Show About Games Show: The Pilot
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I like it, I like it a lot 
The guy who did John Marston did it really well! The cooking mama jokes we're also fun. I didn't quite get the Gears of War 3 thing though.
Can't wait to see more of it ^_^
The guy who did John Marston did it really well! The cooking mama jokes we're also fun. I didn't quite get the Gears of War 3 thing though.Can't wait to see more of it ^_^
That'd be the radios in Portalvivster said:
I'm proud of these guys for trying this, I mean, my college has a sketch troupe too.
But seriously, I am so tired of lazy game humor that thinks it can make tired observations and jokes just because it is about games. This show is just another entry in the "airplane food is bad" category of video game jokes.
I am saying this because all of the jokes in this episode are just retreads of the same things that gamer webcomics have been going over for a long time. Yes, it is hard to decide what to delete when you want to download a new piece of DLC, we get it already (on a quick side note, why did that guy only download the most recent, most publicized games? Why not include some older classics? UNO perhaps?). The second sketch wasn't fresh either. Gears of War came out in 2006. That's 5 years ago. And violence in video games has been discussed heavily since long before that. So why did these guys think a sketch about how even violence in gears of war is rote and predictable at this point would be fresh or funny at all? Somebody in this thread said that comedy comes from timing, and yes that is true, but comedy also comes from the unexpected, and I have seen all of these jokes before.
Trials HD guy did make me laugh though, that was excellent.
Also, could people please stop calling this show random? It was advertised as a sketch show about video games and it then showed sketches about video games. There is nothing random about it. If you do not believe me then please look up the word in a dictionary.
TL;DR: Didn't like it, but unlike everybody else I actually explain why instead of just posting that it was stupid and then leaving.
But seriously, I am so tired of lazy game humor that thinks it can make tired observations and jokes just because it is about games. This show is just another entry in the "airplane food is bad" category of video game jokes.
I am saying this because all of the jokes in this episode are just retreads of the same things that gamer webcomics have been going over for a long time. Yes, it is hard to decide what to delete when you want to download a new piece of DLC, we get it already (on a quick side note, why did that guy only download the most recent, most publicized games? Why not include some older classics? UNO perhaps?). The second sketch wasn't fresh either. Gears of War came out in 2006. That's 5 years ago. And violence in video games has been discussed heavily since long before that. So why did these guys think a sketch about how even violence in gears of war is rote and predictable at this point would be fresh or funny at all? Somebody in this thread said that comedy comes from timing, and yes that is true, but comedy also comes from the unexpected, and I have seen all of these jokes before.
Trials HD guy did make me laugh though, that was excellent.
Also, could people please stop calling this show random? It was advertised as a sketch show about video games and it then showed sketches about video games. There is nothing random about it. If you do not believe me then please look up the word in a dictionary.
TL;DR: Didn't like it, but unlike everybody else I actually explain why instead of just posting that it was stupid and then leaving.
T'was alright. Kinda silly, but I think I'll watch next week too. I have a feeling it'll get better.
To some of the people complaining:
1) It's a pilot. Pilots are usually not as good as the final product.
2) I understand that a lot of the humour requires you to know the source material. If you didn't find this one that funny, it may be becuase it parodied games that you don't know very well.
3) It is faster paced than LRR and completely focused on games. I think it can find a unique fanbase.
I personally found this quite funny but it needs to improve on the execution a little to make it into another Escapist must-see. I liked it enough to watch it again though, since I'd already seen it in the Film Festival.
1) It's a pilot. Pilots are usually not as good as the final product.
2) I understand that a lot of the humour requires you to know the source material. If you didn't find this one that funny, it may be becuase it parodied games that you don't know very well.
3) It is faster paced than LRR and completely focused on games. I think it can find a unique fanbase.
I personally found this quite funny but it needs to improve on the execution a little to make it into another Escapist must-see. I liked it enough to watch it again though, since I'd already seen it in the Film Festival.
Heh, that was pretty good. The sketch about clearing space on your hard drive was just awesome, and the Cooking Mama gag was pretty good, too. Look forward to see what else you guys have in store.
