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The GiantBomb Quick Look Thread

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wmat said:
You have to actually click the links people post in this thread

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I don't use an AB.

They're working in Chrome, but not showing up in Firefox 4 Beta.
 
RE: Scott Pilgrim QL

I wrote this in the Giant Bomb QL comments itself, thought I'd repost my thoughts here:

Honestly, I love Giant Bomb, but I hate how they play the "I'm so cool that I hate on awesome things". Scott Pilgrim is a comic written by a video game fan. It's obvious that Brian Lee O'Malley loves video games and pours his love of games unabashedly in the comics. The movie is just another distillation of that (just got back from a screening).

I can't stand that Jeff has to play the "ugh, this is derivative" move when doing the Quick Play of the game. Scott Pilgrim is a labor of love towards something I love, something you should love if you go to this site, and something Jeff and Brad should love. This game could've been some sort of heartless non-chalant tie in that direct game movies can't even provide (Street Fighter the Movie the Game anyone?) but instead it's a direct "sequel" to the best beat em up ever made, handled by the best pixel artist out there today, and with the best chiptune band today as well. It's an homage through and through.

Seeing as this is a video game site, they should be interested in Scott Pilgrim. They don't have to like it, but they should at least look into it. I mean, for god's sake, the comic has a Monkey Island insult sword fighting reference. That's obscure enough for most of the "halo generation" to not even get.
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By the way, I flipped through one of these Scott Pilgrim things the other day.

Video game references? Puh-leeze. There's call backs to like Super Mario Bros. 3. Oh, wow, you played Super Mario Bros. 3? Me too. Gamers, right. Us gamers. You know they made games after 1995.

Make some jokes about 6 pooling or bunny hopping or at least tea bagging before you try to play this gamer card. The only thing worse than a hipster is a poseur.
 
Zodzilla said:
RE: Scott Pilgrim QL

I wrote this in the Giant Bomb QL comments itself, thought I'd repost my thoughts here:
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I don't like the idea that they owe Scott Pilgrim franchise anything because it has lots of videogame references.
 
Zodzilla said:
RE: Scott Pilgrim QL

I wrote this in the Giant Bomb QL comments itself, thought I'd repost my thoughts here:
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I haven't played the game, and don't really care for the franchise, but I have to agree Jeff in particular can be a bit too counter-culture at times, where he seems to dislike things only because they're popular.

It's not that suprising he wouldn't like the gameplay because he thinks this type of beat'em up doesn't fly anymore.
 
Zodzilla said:
I can't stand that Jeff has to play the "ugh, this is derivative" move when doing the Quick Play of the game. Scott Pilgrim is a labor of love towards something I love, something you should love if you go to this site, and something Jeff and Brad should love. This game could've been some sort of heartless non-chalant tie in that direct game movies can't even provide (Street Fighter the Movie the Game anyone?) but instead it's a direct "sequel" to the best beat em up ever made, handled by the best pixel artist out there today, and with the best chiptune band today as well. It's an homage through and through.

Seeing as this is a video game site, they should be interested in Scott Pilgrim. They don't have to like it, but they should at least look into it. I mean, for god's sake, the comic has a Monkey Island insult sword fighting reference. That's obscure enough for most of the "halo generation" to not even get.
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should? scott whats his face fans should circle jerk to that crap in its own thread. not in a giantbomb topic.

people at that site doesnt give a shit about unfunny tryhard comics. so cry else where.
 
I think people should chill out in this thread. Everyone is going at each others throats over some pretty minor comments Jeff made blown out of proportion.
 
K.Jack said:
I don't use an AB.

They're working in Chrome, but not showing up in Firefox 4 Beta.
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same here ( FireFox 3.6.8 ) and no Lara QL on the page for some reasons.

must be Google Moneyhat :P
 
Now you guys are making me turn the other way. :lol

The game looks like it tries too hard, because it's a game, but it's my understanding that the film is a bit more subtle and the books are definitely less... dickish about trying to be endearing to nerds.

GoldandBlue said:
I think people should chill out in this thread. Everyone is going at each others throats over some pretty minor comments Jeff made blown out of proportion.
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8.8

I wonder how many people on GAF complained because of that. :lol
 
I don't see why people are so up in arms about brad and jeff not liking Scott Pilgrim. It's not like them disliking it somehow diminishes your liking of it.

