Press Reset: The Story of Polygon - financed by Microsoft for $750,000

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I'm excited for all of the follow-up videos. If the teaser trailer is this horrible, the rest of the "documentary" should provide some pretty great (but sad) entertainment. Animated gifs for years.
 
SailorDaravon said:
That maybe would have been acceptable if they had been up front about it, but up until a few months ago (I'm behind on Rebel FM) this was the first I had ever heard about this, and IIRC that PC was built what, like maybe 2 or 3 years ago at this point? And even in that case if they really have THAT much more than they need for possible future equipment and hosting costs for basically forever, they could have donated it to one of the charities that they do things for once or twice a year. Or used it to buy shit to maybe give away to listeners in contests. Or any of a million other things.
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Actually, they talked about it years and years ago. Both on the podcast, and Arthur directly addressing it in the Rebel FM thread on NeoGAF.

Donating it to charities would be as much "misappropriation" by the definition of people on this board as spending it on something that has literally been used to drive hundreds of hours of conversation on the podcast. That's as direct and appropriate as it gets.
 
Aselith said:
Yeah, dude, the donations were to keep the podcast running. Using it to buy someone a computer for personal use is a perfect example of misappropriation.
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I'm torn on that. I donated a few bucks to them and I can see both sides. Maybe especially because I still listen to Rebel FM (I suffer Gies to hear the other three) and I do agree that Tyler has put that gaming PC to go use and frequently has enthusiastically engaged in great conversation as a result. It definiately has facilitated good conversation.

On the other hand, they probably should have been more transparent about how and what specifically the money was going to be spent on and what was "out of bounds" from the start.
 
It's almost like they don't realize they work at a videogame site. Again. That will probably fail. Again. And they're taking themselves so seriosuly. Again.
 
7threst said:
Nah, first a teaser to announce the trailer of course! But before that a mysterious tweet with a blurry screencap. Think of the buzz you'll be creating!!!
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SailorDaravon said:
That maybe would have been acceptable if they had been up front about it, but up until a few months ago (I'm behind on Rebel FM) this was the first I had ever heard about this, and IIRC that PC was built what, like maybe 2 or 3 years ago at this point? And even in that case if they really have THAT much more than they need for possible future equipment and hosting costs for basically forever, they could have donated it to one of the charities that they do things for once or twice a year. Or used it to buy shit to maybe give away to listeners in contests. Or any of a million other things.
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They mentioned it years ago and then again on the podcast last year.
 
I honestly don't remember them ever mentioning it on the podcast or seeing it mentioned here. I apparently feel like an idiot since this is old news (although I don't know why no one was linking specifically to the podcasts in question when people were asking about this). Outside of that I still don't feel any differently than before, unless you can somehow convince me that Tyler has done literally nothing on the PC but play games on it for the podcast specifically.
 
dLMN8R said:
Actually, they talked about it years and years ago. Both on the podcast, and Arthur directly addressing it in the Rebel FM thread on NeoGAF.

Donating it to charities would be as much "misappropriation" by the definition of people on this board as spending it on something that has literally been used to drive hundreds of hours of conversation on the podcast. That's as direct and appropriate as it gets.
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I personally wouldn't have minded if they donated it to charity. I'm sure alot of people still like Rebel FM but I don't. So i personally don't care if it was used for hundreds of hours of conversation.

Money is still money though. So bitching about it helps with the grief. Leave us alone. It's all that we have.
 
chogidogs said:
I personally wouldn't have minded if they donated it to charity. I'm sure alot of people still like Rebel FM but I don't. So i personally don't care if it was used for hundreds of hours of conversation.

Money is still money though. So bitching about it helps with the grief. Leave us alone. It's all that we have.
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You personally wouldn't have minded, but others would.

I don't personally mind that they spent money on a PC for a good podcaster who's used it to create hundreds of hours of a podcast I enjoy.

