Sessler's latest soapbox

Adam's latest soapbox was pretty interesting. He talks about the difficulties of reviewing a game vs a movie, talks about how review scores will cause people to miss innovative games, and also talks about how he likes the 5 star rating system and why, which is exactly how GB's 5 star system is set up.

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I love sessler. He is the man.

Adam deserves a better place to work than G4...

Anyway, I agree with him. Games are not films! One of the truest statements ever!  It's great to know he hates scores, too. I wish we could get rid of scores in all game reviews, but that will never happen... At least not anytime soon.

"Adam deserves a better place to work than G4...

Anyway, I agree with him. Games are not films! One of the truest statements ever!  It's great to know he hates scores, too. I wish we could get rid of scores in all game reviews, but that will never happen... At least not anytime soon."

"A better place than G4?  I'm not saying G4 is the paramount gaming journalism outlet, but it's television.  I'd be totally cool with that.  Barring webcomics and/or review controversies, video game commentators generally don't get Sessler's level of notoriety. "

After sitting down to actually watch this video, I really, really fucking agree with Sessler. 

I mean, shit yes.  That is all.

That...was really good. I have to say that I watched X-play for a little while back when it was stupid, when all they were trying to do was crack jokes. Bu this Soapbox really let me know that this guy is a real reviewer and can take things seriously. I have a bit more respect for him after all this.

Adam Sessler is an amazing man doing the work of a monkey at the zoo.

Special guest on the bombcast?

Wouldn't that be something.

It was nice to hear Adams view on the subject. I totally agree with him, but I do think, like movies, there can be a cult classic in video games, this takes time and word of mouth.

"That...was really good. I have to say that I watched X-play for a little while back when it was stupid, when all they were trying to do was crack jokes. Bu this Soapbox really let me know that this guy is a real reviewer and can take things seriously. I have a bit more respect for him after all this."

"Special guest on the bombcast?

Wouldn't that be something."

sessler is cool but sometimes he's annoying, like when he bitched about how offensive resident 5 initially looked. 

Sessler is awesome, it would definitely be great if he ever went somewhere that wasn't run the way G4 is. If someone just watches X-Play now, and never sees his opinions elsewhere, the initial thought of him is just like it appears on screen where everything is read from a teleprompter, like he honestly knows nothing. Its definitely a bummer.

Good one. People should check out some of his other Soapboxes too.

TwoOneFive said:

"sessler is cool but sometimes he's annoying, like when he bitched about how offensive resident 5 initially looked. 

anyways. just one thing to point out that he said. 

many movies definitely become harder to watch, in a way. the plots thicken usually and become more complicated as they go, therefore you cannot simply jump into a movie like, lets say, Fight Club and have a single fucking clue as to what is going on unless you watch it from the very beginning and then watch over again.

also anyone else notice that this was like one giant run on sentence, he's a big time rambler. 

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Adam Sessler is a genius and a fantastic reviewer.

He needs to get out of G4 and go to someplace worthy of his opinions.

Yeah Adam definitely knows his stuff, watching his soapboxes are way better then x-play since you pretty much get his uncensored thoughts.

Just got around to watching this now...I enjoyed it quite a bit, I always like watching his Soapboxes since (like you mentioned) we get his uncensored thoughts pretty much.

The Sess is an intelligent and eloquent man.  Good representive of the gaming community and I tend to agree with many of his views about the industry.

Refreshing honesty from a paid videogame reviewer.  Sessler's soapboxes are far more entertaining, and interesting than anything else on his tv show.  He was so right on about the pervasive mentality of either a game's great or it sucks.   Too many games get misrepresented and underappreciated because of this phenomenon imo.

"he likes the 5 star rating system and why, which is exactly how GB's 5 star system is set up."