TGA 2024 predictions, reactions, nominees, etc.

[Chimpzy]

I doubt he 60s+. I put him no higher than late 40s given his references and attitude If he is, then he is one of the oldest manchild ever seen not in a position of power.

Possibly. Probably a troll account.

But I prefer believing he is actually 68, dropping his age like it's a gotcha that gives him some kind of authority to lay down sage advice, rather what it actually shows, which is a bloke pushing 70 pining for the days when games marketing almost exclusively targeted horny, edgy teenagers.

Funnier that way.

 

[CriticalGaming]

3. Tell me you were a horny teenage boy in the 00s without telling me. But even aside from that, explain to me why booth babes are pivotal to gaming.

This is so stupid and a lot of the people advocating for the "woke" removal don't do any favors for anyone who doesn't like content. Bringing back overly sexual teenage pandery "babes" is not going to make games better.

Should characters be more generally attractive? Yes, because it's fantasy and escapism. But attractive just means "appealing" not overly sexy or sexual.

Same thing for the removal of "woke", woke is just a label it's just a generalized descriptor for the content being put into media. There isn't really an issue with including diverse races or sexual orientations in games as a general principal. It's HOW it's implemented, and poorly written characters the audience is expected to love just because they fit into some box is a bad way to go about it and thus that is "woke" idea manipulation being put forward rather than just a cool character who also happens to be diverse.

Nevertheless, this whole thing about the Gameawards is overblown. I think Geoff has done a might fine job with the shows, given the limitation that he needs funding and advertisers to run the event. People think that's selling out but Geoff has shown that he really does have a passion and love for gaming. He just has to shill a bit to make this thing happen and it's fine.

 

[BrawlMan]

Should characters be more generally attractive? Yes, because it's fantasy and escapism. But attractive just means "appealing" not overly sexy or sexual.

Yes, but that decision still relies on the artist. And if they want to make their own characters, then they have the freedom to do so and shouldn't be criticized. Nor looked down upon for making a woman not a one thousand percent supermodel. Nor do they need to be constant lates or twenty something anime waifus. That
we agree one.

This is so stupid and a lot of the people advocating for the "woke" removal don't do any favors for anyone who doesn't like content. Bringing back overly sexual teenage pandery "babes" is not going to make games better.

Thank you. It's what I most other saying people have been saying the entire time.

Same thing for the removal of "woke", woke is just a label it's just a generalized descriptor for the content being put into media

Once again and I told you this multiple times: Ultra Rright and conservatives took what was a neutral meaningful term (started by blacks) and turned it into an insult and pejorative. A bunch of races and old a** white guys with nothing better to do in their lives but to hate on the people. They dislike in turn something that was never meant to infuriate them. You would know this if you actually bothered to pay attention.

HOW it's implemented, and poorly written characters the audience is expected to love just because they fit into some box is a bad way to go about it and thus that is "woke" idea manipulation being put forward rather than just a cool character who also happens to be diverse.

And like I said a 1000 times: even when it's done badly it shouldn't cause that much of a bad feedback loop nor vitriol. Criticize what needs to be criticized, but when it starts going to racism and sexism name calling or hating the problem. It doesn't help anyone aside from those that like to start drama in spread hatred. Those on the far right side are almost always usual suspects. Like I said before, even when plenty of media gets it right, it's "never enough" for these assholes who keep doing this shit in crying about pronouns or Hide behind the Sarah Connor or Ellen Ripley Defense to say "I'm not sexist or racist!", in the most unconvincing and defensive tone ever. Fuck Critical Drinker especially for doing this! There's nothing critical about the bell and other than his complete idiocy and ignorance.

Nevertheless, this whole thing about the Gameawards is overblown. I think Geoff has done a might fine job with the shows, given the limitation that he needs funding and advertisers to run the event. People think that's selling out but Geoff has shown that he really does have a passion and love for gaming. He just has to shill a bit to make this thing happen and it's fine.

I'll give credit to him, but that doesn't excuse him. Screwing over people who earn their awards all of the sake of some shitty advertisers who don't give a damn about anybody but themselves in the first place and they're blind greed. It's more than just a little "shilling". Let's not make excuses for Geoff. He's an adult and he knows what he did. I don't wanna take them off but at the same time. I can't support this shitty system. It's why I go for other award shows. They?
Give the respect and honor that is due and deserved. Fuck the VGAs.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

This is so stupid and a lot of the people advocating for the "woke" removal don't do any favors for anyone who doesn't like content. Bringing back overly sexual teenage pandery "babes" is not going to make games better.

