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[Jedeye Sniv]

Rebel FM thread?

It was great when it was the 1up Exodus cast, for like 1 episode. I used to like Anthony, Matt, Ryan, Tyler talk games, but slowly it has become the Arthur Gies show, and I'm not into that. It's a shame Tyler Barber isn't on teh show anymore, he was the only thing keeping me listening. I'm really curious why he left the show, something I read/heard somewhere made me think he wasn't able to take Gies anymore either, though I could be wrong.

Rebel FM is still good though, has one of the nicest most chill casts I can think of. I really like Matt Chandronait and Mitchy D has been a decent Tyler replacement. Anthony and Arthur are still as good as ever.

I don't get the Arthur hate that GAF is so hot on at all, he's no better or worse than many other writers, and I like how he at least tries to be conscious of what he's saying. I'm not on gaming-side so much so don't know where the hate comes from.

Ryan was only ever on few episodes though which is a shame, he's cool in that very San Franciscan hipster way.

Edit: I think the trouble with Podcasting in 2014 is that there hasn't been a cast with the passion/smarts of the 1UY crew for the past 5 years. Too many podcasters seem to be going through the motions and not really adding anything new to it. Where are the angry young kids coming from? Everyone in my feed is 30+ at least.

 

[dugdug]

Beyond.

I dunno what exactly happened, for almost a year I had the best time with it, was looking forward for it every week. Then Ryan Clements left and puff, that was the exact moment when I quit.

A few months later I relaized that I don't want to follow Greg and Moriarty on Twitter anymore, maybe I lost connection to them because I didn't listen to the podcast, or maybe I stopped listening to it because I didn't want to hear them anymore.

I respect the guys, and really, I was extremly interested what they are up to for almost a year and I had some of the best laughs of my life with Beyond, but I just lost interest.

Still following Andrew and Ryan on twitter though, they are more relaxed and not so extremly vocal and loud like the the other two.

I still listen, but, I had to unfollow Greg on Twitter once he started getting deep into the video stuff. All he posts now are links to videos he's doing. Obviously he needs to plug his stuff, but, it's basically like following the IGN twitter account.

 

[Spider from Mars]

And I'll bet my house that he's mates with one of the Dive Kick devs. WTF the way he fought for that in the GOTY episode.

He should be a politician.

Dude is one of Dave Lang's homies. That isn't a secret.

 

[WhiskeyKnight]

You're supposed to listen to Idle Thumbs to learn about awesome games you haven't heard about.

Except now all they talk about is Spelunkey.

 

[Beaulieu]

I'll get crucified, but the giantbombcast. They just don't have a good enough substance:bullshit ratio to keep me listening.

I agree.
Now that Ryan died it's not the same.

 

[VeryGooster]

I love that doddcas... eh, nm.


I've never gotten into any of the 'big' podcasts. Bombcast/Weekend Confirmed/RebelFM/etc. I'd much rather listen to a couple of dudes who enjoy games talk about them than writers in sound booths. Critical Strike, Double KO, Angry Pantscast, Gamer's Pub, Videogame Jocks, Geek and Destroy... I prefer all of these to the big boys.

Unless Player One is considered one of the big boys, because I do like them.

I do think Rich is great on your show. It's hard to put a finger on why. He has a certain enthusiasm for what he plays and it's not on an extreme level.

I would call out the Bombcast on the sometimes jadedness and cynicism, but I enjoyed their GOTY stuff. It's always a mix with them. I get why people have kind of tuned out.

Amazing how many game podcasts I just dropped from. Only ones I listen to frequently are the two above and 8-4 Play. I used to be a big TalkRadar listener years back, but most of the crew went elsewhere (but they do LaserTime also) and I was turned off by one staff's condescending take on used games (at the time).

 

[90sRobots]

I think Altano carries The Comedy Button. Much of Scott's stuff falls flat anymore (I cringe when he gets all Fred Norris with the sound effects and the cast yells at him) and Anthony tends to drag the show down when he starts the sad loner talk. Max can kill too and if he gets too weird, Brian manages to get him back on track. Ryan does what he does.

