Sounds like he meant "make" instead of "take."
Sounds like he meant "make" instead of "take."
Either that or he's a skin collector.
Uh, if I remember correctly, HYB is 1) female, and 2) not a native English speaker. So maybe lay off the obsessing over people's choices of words when it clearly says under their username that they're from a non-English speaking country?
Because seeking clarification about one intriguing choice of words found in a single sentence in an otherwise well written, descriptive, typo free, and in-depth post is "obsessing".
Designing (making) flash, taking (pictures) of finished work, and actual tattooing (making) are three totally different things.
Last edited by Az; 05-17-2012 at 07:22 PM.
I think he's right though--this thread was more fun when we were talking about "Confessions" and not worrying what some person actually said.
So to get back on track:
* I like Hydlide. Kind-of. At least I don't think its hate is deserved.
* I like the NES version of Metal Gear, though its not as good as the MSX version.
* as bad as he is, I actually found some of Irate Gamer's reviews entertaining (here's where you run me off with pitchforks, folks)
* I don't like Pat the NES Punk (insofar as I find a lot of his reviews kinda boring)
Not sure there's anything else I could say that really amounts to anything.
I find Castlevania Dracula X (SNES) much more appealing than critical darling Dracula X: Rondo of Blood.
I've never ended a single Zelda game.
So you're cursed to play Zelda for all eternity or what?Originally Posted by Emperor Megas
(Yeah I know, nitpicking...)
Well I've never beaten Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, or 3...
- I also like Simon's Quest it's my favorite of the original 3
- I can't get past the "ball of death chasing me" level of Castlevania 4
- Nor can I beat casltevania 1 or 3
- I think the Jaguar version of Doom is the best one as I find the lack of music scary as hell
- The first time I found the Alien queen in AvP on Jaguar I jumped back from my tv and dropped my controller it scared the shit out of me
- I cannot get ANYWHERE in Zelda 2. I have beaten every other Zelda game on every system but can't get 10% of the way through 2.
This thread is awesome.
- It's almost a cliche thing to say by now, but yeah, I'm yet another one of those people, who never spent much time with Zelda games. I'm not sure why, though. I actually do like some Zelda clones, like Dragonstone, or Gunple, but to me, there's just something completely unappealing about the actual Zelda games. Can't really put my finger on it.
- I played my first Pokemon game when I was in my mid-twenties... and I liked it.
- I think the Fallout series should have died with Fallout 2.
- Not a big fan of Super Mario Land. I vastly prefer SMB3 and Yoshi's Island, and actually perceive SML as somewhat of a disappointment. [EDIT: Of course I meant Super Mario World, not Land.]
- I have an unhealthily strong affinity for Hellgate: London.
- I struggle with most fighting game A.I.'s. Well, I *suck* tremendously at fighting games, let's put it that way.
- I actually own a legitimate copy of Limbo of the Lost.
- I wish they'd bring back Cool Spot. I friggin' love Cool Spot.
Meh. I'm not a fan myself, but to be honest, I've never understood the sheer severity of the hate this guy seems to provoke, no matter what he does. YouTube is chock full of video game commentators far worse than him, in my opinion.
Last edited by Shriek of the Mutilated; 05-20-2012 at 02:42 AM.
I don't know what's more controversial, liking Irate Gamer's reviews or my own stance of hating ALL video reviewers. Yes, including the AVGN. I don't find any of them the slightest bit funny or entertaining, and they suck at being informative and insightful by and large too. So if you're not a good entertainer, and you're not a good journalist, you've basically failed as a game reviewer. Worse yet, a lot of these people seem... how should I put this... a bit off. I don't find much pleasure in watching or listening to creepy mouth-breathers who seem like the only social interaction they have other than through Youtube is with their moms.
I know it's making me go the way of the dodo, but I still much prefer written reviews.
Video reviewers can be hit or miss. I like Happy Nerd because he tends to be informative and make you actually want to play games. As for AVGN I like some reviews, but it annoys me when its clear he just sucks at a game or he's deliberately getting stuff wrong (his complaints about Friday the 13th's map screen have always annoyed me because he tries to make it sound so confusing, but it really isn't). The momnt when he got killed by the Orange Sylvester in Bug's Bunnys Crazy Castle is also a source of annoyance. When his show became more skit-focused, it became very hit or miss--I find ROB and Nintendo World Champs enjoyable but usually I dislike the skit episodes.
This all being said, I like video reviews more than written ones. Even being badly done, a video simply conveys more information than a text description does. I can work out how a game works from seeing it in action, but a still photo can be vague, and a description without any pictures is even worse. Besides, text's biggest flaw is that it invites a lot of laziness--text is the medium of instant gratification after all--while even the laziest video takes at least some doing. Those little kids who just point webcams at screens notwithstanding.