I didn't watch the quick look yet but as someone with no knowledge of anything Scott Pilgrim related, from what I heard of it, it sounds cool but it also seems to reek of "check out this reference to some old game we just made". I could be wrong about this so don't hold it against me but the whole family guy thing where it's just referencing something to be funny (or in this case cool) comes off as pretentious to me.

Anyways I'm probably wrong but I thought it might give you an indication of what someone with an affiliation to either products thinks.

Feel free to tear this post apart.
 
Draft said:
By the way, I flipped through one of these Scott Pilgrim things the other day.

Video game references? Puh-leeze. There's call backs to like Super Mario Bros. 3. Oh, wow, you played Super Mario Bros. 3? Me too. Gamers, right. Us gamers. You know they made games after 1995.

Make some jokes about 6 pooling or bunny hopping or at least tea bagging before you try to play this gamer card. The only thing worse than a hipster is a poseur.
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I haven't read Scott Pilgrim because the teen romance stuff is just unappealing to me, but acting like the guy must be faking his love of games (and ignoring that a good lot of people played 8-bit games without being hardcore GAF gamers) is just ignorant and pretentious.

Expected a lot better from you of all people Draft.
 
snoopeasystreet said:
Anyways I'm probably wrong
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You're wrong.

Unrelated to that, their Monday Night Combat QL was great. I bought it right after watching and have had a blast since. I like it even more than the games it directly pulls from.
 
Zodzilla said:
RE: Scott Pilgrim QL

I wrote this in the Giant Bomb QL comments itself, thought I'd repost my thoughts here:
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This post shows you why it's sometimes okay to just close the browser window before clicking on "Submit".
 
100% honest here, side scrolling beat-em-ups were fun in the 80s. This is 2010. The gameplay style does not hold up well. Sorry. I don't know shit about Scott Pilgrim, but the game looks like a snooze fest.
 
MyFaceIsOnFire said:
100% honest here, side scrolling beat-em-ups were fun in the 80s. This is 2010. The gameplay style does not hold up well. Sorry. I don't know shit about Scott Pilgrim, but the game looks like a snooze fest.
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Naw man, demo is awesome.

And Double Dragon is still fun 20+ years later.
 
jett said:
Naw man, demo is awesome.

And Double Dragon is still fun 20+ years later.
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I'm so upset about there not being online co-op. Seriously.

I want to play Scott Pilgrim so damn bad, but none of my friends who live around here are interested in beat-em-ups. It's unjust and unfair.
 
See, Jeff and Brad didn't show much hate towards Scott Pilgrim at all. They just went in with the "I don't care" attitude they normally go into quick looks with.

Some of the people in this thread though... Some of you are really terrible.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
I haven't read Scott Pilgrim because the teen romance stuff is just unappealing to me, but acting like the guy must be faking his love of games (and ignoring that a good lot of people played 8-bit games without being hardcore GAF gamers) is just ignorant and pretentious.

Expected a lot better from you of all people Draft.
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Leaping to the defense of a so called gamer who's references all begin and end in Nintendo's heyday is exactly what I'd expect from you.
 
Aaron said:
Odd. It was probably too early. It made the game look like a lot of fun though.
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Kinda of the opposite for me, I dunno though, might just have been Matt slowing it down fiddling about with everything.
 
Curufinwe said:
What are you - the gamer police? :lol Cringeworthy.
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Cringe this.
 
Draft said:
Leaping to the defense of a so called gamer who's references all begin and end in Nintendo's heyday is exactly what I'd expect from you.
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Who fucking cares? I don't even like the comics, I'm just saying that being cynical because someone else is having fun with your hobby and isn't exactly like you is really misguided.

He could be referencing goddamned Jaguar games and it'd be the same story.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Who fucking cares? I don't even like the comics, I'm just saying that being cynical because someone else is having fun with your hobby and isn't exactly like you is really misguided.

He could be referencing goddamned Jaguar games and it'd be the same story.
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It wouldn't be the same story, because Jaguar references = instant gamer cred. A man who makes a Jaguar joke... he's been in the trenches.
 
sykoex said:
NDA possibly?