It's still a good show, but it's such a guilty pleasure because it's so juvenile. I've never recommended it to anyone.

 

[gogosox8]

I still listen to Weekend Confirmed but its not as good as 1up yours used to be and I've come to the realization that it never will be. I wish they would have Nikole on the show more instead of Andrea, who is kind of annoying honestly and Jeff is just way too positive. He's not as bad on other shows like Gamers with Jobs, but on Weekend Confirmed I just find him hard to listen to.

I honestly haven't listened to a lot of the bombcast since Ryan died. I've tried listening but something is just missing. I don't think Jeff is a good host. He better as a guy who comes in and tells his funny stories or remarks not as guy who's trying to corral and condense everything. I think Ryan brought a certain kind of energy that is missing from the crew. Now, they all seem to be going through the motions honestly. Like I said, it just doesn't feel the same anymore.

I've basically stopped listening to the cagcast. I just can't take either pro ms bias and I don't find them that interesting. And since the only person who actually plays games was Shipwreck and he didn't assert himself enough when they were talking about games when CheapyD or Wombat would say something silly or wrong, it just became too frustrating to listen to anymore.

Invisible Walls fell right off the map for me as soon as Shane left. I never really agreed with any of his opinions, but he was a good host and was good about keeping people on topic or changing the subject and going to something else when the topic got boring. I remember watching a few minutes of an episode the other day, and it was so damn boring. Its really sad since that used to be one of my favorite podcasts.

I also used to listen to the IGN podcasts (Beyond, 3 red lights/unlocked, NVC, girlfight). I used to really like girlfight but then they just cancelled it for seemingly no reason as I don't think it was unpopular (I always found it better than gamescoop which I just thought was kind of boring). Beyond was fun until they got rid of Ryan and then they kind of lost all the magic between Ryan, Greg, and Colin. Ryan was kind of like the check against those two so when he left, my interest in the show left since I couldn't really stand Greg and Colin (mostly Colin since I find him to be insufferable. I think Greg gets a bit of a bad rap honestly. I don't think he's too bad). 3 red lights was great but they changed it into unlocked and its never been good since.

Does gamespot still do on the spot? I stopped listening after Vinny left so I have no idea whose on that show. I don't think I like any of the personalities on gamespot anyway so I probably wouldn't watch.

Edit: Forgot about RebelFM. Used to listen alot but Gies has basically killed that show for me. There is something about this guy that is really unlikable. Its too bad since I tend to like Anthony and really liked the show a lot.

 

[runnin_blue]

Dude is one of Dave Lang's homies. That isn't a secret.

Well, I swear I didn't know that, but I guessed it.

I was secretly hoping I was wrong. That's gross that he was pimping his mates game in his sites GOTY podcast.

Yeah I know "first world problems" and all that, but that really puts a hole in his integrity.

 

[Berek Halfhand]

If I have to skip one it would be Bombcast. It literally takes them 45min to 1hr to finally start talking about games. They are without a doubt the most obnoxious and immature. I guess I just don't get it.

Weekend Confirmed and Rebel FM for me. I agree though that Garnett needs to go back and study english. And the alcohol certainly doesn't help.

 

[runnin_blue]

If I have to skip one it would be Bombcast. It literally takes them 45min to 1hr to finally start talking about games. They are without a doubt the most obnoxious and immature. I guess I just don't get it.

It's funny because that's what I love about the Bombcast. It's when they start talking about games that I lose interest atm.

 

[Nymphae]

I don't get the Arthur hate that GAF is so hot on at all, he's no better or worse than many other writers, and I like how he at least tries to be conscious of what he's saying.

You clearly have not been exposed to much of Gies's writing/tweets. Also, I just stopped listening a few months ago, but I always found him to be the most consistently combative, argumentative, and difficult person on the show. He exudes a sense of pompousness and arrogance almost at all times. He sighs and yawns all the time. He ignores markets he does not live in.

But really, all I needed to see was the Polygon doc where he's getting a tattoo while being interviewed about being a hardcore gamez journalist to have a hate on for the guy.