I can understand why Irate Gamer is loathed--he DID do a lot of seedy, underhanded stuff--but yeah, there are far worse reviewers out there.
Last edited by Edmond Dantes; 05-19-2012 at 03:29 PM.
Text invites laziness? It's the medium of instant gratification? What bizarro world did we just enter? I think you have it all completely backwards. Pretty much anyone will tell you that the shift from written to video reviews was BECAUSE of laziness. Kids these days want to watch a 5 minute video and turn their brains off, like people do with TV. People are more and more getting too lazy to actually bother reading something (which is why when it comes to written reviews with scores, people often obsess over the score because they were too lazy to actually read the review and understand what the score really means). There is absolutely nothing about written reviews that is "instant gratification". And when it comes to actually writing a review, how on earth is that lazy? Yes, when you make a video, it takes set up and knowledge of how to produce and edit film (if you're doing a decent job of it), but writing a truly good review takes a tremendous amount talent and skill too. If you're talking some kid's random comments on a message board, sure, that can be lazy, but that's not a real review and writing real, quality reviews is a lot of work. You must know absolutely jack about writing if you think otherwise.
I feel this way about his Dick Tracy review. He goes on and on about how there are no health items, and how the game is so hard, he's been playing it for twenty years without even solving the first case, when really all he had to do was press "Select" to use that damn heart he had found.
Overall, though, I don't really think of what he does as "reviewing" anyway. It's more like a comical re-enactment of childhood frustrations, nonsensical curses and angry outbursts included.
While I have beat those three I have never beaten Super Mario World or Super Mario 64.
ALL HAIL THE 1 2 P
I agree with you 100%. A good written review will proofread and edited multiple times. Most video reviews just blather on.
I also HATE -- with a burning passion -- when I attempt to watch a video of gameplay footage and the video starts with some voice going: "Okay, today we'll be playing... blah blah blah". Fuck you. I just want to watch the game, not listen to your shitty voice.
While I'm at it, what is up with the zillions upon zillions of "Let's Play" videos? Who actually watches this stupid shit? What a waste of time.
Yes, text invites laziness, because the tools are included with every computer and for most people it's just "open wordpad and start typing."
It's not just game reviews I've seen it in. When I read a lot of modern literature, prose strikes me as lazy, clumsy, and like it seriously wishes it were a Hollywood movie instead of a book, and clearly the writer doesn't have much of a vocabulary so the actual text gets boring pretty quick. As compared to greats like Tolkien and Dumas, who clearly knew how to spin a word or two and keep it compelling.
I agree when text is done right, its done awesome, but the same can be said for videos, but even when a video is done badly you can still actually see a game in action. When text is done badly you're left with a jumbled, confused and nonsensical mental image full of typos and lacking in commas. Sort of like my post just now.
Some Let's Plays are okay--I remember watching a Sonic 2006 one which was pretty funny--but on the whole yeah I find them to be pretty lame. Those are an example of something that's popular only because it's percieved as taking no skill or effort to make (I seem to recall people actually criticized the Nostalgia Critic for doing one for this exact reason).
I see what you're getting at, the relative mediocrity of many written works, but blaming a lazy author? As Aussie2B was saying, writing done right is a practiced skill and even an art. A middle schooler's GameFAQs-calibur written review is more an indication of the author's minimal writing experience and lack of constructive feedback received than it is sloth. Something like a Dan Brown novel laden with typos and grammatical errors, there's an argument there for laziness or ineptitude on the part of the author & editor.
Let's Plays are often annoying, but longplays and narrator-less video walkthroughs are boss.
No different for videos, except you say out loud what you typed in wordpad. If you even type it up beforehand at all, and aren't just saying things off the top of your head.
When I see some text that is full of typos and lacking in commas, I recognize that literally within one second and move on. It takes longer to decide a video is rubbish, unless you simply decide they all are. Really, that's my problem with videos generally -- they take too much time. I read faster than (most) people talk, to say nothing of unnecessary video intros, segues, etc.It's not just game reviews I've seen it in. When I read a lot of modern literature, prose strikes me as lazy, clumsy, and like it seriously wishes it were a Hollywood movie instead of a book, and clearly the writer doesn't have much of a vocabulary so the actual text gets boring pretty quick. As compared to greats like Tolkien and Dumas, who clearly knew how to spin a word or two and keep it compelling.
I agree when text is done right, its done awesome, but the same can be said for videos, but even when a video is done badly you can still actually see a game in action. When text is done badly you're left with a jumbled, confused and nonsensical mental image full of typos and lacking in commas. Sort of like my post just now.
I also prefer to read the news rather than watch it. Perhaps that's related.
Yeah, I find longplays useful. But I never sit down and watch a whole one. Still, when I want to see a game in action, that's the type of thing I look for, not video reviews.
Last edited by j_factor; 05-21-2012 at 11:56 AM.
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