Should characters be more generally attractive? Yes, because it's fantasy and escapism. But attractive just means "appealing" not overly sexy or sexual.

Same thing for the removal of "woke", woke is just a label it's just a generalized descriptor for the content being put into media. There isn't really an issue with including diverse races or sexual orientations in games as a general principal. It's HOW it's implemented, and poorly written characters the audience is expected to love just because they fit into some box is a bad way to go about it and thus that is "woke" idea manipulation being put forward rather than just a cool character who also happens to be diverse.

Nevertheless, this whole thing about the Gameawards is overblown. I think Geoff has done a might fine job with the shows, given the limitation that he needs funding and advertisers to run the event. People think that's selling out but Geoff has shown that he really does have a passion and love for gaming. He just has to shill a bit to make this thing happen and it's fine.

Like E3, there’s a direct correlation between how much money is involved and how big of a circle jerk it’s going to be.

https://www.thegamer.com/the-game-awards-category-number-nominees-geoff-keighley/

 

[BrawlMan]

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[Dreiko]

"How to fix gaming: Tits and ass everywhere, nothing for anyone who isn't like me."

That is literally how they do it in Japan and Korea. If you've been to any such event like a TGS you will see hot cosplayer ladies wearing themed outfits, with a variety of emphasis on tits and ass depending on the product they're representing, but yeah. If you wanna call them cosplayers instead of booth babes and have a variety of revealing outfits to fit more people's fetishes, I'm all for that. But what we have now is none of that stuff at all, which is the problem being corrected. And if we correct that problem, having a few too many tits and asses is gonna be negligible in comparison.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

But what we have now is none of that stuff at all, which is the problem being corrected.

I don't see that as a problem.

 

[Dreiko]

I don't see that as a problem.

That's not true for anyone who isn't you.


See, this goes both ways. If you want people to care about such a thing to the point where you bring it up, you have to start by caring for it first to set the example. You can't only ever use this argument to shut down other people without ever demonstrating such an attitude yourself.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

That's not true for anyone who isn't you.


See, this goes both ways. If you want people to care about such a thing to the point where you bring it up, you have to start by caring for it first to set the example. You can't only ever use this argument to shut down other people without ever demonstrating such an attitude yourself.

Point one: Don't sit there and tell me I'm the only person who thinks that way.

Point two: I long ago got sick of gaming being saddled with the reputation of being the hobby of basement-dwelling pocket-mining fratbros. Have you noticed that said reputation has faded along with the prevalence of "booth babes"?

 

[Dreiko]

Point one: Don't sit there and tell me I'm the only person who thinks that way.

Point two: I long ago got sick of gaming being saddled with the reputation of being the hobby of basement-dwelling pocket-mining fratbros. Have you noticed that said reputation has faded along with the prevalence of "booth babes"?

I will stop the moment you stop pretending that only one specific segment is fond of conventionally attractive ladies advertising their products and beautifying their surroundings. If I had to pick one of the two statements as being the more absurd one, I think yours would win hands down, and with decades of market data to back it up.




I was never insecure enough to care about what nongamers thought of us. If anything, I revel in the rumors.

Caring about that would be equivalent to caring about people thinking of anime as for children or videogames for dumb people. Hell I even grew up in a place where people legitimately thought of anything depicting any sort of magic as being literally satanic. You think I'm gonna care what people think with regards to my hypothetical membership into an american college fraternity after that. If anything it's more of an indictment of their own ignorance than anything it has to do with me.


So, as I was never insecure about all the insane things that irrelevant people believed about my interests as a means of self-acceptance, I find it abhorrent to abandon or change things in my interests to appease such a group of cancerous outsiders. If anything, I wanna be a bigger thorn on their side and jostle their sense of normalcy all that much more. That's my natural reaction when presented with such views.


There was this one oficial promotional dead or alive stream with japanese cosplayers a few years back and they were restreaming it on twitch as part of some american e-sports thing, now I'm not 100% on this, but I have it on good authority that the cosplayers were actual amateour pornstars, and they were playing with eachother a bit too much during the official stream, while the literal devs of the game were pausing it during revealing moments and joining in the fun commentary, which was totally find mind you, but the american twitch restream of it had to cancel their stream and offer an apology. You can't believe the kick I got out of that. The sheer discommfort and neutered, fake disgust performed for I don't know who. It was a spectacle of emasculation and virtue signaling. One of the most pathetic displays I've ever seen.