 

[Jedeye Sniv]

You clearly have not been exposed to much of Gies's writing/tweets.

I've read some of his stuff. Not Twitter though, Twitter is shit.

Examples?

 

[JMizzlin]

I used to listen to the Rooster Teeth podcast back with Geoff, Gus and Burnie but the more Michael and the new hires featured the less I could listen to it. I'd also say I grew out of that humour.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

He's still passionate, he still plays games all the time, but he's cynical and biased as shit.

I don't know, man. When the only game that can even begin to excite the guy is something like Wind Jammers, to me that's a signal that something's wrong. Not to discount that game, I'm sure it's a lot of fun in a party atmosphere, but come on.

 

[Nymphae]

I've read some of his stuff. Not Twitter though, Twitter is shit.

Examples?

See my last post, I edited it. There are too many tweet examples, I don't follow him and am not going to go searching. Do a gaf search for his name and you will surely come across some gems in no time.

I'm not a fan of his reviews though. Recent things I can remember are, his Forza review for XOne, where he fellates it for 20 paragraphs, without even mentioning the revised microtransaction system/controversy once. Also, his SimCity review/tweets.

 

[PhantomHound]

I can't stand podcast beyond anymore... All that BEYOND!

Hrm... I still love weekend confirmed, it fills the void of 1up yours... but is not anywhere near close to 1 up yours.

Videogamer UK is usually a great podcast to listen to.

I never got into Giant Bombcast. 3 hours long with really no personality.

As for that Neogaf Podcast: (Me and my two friends do a gaming podcast, (It's actually quite shit compared to any of the shows I listed, but we have fun doing it.) But, I do know the basics of podcasting, it's not as hard as you may think to do a remote podcast via google hangouts. Might be fun to do a concept podcast, especially if you could constantly have guests from the neogaf community.

 

[bro1]

If I have to skip one it would be Bombcast. It literally takes them 45min to 1hr to finally start talking about games. They are without a doubt the most obnoxious and immature. I guess I just don't get it.

Weekend Confirmed and Rebel FM for me. I agree though that Garnett needs to go back and study english. And the alcohol certainly doesn't help.

that's the point. Also, I like the fact that they don't try to make games into something "mature". They realize it's video games and how silly the whole thing is.

 

[BolognaSoup]

I still love the Giant Bombcast but I think Vinny should host. That one he hosted a month or two ago was the best since Ryan died by far.

I'm growing very bored of Idle Thumbs. Usually end up deleting the episode before it's over. It's basically become let's talk about Spelunky, or Far Cry 2, or Crusader Kings or some other obscure game for an hour that no one really cares about and try to sound as smart as possible but end up coming off as extremely pretentious about gaming.

 

[runnin_blue]

I don't know, man. When the only game that can even begin to excite the guy is something like Wind Jammers, to me that's a signal that something's wrong. Not to discount that game, I'm sure it's a lot of fun in a party atmosphere, but come on.

I can't remember the specifics but when he was asked what he did during his time off, he said he played games the whole time.

If you've lost your passion for gaming, I doubt you'd spend your Christmas holidays playing games. Unless he's just doing it because he has to (for the site)?

I agree they need to stop the Wind Jammers shit. That reminds me, I've been meaning to Google that thing lol.


Edit:

As for that Neogaf Podcast: (Me and my two friends do a gaming podcast, (It's actually quite shit compared to any of the shows I listed, but we have fun doing it.) But, I do know the basics of podcasting, it's not as hard as you may think to do a remote podcast via google hangouts. Might be fun to do a concept podcast, especially if you could constantly have guests from the neogaf community.

I'd love to be involved in a podcast. 28 years of gaming knowledge going to waste here lol. But, like someone said earlier, I think you'd have to focus it away from NeoGAF.

 

[Jedeye Sniv]

See my last post, I edited it. There are too many tweet examples, I don't follow him and am not going to go searching. Do a gaf search for his name and you will surely come across some gems in no time.

I'm not a fan of his reviews though. Recent things I can remember are, his Forza review for XOne, where he fellates it for 20 paragraphs, without even mentioning the revised microtransaction system/controversy once. Also, his SimCity review/tweets.