BTW that Monday Night Combat game seemed awesome. I always wanted to try a "zoomed in" version of Tower Defense.
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I also suggest checking out Iron Grip: Warlord if you like the idea of a shooter / tower defense hybrid. Toy Soldiers is another title in the same vein.
 
This whole conversation about who the real gamers are and what real gamers reference is way more pretentious than anything in Scott Pilgrim.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
I haven't read Scott Pilgrim because the teen romance stuff is just unappealing to me, but acting like the guy must be faking his love of games (and ignoring that a good lot of people played 8-bit games without being hardcore GAF gamers) is just ignorant and pretentious.
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This is the problem with a lot of the discourse about Scott Pilgrim. A fair number of fans don't care for the teen romance stuff, their enthusiasm comes purely from all the fan-service/nostalgia. The latest Retronauts discussing Scott Pilgrim was almost entirely like that: 'it has deep video-game references so it's awesome, one of us, one of us'. Faux-retro stuff isn't the sort of fan-service Jeff seems to care for, and I'm betting he doesn't care for the teen romance stuff at all, so I'm not surprised that he didn't really buy into Scott Pilgrim.
 
And back on topic:

Really liked the QL of Monday Night Combat and would love to pick it up but really do not want it for 360 considering I don't have gold and that game requires online IMO. Hopefully it ends up coming to the PS3.
 
ArjanN said:
I haven't played the game, and don't really care for the franchise, but I have to agree Jeff in particular can be a bit too counter-culture at times, where he seems to dislike things only because they're popular.

It's not that suprising he wouldn't like the gameplay because he thinks this type of beat'em up doesn't fly anymore.
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It's almost as if a site where people have these different types of opinions is interesting for us, the viewers.
 
obonicus said:
This is the problem with a lot of the discourse about Scott Pilgrim. A fair number of fans don't care for the teen romance stuff, their enthusiasm comes purely from all the fan-service/nostalgia. The latest Retronauts discussing Scott Pilgrim was almost entirely like that: 'it has deep video-game references so it's awesome, one of us, one of us'. Faux-retro stuff isn't the sort of fan-service Jeff seems to care for, and I'm betting he doesn't care for the teen romance stuff at all, so I'm not surprised that he didn't really buy into Scott Pilgrim.
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The characters are all in their mid-20s, and I don't think Jeff gives a shit either way because he didn't read it.
 
obonicus said:
This is the problem with a lot of the discourse about Scott Pilgrim. A fair number of fans don't care for the teen romance stuff, their enthusiasm comes purely from all the fan-service/nostalgia. The latest Retronauts discussing Scott Pilgrim was almost entirely like that: 'it has deep video-game references so it's awesome, one of us, one of us'. Faux-retro stuff isn't the sort of fan-service Jeff seems to care for, and I'm betting he doesn't care for the teen romance stuff at all, so I'm not surprised that he didn't really buy into Scott Pilgrim.
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Scott Pilgrim doesn't have a video game reference every page though, which is what I suspect some people here think. It's impossible to like Scott Pilgrim just because of fan-service.
 
Draft said:
By the way, I flipped through one of these Scott Pilgrim things the other day.

Video game references? Puh-leeze. There's call backs to like Super Mario Bros. 3. Oh, wow, you played Super Mario Bros. 3? Me too. Gamers, right. Us gamers. You know they made games after 1995.

Make some jokes about 6 pooling or bunny hopping or at least tea bagging before you try to play this gamer card. The only thing worse than a hipster is a poseur.
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Scott Pilgrim isn't subtle. There's a band called Sonic & Knuckles, and the kid blatantly gets an extra life at one point, and there are triforces everywhere. I can see why people wouldn't find it hilarious, but its not meant to be all "LULZ OMFG WE'RE PLAYING FINAL FANTASY NAO", and it's not "This totally looks like that dude from Ys III" either. I thought this was fairly clear.
 
elrechazao said:
It's almost as if a site where people have these different types of opinions is interesting for us, the viewers.
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And that's kinda why I bitch and moan in here from time to time. Jeff (and sometimes Ryan) can be overbearing at times and drown out Brad or Vinny.
 
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