John Rabbit
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christ it even has that tinkling guitar music you hear in commercials for community colleges.
this (non-existent) website is so gross.
this (non-existent) website is so gross.
but they got a sick logo and FONTS man. THE FONTS.giant bomb videos aren't about a story so much as ways for naturally funny people to express themselves and entertain people so their story is fine on paper, though i haven't watched it so i dunno.
polygon's doc from their promo seems to be a serious, dramatic series about the terribly arduous toll of changing jobs and one tenth (if i'm being generous) of the story of the struggles of running a new editorial website in this climate - except one backed by more venture capital and existing base from the engadget people at verge than 99% of editorial startups - with a bundle of indie documentary filmaking cliches drooped over it. combine that with a mission statement that declares that they're redefining games journalism even though they're evidently not from their output, which is perfectly fine on its own without undermining it with hyperbole - i really like phil and matt leone for example - and it's all rather offputting.
It's a picture of Crecente from a party doing a face. So anyone who has ever done a face for a photo is sudden so in love with themselves that is sickening? Cool.
Not a good way to promote the site if you ask me. Came off as supercilious.
A good podcast would sell me instantly.
You are completly missing the point... The problem was never "Oh they should stop wasting time making a movie to focus on the website"... The problem was "Maybe they should start by having a website and actually prove that they have something worth a damn before making a self wanking movie on how great and amazing they think they are".
This is the most pretentious thing I've seen in years...
Context of modern society is important. As people struggle to hold onto jobs, unemployment is part of many people's lives and many recent college graduates are becoming one of the many underemployed at their local Home Depot, creating a documentary with this tone is incredibly off-putting. Guys, you're writing about video games. Just do your job and smile that you're not helping a 10 year-old at Gamestop right after college with $40,000 in loans clawing down your throat.giant bomb videos aren't about a story so much as ways for naturally funny people to express themselves and entertain people so their story is fine on paper, though i haven't watched it so i dunno.
polygon's doc from their promo seems to be a serious, dramatic series about the terribly arduous toll of changing jobs and one tenth (if i'm being generous) of the story of the struggles of running a new editorial website in this climate - except one backed by more venture capital and existing base from the engadget people at verge than 99% of editorial startups - with a bundle of indie documentary filmaking cliches drooped over it. combine that with a mission statement that declares that they're redefining games journalism even though they're evidently not from their output, which is perfectly fine on its own without undermining it with hyperbole - i really like phil and matt leone for example - and it's all rather offputting.
I'm not ruling out that this is a very self aware joke, to be honest. I'd be a lot more comfortable with this if it was a tongue in cheek spoof.
Some of the Polygon guys are already doing that "sarcastic passive aggressive back and forth tweeting" cat fighting with random people over this teaser. Didn't take very long!
It really seems like those guys spend a lot of time googling themselves. Especially McElroy
giant bomb videos aren't about a story so much as ways for naturally funny people to express themselves and entertain people so their story is fine on paper, though i haven't watched it so i dunno.
polygon's doc from their promo seems to be a serious, dramatic series about the terribly arduous toll of changing jobs and one tenth (if i'm being generous) of the story of the struggles of running a new editorial website in this climate - except one backed by more venture capital and existing base from the engadget people at verge than 99% of editorial startups - with a bundle of indie documentary filmaking cliches drooped over it. combine that with a mission statement that declares that they're redefining games journalism even though they're evidently not from their output, which is perfectly fine on its own without undermining it with hyperbole - i really like phil and matt leone for example - and it's all rather offputting.
The motivation behind the documentary isn't really important. Most people won't see that. Culture will take what you're putting out and create independent ideas about it. As good ol' Negus says, media creators try to understand and influence culture (which by all means, they sometimes can), but at the end of the day, culture comes from within and not outside.
You can't tell people what to think of your output.
Nothing but love for ya Phil, I always appreciate you willingness to post on GAF.
I bet they thought everyone was going to love this pretentious lead-up to launch.
Not a good way to promote the site if you ask me. Came off as supercilious.
A good podcast would sell me instantly.
That's a good attitude to have.Nothing but love for GAF. Gotta always be prepared to have my turn getting lashed if I'm going to enjoy the GAF-lashings other people get.
Get some Griffin McElroy being funny in there and I'll watch it.
No. Trust me on this.Are delusions of grandeur in journalism unique to the Gaming industry?
Man, salt everywhere in here.
1. This doc is in no way affecting the speed at which they develop their site
2. A good website takes a long tie to make
3. Still on track for their projected release date
Episode 5: Getting fired, begging fans for money and giving your buddy said money to build a PC.
you sound pretty invested.
It's just 90 minutes of them admiring themselves in a mirror while the engineers build the site.
Did someone actually do this? If so, WOW.
Also The Besties is the best podcast since MBMBaM, but that's only natural since it has 2/3rds of the magic.
I know them & I made the logo It's gonna be a rad site, trust me!
Well produced by Alex Navarro. I'm sure there is backroom snickering over this with other press folk.
Yeah I just heard Anthony Gallegos mention they did this with the money they got when they launched Rebel FM. Paid for Tyler's gaming PC. I heard that and thought "really? WTF?" and was surprised I hadn't seen anything on GAF about it. I like Rebel FM, and like the four guys on the podcast. But I thought that was kind of shitty.
Trust? All we need is evidence. Meaning, an actual website with content instead of pretentious trailers. New websites dedicated to things I like are cool, but not as it is presented here... I can do what they can do. Most on GAF I think. There is no need for this pretentiousness.