Actually I just did a GAF search about him and the vast overwhelming majority of posts just seem to be about shitting on the guy, and not so much dealing with what he actually says. TBH it feels an awful lot like accepted wisdom/groupthink. Basically, GAF don't like him.

 

[Nymphae]

Actually I just did a GAF search about him and the vast overwhelming majority of posts just seem to be about shitting on the guy, and not so much dealing with what he actually says. TBH it feels an awful lot like accepted wisdom/groupthink. Basically, GAF don't like him.

Dig a little deeper, it really shouldn't be that hard to find some choice tweets. Gaf does seem to have it out for him, but they wouldn't be (as much) if the guy didn't constantly spout nonsense.

They're having a little fun with him right now in the Sim City thread because of these tweets:

When confronted with the Rock Paper Shotgun article titled Maxis Insider Tells RPS: SimCity Servers Not Necessary:

Also, again, the Polygon doc. Him in a tattoo parlour getting a tattoo while being interviewed about videogames.

 

[TetraGenesis]

They had a podcast called 'Out of the Game' with Shawn, Jeff, Robert and N'gai Croal (theres someone who I haven't thought about it a while) where they'd talk about everything and anything, books, films, games, whatever. That was intermittent and didn't last too long but you could check that out if you're pining for more GFW ish stuff. Also on Geekbox they have a yearly GFW Reunion show you could check out too where they get most if not all the GFW crew back together.

Thanks! I'll check it out!

And yeah, N'gai Croal fell off the radar in a big way. Haven't thought about him in forever.

 

[PhantomHound]

Edit:

I'd love to be involved in a podcast. 28 years of gaming knowledge going to waste here lol. But, like someone said earlier, I think you'd have to focus it away from NeoGAF.

Well, the catch of the neogaf podcast isn't about neogaf. I mean that would be kinda weird. I guess certain threads could make it into the topic of the podcast. The real draw of a neogaf podcast would be about the posters who people know regularly, giving a good hour of their time to talk about games. Only problem is getting a large amount of the gaf community to get along with the idea.

 

[PhantomHound]

Dig a little deeper, it really shouldn't be that hard to find some choice tweets. Gaf does seem to have it out for him, but they wouldn't be (as much) if the guy didn't constantly spout nonsense.

They're having a little fun with him right now in the Sim City thread because of these tweets:






Also, again, the Polygon doc. Him in a tattoo parlour getting a tattoo while being interviewed about videogames.

Is this real? What in the actual fuck.

 

[runnin_blue]

Well, the catch of the neogaf podcast isn't about neogaf. I mean that would be kinda weird. I guess certain threads could make it into the topic of the podcast. The real draw of a neogaf podcast would be about the posters who people know regularly, giving a good hour of their time to talk about games. Only problem is getting a large amount of the gaf community to get along with the idea.

I think GAF is too scattered to organise something collectively as there is no "management" so to speak.

It would take an individual an unbelievable amount of energy to organise such a task.

 

[Nymphae]

Is this real? What in the actual fuck.

All too real. I chuckle every time I see that gif lol. You know he means business.

 

[Jedeye Sniv]

Dig a little deeper, it really shouldn't be that hard to find some choice tweets. Gaf does seem to have it out for him, but they wouldn't be (as much) if the guy didn't constantly spout nonsense.

They're having a little fun with him right now in the Sim City thread because of these tweets:






Also, again, the Polygon doc. Him in a tattoo parlour getting a tattoo while being interviewed about videogames.

So he's not allowed to like tattoos? Or do interviews in interesting places. I dunno man, it feels way like people just hate him and want to hate him more. Any excuse. He's an internet games reviewer, super easy to avoid if you don't want to hear him. Hell, I like his podcasts and yet I have zero exposure to this. I just took him as a thoughtful, slightly too-serious dude who likes vidya games. Silly me!

 

[Odrion]

You're supposed to listen to Idle Thumbs to learn about awesome games you haven't heard about.

