[Andrex]

Extra Credits is one of my favorite online shows, it's downright sad to see them in this situation. I'll follow them where they go. All else I use on the Escapst is Zero Puntuation and Unskippable. I hope they aren't in the same trouble as Extra Credits. Come to think of it, I don't really know what the Escapist's shtick is. Apart from "the site with Zero Punctuation". What are they supposed to be?

It used to be a pretty good e-zine with at least some thought put into articles on a variety of gaming subjects.

But now... ugh... Might as well be Zeropunctuation.com at this point.

[McNum]

It used to be a pretty good e-zine with at least some thought put into articles on a variety of gaming subjects. But now... ugh... Might as well be Zeropunctuation.com at this point.

Oh, right! I remember reading some of their early issues. Nothing special, but not bad either. Guess they expanded too fast with all the video content.

[Xanathus]

I've considered Escapist to be scummy ever since their gushing 5-star Dragon Age 2 review. The site basically strikes me as an IGN-wannabe, complete with lack of integrity.

[Hasemo]

Here's the EC team's response, but they don't know if publishing it is a good idea.

[CrankyKong]

Anyone else like moviebob/game overthinker?

[jgminto]

Anyone else like moviebob/game overthinker?

MovieBob is an annoying ass. The only thing Escapist has now is Zero Punctuation.

[kingschiebi]

Anyone else like moviebob/game overthinker?

I do like some of the stuff he is doing, mostly the older GO format.

Big Picture is ok, too, but Escape to the Movies is hit or miss for me.

[Roto13]

I like how Alex's response seemed to hinge largely on "The check is in the mail."

[plufim]

Jim Sterlings response: https://plus.google.com/u/0/10870777...ts/FoWugkV4rHY

He hasn't been paid, but he knew going in that Escapist was in financial trouble. He's not picking a side, at least, not now, since any interaction he's had with Escapist has been pleasant.

But this is pretty much what all the contributors have said, regarding being paid.

[Enosh]

Anyone else like moviebob/game overthinker?

I don't like watching someone jerk off to nintendo for 15-20 mins

[gatotsu911]

I don't watch their videos often, but they have my approval. It's nice to see some people seriously analyzing games as an art form without acting like smug, pretentious dicks about it (c.f. most of the New Games Journalism movement). It's people like Extra Credits, far moreso than Insert Credit or Action Button or Gamespite or so on, who will eventually get gaming accepted as an art form.

[Penguin nerd]

Jim Sterlings response: https://plus.google.com/u/0/10870777...ts/FoWugkV4rHY He hasn't been paid, but he knew going in that Escapist was in financial trouble. He's not picking a side, at least, not now, since any interaction he's had with Escapist has been pleasant. But this is pretty much what all the contributors have said, regarding being paid.

It certainly seems more and more that this isn't a case of The Escapist is evil. It's clear they're in financial trouble though so it's hard to tell how that's going to go for them.

At the same time it's been pretty crazy to see so many people come out in the past 24 hours about not being paid...

[SaintMadeOfPlaster]

So are they not posting an episode today or what?

[Hasemo]

They've posted it on Youtube.

Great timing with the topic and the announcement that the End of Nations is going f2p.

[SaintMadeOfPlaster]

^Thanks a lot! I was having trouble finding their youtube page because of the "z" in their username.

[Hasemo]

This week on Extra Credits - Game Addiction (part 1).

[Roto13]

I like the guest artist for this one. :P

They saying they may have found a new home. I honestly would rather keep watching on YouTube but I guess they want to get paid.

[Hasemo]

I also prefer youtube, as we can all watch those videos in HD.

[KevinCow]

I prefer Youtube because it's a lot more convenient to check one site to see which subscriptions updated for all my video needs than to remember what updates when and check a different site for each.

But I get that they want to get paid, so whatever.

[Gentleman Jack]

I'm mostly happy to see it off the Escapist because for whatever reason, Firefox crashes on my mac when I open their videos in a new tab.

Eager to hear about their 'new home' news.

[vall03]

why a "new home"? really would prefer that they stick with Youtube, I mean they started there right? why not continue there? but still great they continued on making new episodes, thought they completely stopped it.

[Hasemo]

why a "new home"? really would prefer that they stick with Youtube, I mean they started there right? why not continue there? but still great they continued on making new episodes, thought they completely stopped it.

Because they don't get paid for videos on Youtube.

