@csl316:Thanks for making this thread. Sucks that 90% of the responses are half ass answers like "no" but what can you do, thats a forum for you, but reading the other 10% that actually had some thought in it was nice.
And I generally agree. Quick looks for the bigger/AAA games that are longer works cause there is a lot to talk about and a lot of interest in said game. But when the smaller indie games are getting hour long quick looks, those are the ones that I feel could benefit being sub 30 minutes. The informative part of that quick look can get done in less then 20 minutes, so its that 40 minutes part I feel is purely for entertainment, and in the end a, by the books, indie game is not a lot of material the crew can make fun with. With austin coming aboard I feel like GBEast QLs are now pretty good at being entertaining enough throughout with the 3 people on, and GBWest are good at stopping at a good place in QLs I feel most of the time. This argument is base on the quality vs quantity side.
For the argument of "it would be nice to have shorter videos cause i have a full time job and a social life" I would say... tough luck I guess. Having shorter QL's as the answer to wanting shorter videos on the site is not a good one cause QL's should not be keep short just to be short (the length should be whenever it stops being informative and entertaining, which I feel QLs can go past). And for having shorter videos on the site period, since the CBS days, GB has pretty much stop with the short, edited videos (excluding GOTY stuff), which sucks. TANG was great and the E3 recap videos were great. I wish Gb could do mostly the streaming stuff which they do now, and a little of the edited stuff, especially now that they have 2 video producers in west, but sadly those days are over I guess.
In the end, yes some QLs, especially the 2 man indie game ones, probably can be shorter to make the quality higher. As someone who would rather have more quality then quantity in the content I consume I say yes to some QLs should be shorter. But the game and the crew who are in the QL will determine how entertaining the QL is more anyways so... does length really matters?
EDIT: I will say QLs have turn more into informative products then entertainment products... lot less recent QLs I want to rewatch for funzies. Thats probably has to do more with staff changes and staff moves and such though. No new Angelica Weaver: Catch Me When You Can replacement QL is what im saying
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