That's not true at all, back when they were good they brought insightful commentary and criticism to games people actually knew and cared about. Look at the old episodes and the games they list.

For example, on Episode 24 they talked about:

Rhythm Heaven,
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure,
Brütal Legend,
Dragon Age,
Bully,
Tap Tap Revenge,
Shadow of the Colossus.

Look at those games, look at that shit people care about. And when you look at the other old episodes, same menagerie of shit worth talking about. And it was great! Back then, I totally wanted to hear what they had to say about Dragon Age because chances are it was going to be a bit deeper or a little more different than what someone at IGN would say.

Here's the list of games on their latest episode:
Nuclear Throne,
Flywrench,
DayZ

Ugh.

 

[Ultima_5]

it really sucks all the money that was donated to 1upfm/rebel fm and all that came out of it was a handful of decent podcast and bringing arthur into the video game journalism world.

its like a fucking hoard of locust.

 

[thenexus6]

Only one I can think of is major Nelson, became too much of a commercial show - started fake and just promos for games I didn't care about.. I also didn't like it when Laura came a full host or whoever else liked it just major and e. Not listened in many years now

 

[Morfeo]

I still love the Giant Bombcast but I think Vinny should host. That one he hosted a month or two ago was the best since Ryan died by far.

I'm growing very bored of Idle Thumbs. Usually end up deleting the episode before it's over. It's basically become let's talk about Spelunky, or Far Cry 2, or Crusader Kings or some other obscure game for an hour that no one really cares about and try to sound as smart as possible but end up coming off as extremely pretentious about gaming.

This actually sounds great, never heard anybody talk about awesome stuff like Crusader Kings on a podcast before!

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

So he's not allowed to like tattoos? Or do interviews in interesting places. I dunno man, it feels way like people just hate him and want to hate him more. Any excuse. He's an internet games reviewer, super easy to avoid if you don't want to hear him. Hell, I like his podcasts and yet I have zero exposure to this. I just took him as a thoughtful, slightly too-serious dude who likes vidya games. Silly me!

The severity and volume of hate Gies gets is not unlike the hate thrown at the Boston Bombers when that whole ordeal was going down. It's really fucking weird considering all he's done is say stupid shit.

Gamers are really passionate, I guess.

 

[Odrion]

This actually sounds great, never heard anybody talk about awesome stuff like Crusader Kings on a podcast before!

Actually their Crusader Kings 2 discussions were just recaps of what happened on their Twitch streams. Which you should watch, as they're fairly entertaining.

 

[Resident_UA]

I don't get the Arthur hate that GAF is so hot on at all, he's no better or worse than many other writers, and I like how he at least tries to be conscious of what he's saying. I'm not on gaming-side so much so don't know where the hate comes from.

The problem with Arthur is that there's no one to correct him/counterbalance him. He never gets called out for the stupid shit he says. Just listen to their PS4 "Launch" podcast.

Now I never listen to Rebel FM if Anthony isn't on. And even then I often skip episodes.

 

[infinityBCRT]

Rebel FM is still good though, has one of the nicest most chill casts I can think of. I really like Matt Chandronait and Mitchy D has been a decent Tyler replacement. Anthony and Arthur are still as good as ever.

I don't get the Arthur hate that GAF is so hot on at all, he's no better or worse than many other writers, and I like how he at least tries to be conscious of what he's saying. I'm not on gaming-side so much so don't know where the hate comes from.

Ryan was only ever on few episodes though which is a shame, he's cool in that very San Franciscan hipster way.

Edit: I think the trouble with Podcasting in 2014 is that there hasn't been a cast with the passion/smarts of the 1UY crew for the past 5 years. Too many podcasters seem to be going through the motions and not really adding anything new to it. Where are the angry young kids coming from? Everyone in my feed is 30+ at least.

Yeah agree with your thoughts on Rebel FM and I wish Ryan was on way more.

I think Bombcast was going stale until Patrick showed up and they also decided to cut out the New Releases/Nintendo crap for the show. I think it's fine now. Rebel FM was also rough for a bit when it was just Arthur and Anthony but when Tyler and eventually Matt became regulars it got much better. And I think Mitch replacing Tyler has freshened it up quite a bit as Tyler was clearly not interested the last few times he was on.

