Not sure if many people here watch the web show Purepwnage (although you should!), but I was wondering what people thought of them becoming an actual TV show.
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oh yeah, I heard something about that... don't really care that much, I've never watched the show, and it'll probably only air in America or something.
Ah yes. A T.V. show named after a misspelling in a map for Warcraft 2. Was originally supposed to say "You have been owned" if you lost to the computer, but due to a misspelling, it read "You have been pwned." Guess it caught on.
Sure I will watch it, then when I feel my brain running back to the escapist for intelligent journalism, it will make it all better.
Seriously though, it does sound interesting.
Sure I will watch it, then when I feel my brain running back to the escapist for intelligent journalism, it will make it all better.
Seriously though, it does sound interesting.
I'm kinda dissapointed really. One of their main goals was to stay free and internet based, and I'm really surprised they couldn't stick to their own morals. Also, the amount of time since the latest episode has given me enough time to stop caring about it. So, I guess I'm not that pissed off haha.
I'm a fan of it. Some of my friends got me interested.
I saw the announcement video and it's great for them but it's probably only going to be available in Canada and America.
I saw the announcement video and it's great for them but it's probably only going to be available in Canada and America.
I have no clue what you are talking about. Is it something like Yahtzee trying to do "Game Damage?
I like the show but I live in Europe so I'm fucked.
Everybody who doesn't know what Purewpnage is click on this link: http://www.purepwnage.com/
Watch some episodes.
Everybody who doesn't know what Purewpnage is click on this link: http://www.purepwnage.com/
Watch some episodes.
I liked the show but it's been so long I have stopped caring. I'm glad that they have their own show but as I live in Australia I wont be seeing it any time soon, if ever.
Yes it has been a long time since their last episode but mainly because one of the actors died and they were working on the television series.
Also I thought more people on the escapist would know of it considering he did a parody of ZP
Also I thought more people on the escapist would know of it considering he did a parody of ZP
Im kind of bummed becayse I live in England so if its goes on like a canadian/american TV channel i wont be able to watch it anymore which sucks because me and my best friend here always used to watch it 
Bleh. Purepwnage.. a series which rarely produce those "moments" which are just purely epic and funny. It consists mostly of pure boredom (the only memorable would be the dialogue with fpsdoug about his past, why he wanted to join the military and gaming). The whole show is one embarrassment after another (unlike mega64-embarrassment which can be laughed at). They're pulling the geek-deep-into-gaming-jokes too far. It is show which makes you facepalm without laughing (except for the one mentioned bright spot in the whole series).
Regarding "The Noob Effect" (video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7VAhzPcZ-s])..
Ok, first of all, yes, he got some points rights in the video, I'll admit that, but those points of the kind that Captain Obvious would come up with and shout out loud. Say for instance: yes games are getting easier (or: the easy-difficulty is in general available in all games), yes, good gameplay gets replaced with bad gameplay (in some cases at least) built on expensive engines *cough*Crysis'n'Halo*cough* (according to me at least).
Now, let's attack what I see wrong here.
No, gameplay isn't the only element of a game, it is certainly the most important one, but I'd say that good graphics, a well-written story, climate in which you can drown are enjoyment-multiplicators. Consider this: what would games like Psychonauts, Half-Life 2 or the Monkey-Island series (at least the parts I've played) be without their story, style and climate? The answer: just another bland example of the genre. Often, these elements are what separates these games from the rest.
While he might have a point that button bashing won't win you the game (in most cases at least, and I'll admit: including SSBB), he still misses the point of gaming. Why was gaming invented? To be fun. What do people regard as fun? Try finding one answer to that question and you'll get more than a thousand. Some people like to run in, blast the easy-difficulty enemies to smithereens and proceed to the next level, whilst others like to set the difficulty to the highest possible setting, tactically eliminate all enemies with 100% precision. At this point, I'd say this video misses one issue, but hits another one right on the head: we need dynamic games where we can adjust the difficulty and settings to match what we think is fun and enjoyable.
Then there's the parodying of what he sees wrong in other gamers and what they say. Fine, gamers calling better gamers than themselves things like "hackers", "cheaters", "no life losers" deserve nothing but a perm ban from what they're currently. However: denying people to call something imbalanced is wrong as long as you've got a game where everything isn't available to everyone, one weapon defeats every other (CoD: rifle-nades anyone?) or there are different sides/characters with different abilities, powers and weaknesses, then there's no real balance, only degrees of imbalance (no matter how small, it might have something to say).
