As someone who loved the first game, I was pretty turned off by the gore in this. I tried to justify it as raising the emotional stakes for Ellie, which it does - witnessing the hanging guy's dismemberment for example, but guy is already hanging. It feels like when you hear someone say "fuck" a few too many times in a sentence and it sorta makes you cringe. Don't know a better way to explain it.
Just so everybody knows, if you say shit like "I play games to have fun not for a good story" anybody reading that imagines your voice to sound like a series of dumb farts.
Ok, bye dude! You seem like a pretty toxic person. I am curious, though ("GOTY debacle" ?? aside). What is it about Ben and Abby's performances that makes you think they're unqualified? I wouldn't be surprised if suscriber-ship is way up since they joined. I can't really point to anything they've contributed that wasn't a positive. As for specific content you don't like, I didn't watch Kingdom Heartaches because I think those are terrible games. Maybe you could do the same with series like this?
@speedhuntr:I guess I am? I cancelled my premium after the GOTY debacle. I suppose it only hurts because this site was so integral to my adolescent years.
I'm only going to do this once, so here we go:
I came here in '08 during my high school years. I genuinely feel like many things, from my sense of humor to my media tastes including games, movies, and books, have been deeply impacted by the GB crew. My starting major was journalism, then video production (both due to my love of GB), and finally audio engineering. I began writing in my free time in part because of people like Ryan Davis, because of his deeply personal writing style that felt not unlike a conversation with a friend who's opinions I trust, and also because of the news breaking publications from Patrick Klepek, because I loved seeing a real journalist working in a field I care for so deeply.
I've defended this site through all sorts of divisive times: Davis' passing, the hiring of Ryckert, the comings and goings of both Klepek and Walker, the splitting of offices into East and West. Defended this site. Told people they were being "hyper-critical" when I felt the integrity of the site had remained intact... things have changed.
I was fully prepared to accept the new hires, but the dynamic of content has thoroughly shifted. No other GB "video producer" has forced themselves into all content the way Abby has. No premium has ever been abandoned because it was an unfunny, unprepared mess the way Kingdom Heartache was. They are both hires because, to put it bluntly, they have personal connections to the site while being completely unqualified. The West office puts out a video a week, if you're lucky, and whats the excuse now? Are they still "settling in to the new studio" or "getting ready for E3"?
I'm fucking sick of it. It hurts my fucking heart to watch this happen. I don't really care if any of you give this post 45 seconds of thought or just happily jump on the bandwagon of acceptance. This website used to be special, and I don't think its unfair to expect a consistent level of effort and quality from people you are paying to be entertained by.
So here's my final farewell; after having my voice get on the bombcast and chatting with Alex during multiple shows, partaking in the community spotlight for years and sharing this content with every close friend and significant other I've ever had.
I guess you could say the site is just not very cohesive or good anymore.
I said it in another thread, but there's a good argument to be made that a game that gives you an achievement for looking up a character's skirt (not once, but 10x) shouldn't be considered for a list like this. But..that's just me.
I think there's a valid argument to made that any game that gives you an achievement for looking up a character's skirt (not once, but ten times) doesn't deserve to be on a top ten list.
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