Sure Arthur has said dumb stuff but so has everyone else. Remember when Jeff Gerstmann was talking about the syndicate/x-com FPS reboots, and said that people who are expecting a new Syndicate in the old style are crazy, and people who expect an old style X-Com to come out are crazy... and then I think it literally was weeks later that Enemy Unknown was revealed and it ended up becoming their game of the year. Even recently on the Bombcast they keep saying that rebooting old IPs always ends up bad (which completely goes against the fact that X-Com was their GOTY!).

If I have to skip one it would be Bombcast. It literally takes them 45min to 1hr to finally start talking about games. They are without a doubt the most obnoxious and immature. I guess I just don't get it.

Weekend Confirmed and Rebel FM for me. I agree though that Garnett needs to go back and study english. And the alcohol certainly doesn't help.

Giant Bomb is not just for the games but for the personalities as well. If you aren't invested in the personalities, then you won't get it and won't care about what they did on the weekend, etc.

And holy shit yes I was thinking that this morning about Garnett. He said something like "sko-ch" and I'm like is that even a word?!? He just puts random strings of letters together sometimes lol.

 

[Nymphae]

So he's not allowed to like tattoos? Or do interviews in interesting places. I dunno man, it feels way like people just hate him and want to hate him more. Any excuse. He's an internet games reviewer, super easy to avoid if you don't want to hear him. Hell, I like his podcasts and yet I have zero exposure to this. I just took him as a thoughtful, slightly too-serious dude who likes vidya games. Silly me!

The tattoo thing is just funny. Yeah he can like them and interview people in interesting places. I just find it funny that rather than do a simple piece like the rest of the staff did for that doc, he had to do a shoot in a tattoo parlour. Why? So we know he's that dude. He doesn't just like videogames, he's hardcore man. He likes his art to HURT. lol I'm just having fun with the guy like anyone else, I don't take this shit too seriously. To me he's just pretentiousness personified, maybe it's the way I take what he does, but the amount of people in the anti-arthur camp makes me think we must be on to something. They have a thread at the Player One Podcast forums called "The Arthur Gies Appreciation Thread" where they discuss his bullshit, it's not just Gaf.

It's very easy to ignore him, and I do for the most part, until gaffers bring his nonsense up and I get a chuckle.

Oh, and I think another reason many people dislike him is the way he entered the industry. He was basically unknown and had no body of work when he inserted himself into Rebel FM (someone correct me if I'm wrong on that one), and he was very...aggressive on the podcast. Right out of the gate people found him antagonistic and argumentative (there was one early Rebel FM where him and Ryan argue for what seemed like hours about shooter mechanics, that is painful). Then people were mad with the way donations were handled, which is another matter altogether. So right from the start, it was like who the fuck is this argumentative dude and why is he on a podcast with people I actually respect, and now why is he the reviews editor at a massive gaming site? I guess people in the industry like his writing, I don't know.

 

[RedNumberFive]

The severity and volume of hate Gies gets is not unlike the hate thrown at the Boston Bombers when that whole ordeal was going down. It's really fucking weird considering all he's done is say stupid shit.

Gamers are really passionate, I guess.

Wait, what?!?

Are you saying that the hate thrown towards the Boston Bombers is undeserved?

 

[Jarnet87]

I listened to some of the newer episodes, but I think it was the Illusion of Gaia/Soulblazer/Terranigma podcast, where only Jeremy had actually played the games.

I was really offput; it was like going to a book club meeting where nobody had read the book. I found this really surprising since the new Retronauts is a funded endeavor. I haven't listened to an episode since.

Yeah the backer episodes have been hit or miss. Can definitely tell these are games/topics that the guys would normally never talk about for the most part. The music episode is one of the better backed episodes.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I listened to some of the newer episodes, but I think it was the Illusion of Gaia/Soulblazer/Terranigma podcast, where only Jeremy had actually played the games.