I personally would have minded if they sent their donations on to Child's Play, actually. I love Child's Play, but the donations were made directly to improve the podcast - a PC for a guy who uses it to talk about PC games for hundreds of hours makes sense. Forwarding it on to another charity isn't what the money was intended for.


But regardless of my opinion, or your opinion of whether you like the podcast or not, calling it "misappropriation" is a stupid, absurd accusation.
 
SailorDaravon said:
I honestly don't remember them ever mentioning it on the podcast or seeing it mentioned here. I apparently feel like an idiot since this is old news (although I don't know why no one was linking specifically to the podcasts in question when people were asking about this). Outside of that I still don't feel any differently than before, unless you can somehow convince me that Tyler has done literally nothing on the PC but play games on it for the podcast specifically.
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Somebody asked them asked them in the fall of 2009, I remember because it was after Robert Ashley was on. As for the Tyler-PC situation, yeah he has discussed PC gaming heavily on the podcast. They also spent the money on food for guest of the show. They had a lot more guest in 2009 than now. The way they spent the money doesn't bother me because it gave me a new podcast to enjoy.
 
BigJiantRobut said:
How To Press Reset: The Giant Bomb Story

Unfortunately I didn't have time to do any color tinting in after effects or properly test the audio mix, but hopefully this is alright.
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Brilliant! Man, I'm alright with a little pretension or indie flavor but you've gotta earn that shit. Good lord, that trailer just comes across as silly, and Arthur Gies sounds like a total asshole anytime I hear him say anything.

Also, I'm probably late to the party on this, but am I the only one that finds their current site layout completely incomprehensible?
 
Brad won the internet today.

Giant Bomb's relentless teasing of them is exactly what they need. I feel like they're doing Polygon a favor. Definitely lightening up the mood a bit, while simultaneously showing why Giant Bomb's style is infinitely more likeable.
 
Zia said:
I don't necessarily disagree with anything you said. I thought it interesting that people would respond to a(n embarrassingly premature) doc attempting to prop up a website without a whole lot of personality as a personality-driven venture, by suggesting another outlet which I find equally white bread more deserving. Self-serious bloggers versus schlubby bros sitting around shooting the shit. I don't have a problem with either. Just an observation.
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I actively dislike Giant Bomb, too, though I've otherwise shut up about it. Like here, I think they're at their least appealing when they lose self-awareness (game of the year discussion, when they act as blowback to blowback to be contrarian, any time there needs to be serious social commentary). I think, even so, they're more honorable for saying "White Bread" on the plastic.

Tain said:
do you see what you've done, insertcredit?

do you see?
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Right now, Insert Credit's biggest output is a really funny and silly (and, of course, well-informed) podcast. So, Polygon can't even top it on that end of the games writing spectrum, either.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
Brad won the internet today.

Giant Bomb's relentless teasing of them is exactly what they need. I feel like they're doing Polygon a favor. Definitely lightening up the mood a bit, while simultaneously showing why Giant Bomb's style is infinitely more likeable.
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They saved their fucking asses from being ridiculed even more. <3 GB.
 
you know your $##'s #@$%'ed up in the wrong way when another website entirely makes your newest venture seem absolutely unnecessary. :(
 
I'm just imagining the Polygon guys watching these Giant Bomb edits while screaming "MARCIA, MARCIA, MARCIA!"
 
Hopefully Polygon will take this, learn from it, and come back with something more sincere. Either that or they're going to double down on the haughtiness. Time will tell.
 
It is kinda painful though, although the GB edits don't seem mean spirited (which I think is good, to much negativity already in the gamingindustry), more like a slap of reality.
 
Giant Bomb: for people who read their video game coverage drunk, naked, and eating Taco Bell.

Polygon: for people who want to feel sexy reading/watching things with a sexy layout on their sexy mobile device that uses Internet Explorer.

WHO ARE YOU?
 
I really like Chris Grant and Brian Crecente, I've known them both for years and they've done good stuff.

But a movie about the guys who are supposed to be writing the stories about the guys who are doing the real work (making the hardware and software that fuels the industry they are covering) seems a bit backwards.
 
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