Still denying me the right use the imbalance-card? Then go play Killzone 2 MP (from the beginning please) and don't tell me it doesn't play like a auto-on PvP MMORPG like Silkroad Online after reaching level 20. People run around with their power-shields up, being nearly invincible for players with a mere starter-weapon (at least a very good friend of mine told me that, please do correct us if we're wrong). I'll let strategy-games slide when it comes to this (except when one side no matter what overpowers the other one(s)) because you can nearly always play as any side in multi-player (maybe except for Company of Heroes which is still quite well balanced).
Oh, and there might be one reason I can think of for hating good gamers. Some of them really rub it in without a sense of irony and/or humor. They simply don't care about other people (no, I'm not writing this because I was just owned in a game, or sad because I didn't manage to do something someone else manages to). After all, you're just comparing how good you are at doing something in a virtual world where the primary goal is fun. Oh, and if any of my friends out there read this: no, I don't ask you to play 1v1 with me in CoH in order for me to defeat you, but for the sake of the challenge for both of us (no matter which one of you read this: yes, I meant what I just said - it is a challenge to me too).
Whoa, I'd say that's quite a wall of text, congratulations and thank you if you read through it!
Regarding "The Noob Effect" (video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7VAhzPcZ-s])..
Ok, first of all, yes, he got some points rights in the video, I'll admit that, but those points of the kind that Captain Obvious would come up with and shout out loud. Say for instance: yes games are getting easier (or: the easy-difficulty is in general available in all games), yes, good gameplay gets replaced with bad gameplay (in some cases at least) built on expensive engines *cough*Crysis'n'Halo*cough* (according to me at least).
Now, let's attack what I see wrong here.
No, gameplay isn't the only element of a game, it is certainly the most important one, but I'd say that good graphics, a well-written story, climate in which you can drown are enjoyment-multiplicators. Consider this: what would games like Psychonauts, Half-Life 2 or the Monkey-Island series (at least the parts I've played) be without their story, style and climate? The answer: just another bland example of the genre. Often, these elements are what separates these games from the rest.
While he might have a point that button bashing won't win you the game (in most cases at least, and I'll admit: including SSBB), he still misses the point of gaming. Why was gaming invented? To be fun. What do people regard as fun? Try finding one answer to that question and you'll get more than a thousand. Some people like to run in, blast the easy-difficulty enemies to smithereens and proceed to the next level, whilst others like to set the difficulty to the highest possible setting, tactically eliminate all enemies with 100% precision. At this point, I'd say this video misses one issue, but hits another one right on the head: we need dynamic games where we can adjust the difficulty and settings to match what we think is fun and enjoyable.
Then there's the parodying of what he sees wrong in other gamers and what they say. Fine, gamers calling better gamers than themselves things like "hackers", "cheaters", "no life losers" deserve nothing but a perm ban from what they're currently. However: denying people to call something imbalanced is wrong as long as you've got a game where everything isn't available to everyone, one weapon defeats every other (CoD: rifle-nades anyone?) or there are different sides/characters with different abilities, powers and weaknesses, then there's no real balance, only degrees of imbalance (no matter how small, it might have something to say).
Still denying me the right use the imbalance-card? Then go play Killzone 2 MP (from the beginning please) and don't tell me it doesn't play like a auto-on PvP MMORPG like Silkroad Online after reaching level 20. People run around with their power-shields up, being nearly invincible for players with a mere starter-weapon (at least a very good friend of mine told me that, please do correct us if we're wrong). I'll let strategy-games slide when it comes to this (except when one side no matter what overpowers the other one(s)) because you can nearly always play as any side in multi-player (maybe except for Company of Heroes which is still quite well balanced).
Oh, and there might be one reason I can think of for hating good gamers. Some of them really rub it in without a sense of irony and/or humor. They simply don't care about other people (no, I'm not writing this because I was just owned in a game, or sad because I didn't manage to do something someone else manages to). After all, you're just comparing how good you are at doing something in a virtual world where the primary goal is fun. Oh, and if any of my friends out there read this: no, I don't ask you to play 1v1 with me in CoH in order for me to defeat you, but for the sake of the challenge for both of us (no matter which one of you read this: yes, I meant what I just said - it is a challenge to me too).
Whoa, I'd say that's quite a wall of text, congratulations and thank you if you read through it!