lazybones18 said:
As someone who's worked on numerous game projects in the past myself, none of what he's mentioned seems at all unfeasible or otherwise something that should be casually dismissed, at least when it comes to the game design-specific stuff. Market and production realities do have a tendency to make the idealistic views he likes to espouse harder to implement in practice of course, which is where I'm assuming you're coming from. Designers in general don't really seem to worry about the big picture as much in terms of the pipeline/process/business aspects when it comes to making games as a whole. (And yes, I realize that's a gross over-generalization, but it's just what I've observed personally through several different dev teams).Jackson said:I think James Portnow should actually make some games before talking about making games.
HK-47 said:Movie critic shouldnt criticize unless he's made movie, huh?
firehawk12 said:I do find the way he includes himself when talking about designers kind of strange. Maybe he's using it in the "royal we" sense.
firehawk12 said:The opening theme is from a game, but I can't remember where now. :lol
dragonlife29 said:I really liked the sexual diversity/Persona 4 episode.
Kanji isn't gay though.dragonlife29 said:I really liked the sexual diversity/Persona 4 episode.
Akainu said:Kanji isn't gay though.
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HK-47 said:I cant believe he said Fallout 3 had great writing...
I'm shocked...he was doing so well
Fimbulvetr said:He also claimed Kratos felt bad about killing people at the end of the first GOW.
He's right to an extent. He's attracted to Naoto, but that's because of her masculine qualities.Mortrialus said:
kai3345 said:He's right to an extent. He's attracted to Naoto, but that's because of her masculine qualities.
Zeitgeister said:"feeling bad about it" in a general sense is overstretching though.
Fucking opinions, how do they work?Ahoi-Brause said:The extra credit dude always draws the wrong conclusions or mentions terrible examples that completely work against the points he's making.
Also didn't he mention how he likes modern warfare over doom 2?
Also fallout 3 and good aesthetics?
Shut the fuck up!
Well Fallout 3 is hardly a game with good aesthetics if you even need mods to fix the standard idle position.Gomu Gomu said:Fucking opinions, how do they work?
Maybe they were referring to the menus and interface with the Pip-boy and such. Or maybe he likes the destroyed 50's-esque "yesterday's tomorrow" look.Ahoi-Brause said:Well Fallout 3 is hardly a game with good aesthetics if you even need mods to fix the standard idle position.
How exactly do you figure that?.JayZii said:Complaining about things like the idle animation is focusing on graphics/tech over aesthetics without seeing the distinction between them.
I generally see a game/movie/painting/etc's "aesthetic" as a holistic term. So, for me, the Fallout aesthetic comes from the menus, pip-boy, character design, architecture/world design more than texture rendering or specific idle position.Roto13 said:How exactly do you figure that?
Did they confirm he was gay? Because they went out of their way to avoid talking about that in the interviews I read when the game came out in the US (and in the strategy guide). All I remember is that they decided to twist the two anime tropes around - the young punk and the young detective.Mortrialus said:Confused about Naoto because of her Masculine qualities is a better term. His attraction to Naoto originated when he assumed Naoto was male. Besides, word of god confirms hes gay. This debate is stupid and insidiously homophobic.
firehawk12 said:Did they confirm he was gay? Because they went out of their way to avoid talking about that in the interviews I read when the game came out in the US (and in the strategy guide). All I remember is that they decided to twist the two anime tropes around - the young punk and the young detective.
Yeah. I remember being really frustrated by the lack of a response. Also, they wouldn't talk about Naoto at all, even though Fitch tried to talk to them about her.Fimbulvetr said:They came out saying it was left purposely ambiguous.
Was that the original intent, or was it due to the localization team?Fimbulvetr said:They came out saying it was left purposely ambiguous.
Original intent.XiaNaphryz said:Was that the original intent, or was it due to the localization team?
The original intent, specifically, was that they wanted to subvert the gangster/yankee trope by having a guy who liked to sew. Anything else seemed to be implied.XiaNaphryz said:Was that the original intent, or was it due to the localization team?
JackFrost said:clicked the video just outta boredom and expected crap.Here I am 6 videos later still interested.......really good stuff.
http://comics.com/get_fuzzy/Seda said:I recognize your avatar (not the dino part) but for the life of me I can't remember where, what's it from?
OT: More good videos than bad, I like the series.
John said:
HK-47 said:I cant believe he said Fallout 3 had great writing...
I'm shocked...he was doing so well
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WTF. Maybe this is part of the reason for some of the topics they've been covering recently?Roto13 said:Whoah, shit is going down on Twitter. You'll have to read it backwards because I'm not rearranging all of this.
Basically, The Escapist hasn't been paying the Extra Credits team, the Extra Credits team has quit and wants their IP back, and now The Escapist feels that they are somehow entitled to 75% of the money they fundraised for Allison's medical bills.
So yeah, The Escapist is apparently totally evil.