First, looks like Romero and Garriot are game makers spoofed.
Okay, as I personally requested such a feature from the good Mister Russ Pitts, feel I should go over this video.
Here we go, wall of text, enjoy.
I really enjoyed this view behind elements of the process and appreciate taking my (and maybe others) suggestion to do so. Actually I enjoyed this more than any of the show episodes (that's not a cheap shot, I did find this to be fun).
Starting off I want everyone there to know criticism of a work is not a criticism of the good people working on it. I know that line can blur when you put so much of yourself into something and find taking things personally. All seemed like great folks who do care about their work.
Onto technical elements as that seemed to dominate this feature. I have never been bothered by the fact that shows on here have a lower budget and constraints. Fine by me, I understand short turnarounds mean cannot spend hours getting a single animation perfect.
Really liked seeing photoshop and drawing as I'm into that (and jealous of set up Ms. Feilhauer has). Was curious as to deeper into thought process (she states "something we like") of character design and what was desired to be portrayed. This breed feels masculine or feminine (ears to me seem major part) and if we do [insert design decision] it shows a specific trait we wanted to convey.
So, frankly from technical standpoint, solid work. Kudos.
Now onto the creative process. I can excuse easily budget issues for technical fine, but writing and humor aren't down to budget. Watching programs like "Loading Ready Run" demonstrates how hilarious something can be with couple of people and a camera.
So, how is an episode of Game Dogs written? Like to see that process of few writers in a room working on creative aspects. "Okay, this episode we need to do this, this is our framework" and seeing how it evolves. What lines come from someone and make everyone say "that has to go in, that's gold!" Or "how would Chet react to this to show humor or characterization"? Then next stage of people reading it in a room, what makes people newly exposed to the script laugh? Did that in-joke that made room of writers crack up fall flat? Was there an unexpected roar off line unsure about?
I was curious as to the decision to have voice actors do separately and never interact with one another. This may be a scheduling issue, not sure. I know it happens in animation and interested how you work with that. Why was the "true" the voice actor (out of several) used? What chemistry blocks can this have to show proper reactions to one another and get across how characters interact on the show.
It is obvious that folks there do care and set out to create something they take pride in. I'm not one to bash for sake of it as I do like this site and content it offers. It can simply be "our humor is different from yours" and so be it. I wish everyone there all the best and again, thanks for giving feedback, humanizes you and almost makes me feel a bit guilty for not liking this show.
For Mister Pitts "Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
