Playdate: Contradiction Part 01

Grammar question time: Why does Jenks keep asking "if I did this would this mean anything to you"? He is doing the gesture while he's asking the question so it's a bit odd to hear him use the subjunctive.

What do you mean "if I did this? You're doing it right now.

Bought on iPad; the interface is perfectly fine on there so I guess they didn't have a lot of resources for the PC port.

Simon to me is a cross between Conan O'Brien and Drew...

Those are all semi well known British actors by the way. I've seen all of them in several British TV productions

So glad you decided to keep going with this one, that I also went and bought the game now to support the devs.

I'm very thankful that there's more of this game on GB, but FUCK...its really annoying when they talk over the dialogue. I enjoy the dialogue immensely, and when they talk over it, it becomes hard to pay attention to it.

I just learned that this game earned £4,000 on Kickstarter. For that amount it's frankly amazing how good the end product turned out. I really hope this game will be at least a moderate success.

I love this. The quick look was so good but then I was sad when it ended. It's like you guys knew exactly what I needed.

@7x_: Wow, those are some bullshit claims on that website.

-I'm pretty sure George Bush and his family does it because of the Texas Longhorns (some sort of American Football thing?), and besides, they keep their thumb in so that's not even the same sign.

-Berlusconi is Italian and literally did it to imply some other guy was being cheated on because he's a dick like that.

-Anyone halfway "hip" as the kids call it just uses it because it's common in the Metal and Rock genres. Also used as a sign to WARD OFF demons, not the other way around.

And that's just the ones I bothered to write down.

This is incredible GB content. Not to mention these other great things.

The guy programmed it himself which isn't getting enough love.

The actors all seem to be embracing and having fun with the community.

It all looks really good. Save for the UI which is apparently because of other platforms it is really nice to see high quality film.

Awesome series and I hope the game makes enough money to make a sequel possible if all parties are interested.

you've seen similar people. check the imdb page for the game. most of them acted only in this or maybe in like 2 or 3 shorts. maybe one acting for tv.

Oh man, I would love to see an American Horror Story style approach to these, where it's a different story each game with the same actors playing new roles.

This is less of a great game and more of a great experience.

YES! YES! YES! LOVE THIS!!!!

literally subscribed to watch this

Did not expect Paul "Avon" Darrow to show up! Did "Blake's 7" ever get much love in the US?

@paulunga said:

You can explain away every single usage but to say it isn't strange is ridiculous. I'm not gonna sit here and say that all of our presidents and celebrities are members of some super secret cult but the fact that every time a pop or hip hop star is confronted about it they either make a joke or ignore it completely. It's just weird, whether its supposed to mean "death to the populace" or "i love cookies!".

Then again, it could just be some elaborate relic of pop culture where someone used it so now EVERYONE uses it to be cool and when they're confronted about it since they have literally no reason to use it other than to be cool they dodge it.

Or maybe...Just maybe....

You're a terrible adventure game.

Thank you!

I bought this on Steam to support further high-jenks. \m/

@exogen: same lol #WORTH

Sigh.

The point of the game is to catch people in their own lies. Getting into a he/she said situation would be terrible, people would just be calling each other liars etc.

The tripping prompt thing is a genre quirk, you're free to take it or leave it.

The acting is fine, given the restrictions most actors have got " - just sit and there and always act as you're giving an answer". There is some over-acting (mainly by Jenks and Ryan) but it is used to give the game life and energy. Some of the actors I would watch in other things - Emma and James for example seem to be fine actors. The actors are clearly not getting much direction and just kinda going impromptu (how else do you explain how wonderful Jenks is?). It's a beautiful thing.

Compared to old school FMV this game is Shakespeare. It's also just cheesy and self aware enough to be great.

I hope the rest of this is coming. I'd much rather watch you guys play this game than play it myself.

It's not really when you consider that these are people who have cameras on them 24/7 and that there's a whole heap of nutjobs looking for anything that remotely resembles anything like that so they can reconfirm the existence of the illuminati for the 200th time in their mind, then on their blog.

