I know that's his style, but... *sigh* I do miss the times when he wasn't trying too hard to be funny, when he didn't pay attention to the forums complaining en masse when he wasn't being funny. He's a goddamn game critic, he's not a comedian! I know he's funny, but I do like humour and intelligent criticism to be balanced appropriately, and the scales are tipping in the favour of the former.rickicker said:That's just his schtick, man. I mean, hey, he poked at MY buttons with his whole "YMCA" thing, but I still recognize comedy for what it is, no matter how dark. And besides, he probably doesn't read the forums anyway.
And about the whole R18+ thing, I think the way to make the industry actually listen is to hit them where it hurts: their pockets. People need to spread the word about calling bullshit when they see one, and I salute everybody in the Escapist and other gaming-centric websites like it for being on the forefront of doing as such. If we could get just enough people to shout "AWW HELL NO!" whenever the industry decided to be stupid, I think this beloved medium of ours could grow up to encompass some very interesting potentials.
Wishful thinking, yes, but maybe just for now. I mean, after all, whoever thought that a niche market that was started by a yellow blob eating pellets and ghosts could transform into multi-national, multi-million dollars industry as it is today, right?
Indeed it was. By and large, The Mask has always been presented to the broad public as a crazy, but ultimately benign prankster - but the source material does not skimp on the blood and guts. Double the 'crazy' with (slim to) none of the 'benign' there. If you can get your hands on some of these, grab 'em.canadamus_prime said:Lobo? As in the Zarnian Bounty Hunter Lobo? That had to have been interesting.Sonicron said:Actually, if you read The Mask comics you'll see that mentioning slasher flicks and Hellraiser is redundant in this case. The Mask got a crossover with Lobo, and for good reason.canadamus_prime said:So it's some kind of cross between every slasher flick ever made, Hellraiser, and The Mask?
Heh, somehow I was expecting this. The game was just begging for his attention with that kind of garish presentation.
Ahh, that one passed me by.TheDstryr9 said:He did. "In classic 'Wad of Gore (GoW) fasion"...bjj hero said:congrats for not mentioning GOW though...
Heh, same here, same heremechanixis said:I want a poster that says "MISSION STATEMENT: EAT ALL THE PIES"
Thats why I found it amusing.SadisticPretzel said:I promise, he's lying.i am not god said:"Always, always love you more if you finish into their face." That's the kind fo stuff we want to hear.
Seriously, I found that hilarious.
I thought it was extremely entertaining, informing and funny.Heraklitus said:That was one of his worst ones. One too many REALLY tasteless, not very funny jokes.
Game needs to to be just a little bit GOOD to get the LGOWB tag.bjj hero said:I really don't like this sort of game. There are just far too many of them. Its dull. congrats for not mentioning GOW though...