[Roto13]

why a "new home"? really would prefer that they stick with Youtube, I mean they started there right?

Because their artist doesn't work for free. :P

[Roto13]

New episode is up. It's long and in two parts. (As in, last week was Part 1 and this week is Part 2-A and Part 2-B)

Part 2 (1)

Part 2 (2)

Uh, I got a couple of minutes in but then they switched to James talking into a webcam and the audio was low and it felt like an amateur YouTube video and it just felt really weird so I turned it off. >_> Maybe I'll give it another go with headphones later.

[Hasemo]

New episode is up. It's long and in two parts. (As in, last week was Part 1 and this week is Part 2-A and Part 2-B) Part 2 (1) Part 2 (2) Uh, I got a couple of minutes in but then they switched to James talking into a webcam and the audio was low and it felt like an amateur YouTube video and it just felt really weird so I turned it off. >_> Maybe I'll give it another go with headphones later.

The audio is not that bad, you should have heard the English commentary during the first day of the Dota 2 tournament.

Thanks for the post though, I totally missed the first part and watched only the second one.

[kingschiebi]

New episode is up about publishing and how they will setup their indie fund.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl4cNQXsSvA

Also, EC is going to PA:TV

Both, episode and announcement are pretty awesome in my book

[kai3345]

I wonder what game they're going to publish :o

[Gentleman Jack]

Also, EC is going to PA:TV

This is super exciting, I'm equally happy that they get to bring all their old videos with them and that Allison is back doing the artwork. Not that the guests weren't good, I just preferred the consistency of having one artist do it every week.

Now if I could only remember that they're doing PATV every wednesday instead of thursday from now on...

[bernardobri]

Also, EC is going to PA:TV

Fucking yes. Go EC.

[The Dutch Slayer]

Both, episode and announcement are pretty awesome in my book

Awesome stuff and PATV is awesome so fuck yeah! :D

[SalsaShark]

PATV FUCK YES

called it, best possible solution, yes!

[Karram]

It seems like The Escapist removed all his videos from the site. Is there anywhere else I can watch them ?

[kingschiebi]

They announced that all videos will be back up again later on PATV
(or youtube, not sure, but they will be available again)

[Shorty11857]

http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/episode-07-pacing

First episode on PATV is up, feels weird that the show is now on Wednesday

[Hasemo]

http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/episode-07-pacing First episode on PATV is up, feels weird that the show is now on Wednesday

Totally forgot that it moved to PATV/airs on Wednesday, thanks.

[Hasemo]

The new episode is up earlier than usual.

[The Dutch Slayer]

The new episode is up earlier than usual.

Nice thanks for posting :)

[kingschiebi]

Also worth to note that all the old episodes are up now on PATV.

[Yeef]

Is there an RSS feed for Extra Credits or just PATV in general? I'm only finding the main PA feed and some 3rd party feeds that don't seem to be up to date.

[Roto13]

They've said that Extra Credits will be getting an RSS feed. I don't know when, though.

[Roto13]

RSS feed is go.

[Hasemo]

New episode is up - this time it's about pro gaming.

[-COOLIO-]

New episode is up - this time it's about pro gaming.

soooo true

[Hasemo]

This week on EC - Games you might not have tried 2.

[SalsaShark]

This week on EC - Games you might not have tried 2.

they retweeted me saying Trenched is now Iron Brigade. Would suck if someone got mixed up by that D:

Pretty good line up, even though they also name some games that id bet pretty much everyone who watches the episodes know about.

[Lord British]

I don't have Flash here at work, so quick question - is this the series where the narrator has the pitch of his voice turned up for some reason, so he sounds a bit like a chipmunk? I could be utterly mistaken but I recall finding it irritating and hard to take seriously.

I'll try this show again when I get home.

[Kabouter]

This week on EC - Games you might not have tried 2.

Tried The Stanley Parable, hadn't heard of it before this mention, but I loved it, lots of ways to go through it, think I got all the endings, all of them great.

[Mungular]

this show i really good! its unfortunate they had a dispute with the escapist and arent on there anymore

[Diprosalic]

i watched the moral choice episode and he used fallout 3 as a good example of moral choice and i instantly closed the video. not gonna bother to watch anymore of those.


edit: oh i see this has been discussed already.

[Hasemo]

this show i really good! its unfortunate they had a dispute with the escapist and arent on there anymore

Penny Arcade TV has free HD videos, so I'm not really that bothered by this change.