Also, I'm fairly certain that the second picture of Drake on that blog is actually Jay Z. Makes me think the person behind it might not be 100% on the money. Maybe.

Ring finger, @vinny?! You sick dog, you! Reverse Shocker

@bceagles128: Hey, guess what? It's okay to like different things and not agree with people on what they like.

Vinny looks like a better looking, dark-headed, happier Louis C.K. here.

Everyone likes Louis C.K., right?!?

Didn't really notice the still image before opening the video in a new tab, was holding my sides before I even hit play. This is going to be great.

@albedo12: I squee'd pretty hard when I realised it was him! GAME OF THE YEAR! ...otherwise Avon will target us in a Machiavellian plot...

I finally remembered who James reminds me of: Chris O'Dowd (Roy from The IT Crowd).

Not even necessarily that much in looks, but especially in some of his mannerisms when acting.

While I am enjoying the videos of the game, I dont agree on having a sequel for the game. The next one would probably lean too much on cheesiness or be too much of the same and just not be good. Id rather they first fix the problems or maybe release a directors cut?

Johnny V has been involved in the two best pieces of GB content of 2015, that E3 segment with Lang and Adam and now Contradiction content. Giantbomb 2015 Guest of the Year?

Love this feature so much, best premium content in a while, can't wait for the next segment. As JV said, a Giantbomb crew version of this game would be amazing too, though I'm not sure anyone could match this level of eyebrow swagger.

OH SO GOOD. Part 02 please!

And more Johnny V!

Hook 'Em Horns!

Bought it, loved it! More like this, please!

Subscribed just to see more of the magic. Thanks BEast Crew.

Yup, just bought it due to this and previous videos. Love the interactions from the developer and casts.

Hearing Austin say "Sticky icky icky" is kind of like hearing your grandma swear. It's adorable, hilarious, and makes you slightly uncomfortable.

Atlus being a "business course" with all these occult rituals is one of the most bizarre things the characters in the game don't acknowledge. I hope they finish this, I think I'll buy the game just to give these guys the money they deserve.

Spoiler:

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I got really invested in this somehow

@7x_ said:

@paulunga said:

@7x_: Wow, those are some bullshit claims on that website.

-I'm pretty sure George Bush and his family does it because of the Texas Longhorns (some sort of American Football thing?), and besides, they keep their thumb in so that's not even the same sign.

-Berlusconi is Italian and literally did it to imply some other guy was being cheated on because he's a dick like that.

-Anyone halfway "hip" as the kids call it just uses it because it's common in the Metal and Rock genres. Also used as a sign to WARD OFF demons, not the other way around.

And that's just the ones I bothered to write down.

You can explain away every single usage but to say it isn't strange is ridiculous. I'm not gonna sit here and say that all of our presidents and celebrities are members of some super secret cult but the fact that every time a pop or hip hop star is confronted about it they either make a joke or ignore it completely. It's just weird, whether its supposed to mean "death to the populace" or "i love cookies!".

Then again, it could just be some elaborate relic of pop culture where someone used it so now EVERYONE uses it to be cool and when they're confronted about it since they have literally no reason to use it other than to be cool they dodge it.

Or maybe...Just maybe....

As giantbomb's favourite rapper Pusha T puts it:

Since y'all claim I'm Illuminati, tell me why would you try me?

Kennedy, John F., or Bobby

Almost caught Reagan, but they stopped us at the lobby

And that was broad day, so how the fuck you gon' stop me?

Paul reminds me of my own father... That fucking motherfucker...

GBEast needs to drop everything they're doing and continue on with this game now.

@bceagles128: Nah, it's actually pretty great.

I love salvia being a plot point in this.

What if I did...THIS!

When's part two?

This is a re-emptive "THANKS!" for doing this ... I just watched the quick look and was SO happy to see you decided to continue on this. Kind of reminds me when Vinnie and Dave did Phantasmagoria a couple years ago ... can't wait to spend tonight watching this. Cheers duders!

this game just seems to get better and better the deeper in it gets , can't wait for more of this.