It's him and Geoff Keighley, who are the two highest regarded game journalists. Jeff because of his integrity (and we know why), and Keighley because of his constant hard work to make games seem like acceptable things in a societal context (like that Mass Effect thing he did). Jeff also happens to have some sensibilities that are weirdly close to my own (wrestling, rap music, specific movies), and so I appreciate most of his opinions, while not necessarily always agreeing with him. And I think he can be damned fucking hilarious sometimes...
Once you go "The Ricky Gervais Show", you can never go back. So hold off listening to that as long as you can. Once you've heard the ramblings of madman Karl Pilkington (on that podcast) almost everything falls flat in comparison, for a very long time.
Yeah, they're rebranding the whole series, putting the game out later in the year than usual, and all that, so I expected a lot of changes in the game. Good to know that someone thinks they're working. But WWE games, for me at least, have always been dumb fun party games that I've enjoyed regardless of their relative quality.
'Best Graphics' category is fucking stupid. They should broaden it, to 'Best Looking Game' or 'Best Art Direction' or something, so that it can include games like Rayman Origins or Zelda: Skyward Sword. Because if they wanted to award "Best Graphics", they would have to modify their judges panel to include programmers instead of journalists, because "Best Graphics" can be measured objectively.
The Metacritic stuff is getting ridiculous... RAGE's 83 average was called "negative reviews" in the articles about the rumor that Bethesda had delayed Doom 4.
Is it the Great Canadian Appathon? Anyways, what I always do when I have art-assets and no ideas, is to make a double-joystick shooter. Very simple to make, and any kind of sprite can pass as an enemy.
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