Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular: The Storyteller's Curse

[Zacharious-khan]

OOO look at the wittle doggy mash up his face and call him chips

 

[WarpZone]

Yahtzee seems to be fed up with all this modern gaming,
if pugilism versus boulders, he feels is worth shaming.
Perhaps some vintage gameplay on ye olde nintendo-box?
Give Mario a replay, and remember punching rocks!

 

[TheMadDoctorsCat]

So do we have to pick a winner this time? Because I'm rooting for Bartleby.

(Fantastic name for a dog, by the way. Why not get a second one called Cerberus?)

 

[TheMadDoctorsCat]

Yahtzee's was good, but I'm left wondering if the sock puppet will be a regular thing.

And Mr. Sterling's poem was... tragic. I mean, it's a great poem, but the subject is a tragic tale. people wonder if games really are an art form, and it sure doesn't feel like it when we hear stories of great games dropping their creative spark in favor of guns guns guns, or when people are told outright that a main character cannot under any circumstance be a female.

Agree with this. How many games are there nowadays that feel like they've been designed "by committee"? That instead of somebody having a specific vision and trying to market it, the marketers create the vision to appeal to "target demographics"?

Damn, that got me all maudlin. Fortunately there are games out there like "Papers Please". Y'know, a light, fun, insubstantial indie game to cheer me up and make me laugh.

 

[Strazdas]

Jims dog can be seen walking in the background at around 4:00 mark as well.
And as always Jim, very well played with your message there. you do us all proud.

 

[FPLOON]

Sock Puppet X Bartleby... OTP... Just saying... (Don't judge me...)

OT: I now feel the urge to punch a bunch of rocks... I wonder if those GP that contacted Jim count as a "rock alternative"...

 

[Antsh]

The rhythm of Yahtzee's poem seems very familiar. Is it?

Yahtzee seems to really enjoy emergent gameplay stories.

I'd recommend checking out his Minecraft video on his personal YouTube channel. Better than anything I've ever built.

Kinda related to Jim's, check out Shamus Young's 'Electronic Arts: Greed Is Not the Problem' on this site. About publisher's, specifically EA, ruining the work of developers.

 

[JMO Got Game]

LOVE the Bartleby cameo! More puppy footage! <3

I enjoyed both poems. Punching Rocks reminds me of my MMO experiences and running around collecting endless resources to build X fancy weapon. I've had to limit myself to games with an actual ending after years of that!

 

[Roxor]

And Mr. Sterling's poem was... tragic. I mean, it's a great poem, but the subject is a tragic tale. people wonder if games really are an art form, and it sure doesn't feel like it when we hear stories of great games dropping their creative spark in favor of guns guns guns, or when people are told outright that a main character cannot under any circumstance be a female.

Agree with this. How many games are there nowadays that feel like they've been designed "by committee"? That instead of somebody having a specific vision and trying to market it, the marketers create the vision to appeal to "target demographics"?

Damn, that got me all maudlin. Fortunately there are games out there like "Papers Please". Y'know, a light, fun, insubstantial indie game to cheer me up and make me laugh.

Agreed on the whole tragic verdict. It's almost crushing to hear how the marketing department screws everything up for Jim's fictional developer.

Marketing departments should be treated like mushrooms: keep them in the dark until harvest time.