I was really offput; it was like going to a book club meeting where nobody had read the book. I found this really surprising since the new Retronauts is a funded endeavor. I haven't listened to an episode since.

lol, that's awful. Why even do the podcast then?

 

[infinityBCRT]

The only real problem there is they can't get Gary Whitta on very much anymore.

Yup. Basically any podcast with just Will & Norm or Will, Norm and an uninteresting 3rd chair are usually terrible. Gary instantly makes every podcast amazing. Loyd is pretty good when he's on as well. Almost everyone else they've had on in the third chair regularly usually is boring.

 

[Tripp Daily]

Player One

I really liked listening to them until their recent vendetta against polygon. I understand Polygon is not loved but give it a break. I didnt listen to the podcast to hear them bitch and whine about it on every episode now.

 

[Resident_UA]

Sure Arthur has said dumb stuff but so has everyone else. Remember when Jeff Gerstmann was talking about the syndicate/x-com FPS reboots, and said that people who are expecting a new Syndicate in the old style are crazy, and people who expect an old style X-Com to come out are crazy... and then I think it literally was weeks later that Enemy Unknown was revealed and it ended up becoming their game of the year. Even recently on the Bombcast they keep saying that rebooting old IPs always ends up bad (which completely goes against the fact that X-Com was their GOTY!).

I don't think that things that you pointed out about Jeff Gerstmann are comparable to what Arthur does. He dismisses other people when he says dumb stuff. He pretty much acts like an authority calling out other people as dumb and then ends up being wrong. Maybe his self reassurance is meant to be sarcastic (like in Jeff's case) but it does not come off that way.

 

[RedNumberFive]

Player One

I really liked listening to them until their recent vendetta against polygon. I understand Polygon is not loved but give it a break. I didnt listen to the podcast to hear them bitch and whine about it on every episode now.

I listen to it FOR that reason.

 

[PhantomHound]

So he's not allowed to like tattoos? Or do interviews in interesting places. I dunno man, it feels way like people just hate him and want to hate him more. Any excuse. He's an internet games reviewer, super easy to avoid if you don't want to hear him. Hell, I like his podcasts and yet I have zero exposure to this. I just took him as a thoughtful, slightly too-serious dude who likes vidya games. Silly me!

Its about professionalism. It's really hard to take someone seriously if they're getting a tattoo while talking about video games.

This is shit celebrities do during interview, something stupid or crazy to draw attention to themselves. God, I can't imagine someone like Walt Mossberg doing this.

I don't know if even speak for 1% of GAF, but I want professionalism: not Kanye Westdogcirusminaj.

 

[infinityBCRT]

I don't think that things that you pointed out about Jeff Gerstmann are comparable to what Arthur does. He dismisses other people when he says dumb stuff. He pretty much acts like an authority calling out other people as dumb and then ends up being wrong. Maybe his self reassurance is meant to be sarcastic (like in Jeff's case) but it does not come off that way.

Jeff dismisses other people too at times. It's just that Jeff can turn it into something funny (like his KI hate).

 

[eznark]

I listen to it FOR that reason.

word

 

[infinityBCRT]

Player One

I really liked listening to them until their recent vendetta against polygon. I understand Polygon is not loved but give it a break. I didnt listen to the podcast to hear them bitch and whine about it on every episode now.

It's pretty much Mike's hate against Arthur more like it. You should look at the player one thread, I got Mike to open up about why he chooses to do it.

 

[PhantomHound]

I think GAF is too scattered to organise something collectively as there is no "management" so to speak.

It would take an individual an unbelievable amount of energy to organise such a task.

Perhaps. All it really takes is three to four dedicated guys to be apart of it initially. A thread on GAF, and interested people could ask to participate in said thread. If you aim for an hour long show... some minor editing afterwords. Maybe 2 hours max of work per week for a decent GAF podcast.

 

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Rebel FM started out pretty great but now geis uses it as his soap box.

"now"?

Four months into RebelFM's life I had to unsubscribe because I found him to be insufferable.

The rest of the cast would be having a decent discussion and then he would barge in and shit all over it.