games and media. PS4 can be that, too. It's missing MP3 suupport, but to be fair I haven't used that in a while. I watch a LOT of TV shows and movies, and I resent the idea that the Playstation systems can't be an entertainment platform. They're great for that, and I'm sure PS4 will be too.

 

[Doran902]

You mean like 90% of GAF that complains about the ad tiles on the 360 dashboard? Come on! It's a legitimate complaint.

cant you just turn those off?

 

[pock3tmonster]

Cross posting from other thread so people can see what a fucking moron Arthur Gies is:



*sigh*, ok, one more time for the road since I am tired of repeating it

He welched on a BET with a GAFer, and then refused to ever come back and pay up. He never returned to GAF. His excuse was he did lose the bet for exactly the reasons said, but for some reason it didn't count because he put the word in "scare quotes."

Evilore called him the most disreputable person in the enthusiast press



Read his whole recap, because it's especially damning.

For months and months Arthur Gies has lashed out at gamers for criticizing the Xbox One. He lashed out at us for calling Adam Orth out on his shit. He constantly, and consistently makes up abject bullshit because he feels like it - beating the drum that Xbox One had some fucking secret component that would help it compete with the PS4. During the Sim City fiasco, he vigorously defended EA to the bitter end. Seriously, read this shit and check out all the links.

The fucking guy is one of the biggest morons ever to grace the enthusiast press.

Wow. Such a class act. It's embarrassing that he represents the gaming press.

 

[dungtongue]

I've read all about him and his failures right here on gaf, but I had never seen him on camera. Is it just me or does this guy have a terrible attitude (at least the few minutes I watched this past hour) it's like he doesn't even want to be there. Is this a normal attitude from him?

He was in a Giant Bomb quick look once. Soooooooooooo boring.

 

[solarus]

Again, how can we trust a site that had its making of documentary funded by microsoft. Something like that would make me doubt their objectivity.

 

[Finalizer]

Who was the butt-tumblr guy from Giantbomb's E3 live show? He seemed like a p. cool Polygon guy. Has he shown up to this thing at all?