RJ 17 said:
I feel bad for poor Corey. I really enjoy Critical Miss, and I'm certain that he plays games as well, but there just doesn't seem to be much that he can ever add to the conversation due to the fact that he just draws the comic. He just looks like a sad, dejected puppy up there with the rest of those big personalities, but maybe he's just shy. Either way it certainly doesn't seem like he can ever get a word in edge-wise (as seen when Susan cuts him off from one of the questions when he clearly was just about to respond to it).
Anyways, another great discussion, thanks for posting!
I assumed he is the type of person that Jim was talking about, the programmers who get up on stage, are clearly not used to being there, and are surrounded by more vocal and crowd-acclimatised people of the industry. In this case it was a panel, and a web comic artist, who we don't tend to see or hear, as apposed to everyone else on the panel, besides Dr.Mark (who was also a bit quiet). Anyone, besides the supremely confident, would be a little reserved. It didn't help much he was in an awkward place.
Anyway, this was a good end to the day. I haven't laughed so much for some time. I was among those that had my uncertainties about Jim when he first appeared, and now I find those were his "properly" first videos, in that format, I better understand why they weren't quite up the standard I'm used to seeing from the Escapist. He threw himself straight into a high exposure environment, and improved vastly in a very short amount of time. Now I think him nothing short of brilliant.
This is the first time I've ever seen Bob "in person", or heard him "live" and unscripted, so that really rounded off the video for me. It's satisfying to put a face to the opinions I've come to respect.
I felt there was a lot of mutual respect from this panel, and they were all amiable and thoughtful, which is to say, they all seem like people you wouldn't be -too- happy to outrun when the end comes, and the Morlocks feed indiscriminately.