 

[BrawlMan]

Fan service does not solve everything. Nor will fill the void in people's lives. It's nice every now and then, but if that's all a game has going for it and it's shit, then there's nothing worth looking at or staying around for long until the next thing.

Even if you believe fan service will solve everything or solve every "crisis" for most men (or women) than it shows a foolish mindset and how you never grew out of your teenage mind state. It's immature and proves that you have not grown at all as a person and are still the same teenager you were back then. Especially when said shallow or non shallow fan service, t&a, dick and ass, etc. does not help anyone that have mental issues or mental health problems.

Not everything needs fan service. There are plenty of games that succeeded fine or did great because it was either toned down or not the main focus in the first place.

 

[Dreiko]

Fan service does not solve everything. Nor will feel the void in people's lives. It's nice every now and then, but if that's all a game has gone for it and it's shit, then there's nothing worth looking at or staying around for long until the next thing.

Even then if you believe fan service will solve everything or solve every "crisis" for most men (or women) than it shows a foolish mindset and how you never grew out of your teenage mind state. It's immature improves that you have not grown at all as a person and are still the same teenager, you were back then. Especially when said shallow or non shallow fan service, t&a, dick and ass, etc. does not help anyone that have mental issues or mental health problems.

Not everything needs fan service. There are plenty of games that succeeded fine or did great because it was either toned down or not the main focus in the first place.

Obviously you don't need fanservice on everything. It's like hot sauce or chili oil. It goes better with some things than others. But take something as serious and melodramatic as metal gear, it had a shit ton of fanservice too. You can do it in unique and creative ways. What people want is good fanservice, not just lots of it.

And while it is valid to have some things that don't have it (for me personally it's horror games, I can't be scared and find something cute at the same time lol) to outright banish it because someone's offended is the other extreme and we've been trapped in that mire in the west for a long ass time now.


Hell, it's not even fanservice at this point, it's just beauty that's in short supply. Fanservice is something more than just an impeccable beauty in a hot outfit being in the game. And where we're at right now even that is in jeopardy. Fanservice would be having a scene of her showering naked before she changes into her hot outfit, not her just being in the game.

 

[BrawlMan]

it's just beauty that's in short supply

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

That shows how selectively oblivious you always are, how little you actually know, and you're not an expert on any of this subject matter. Most social things at all. We're done here, because I am not reading your random, run on, go nowhere junk.

 

[Chimpzy]

I genuinely love this Yorch bloke. Just the best stupid takes.


Anayway, the takeaway from this is that Space Marine should be gay game gayme of the year, and not Balatro, I suppose because playing Poker is not gay enough.

 

[BrawlMan]

I genuinely love this Yorch bloke. Just the best stupid takes.
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Anayway, the takeaway from this is that Space Marine should be gay game gayme of the year, and not Balatro, I suppose because playing Poker is not gay enough.

This punk ass biatch might as well go to Stuttering Craig's 'Game Awards' and be done with it, and stop all of the sensless bitching. Nothing against either games, but there's a big reason why Balatro is a nominee and not SM II. It somewhat sad, but if he wants to make it his game of the year, nobody is stopping him, except himself.

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[The Rogue Wolf]

I genuinely love this Yorch bloke. Just the best stupid takes.
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Anayway, the takeaway from this is that Space Marine should be gay game gayme of the year, and not Balatro, I suppose because playing Poker is not gay enough.

Look, we all know that the Jack card loves taking it from the King.

 

[BrawlMan]

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[bluegate]

This punk ass biatch might as well go to Stuttering Craig's 'Game Awards' and be done with it, and stop all of the sensless bitching. Nothing against either games, but there's a big reason why Balatro is a nominee and not SM II. It somewhat sad, but if he wants to make it his game of the year, nobody is stopping him, except himself.

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Only saw a bit of the first half of the video, but is this satire?

I hear the guy talking about all kinds of stuff, but it looks like... Just poker? Is that the joke of the video?

 

[BrawlMan]

Only saw a bit of the first half of the video, but is this satire?

I hear the guy talking about all kinds of stuff, but it looks like... Just poker? Is that the joke of the video?

No joke. He's being genuine. The man loves the game and it is good to a lot of people who played Balatro. I have not played it myself, but it's basically a poker deck building rouge-like.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Balatro is the only game nominated for anything that I played at all this year (that and PoP which shows up in a couple of categories), so I'll be rooting for it. TGA is the Balatro Show as far as I'm concerned.

It won't get GOTY but it has high chances at Indie/Debut/Mobile.