We now advance to the Semifinal round in the all out battle to determine who will be the next ScrewAttack feature! After Director Toby advanced past The OtherCastle and The Game OverThinker squeaked past Rockumentary in their quarterfinal match ups it's time to get serious. Who should advance? You decide! Watch what both competitors have to offer and then head to the forums and vote. The winner will be announced early next week!
meh.. I've already commented before on this, I didn't really like your videos.. but tragically someone I had faith in played a short card, and honestly, you will be getting my vote this time around... nice vid, and good, in depth thoughts
Submitted by Zeratul on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 11:32am.
Not to be an ass and dont take this as Flame cause its not. If Game Overthinker wins then I dont like the way SA is going w/ this and that damn Talking Classics both boring and irritating. I really just havent agreed w/ any of his opinions. But overall both of these arent very good and I dont know who to vote for.
Submitted by Seraphem on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 3:04pm.
With that, personally i love this guys vid's...but i will give you that "Talking Classics" is just boring and annoying...I haven't been able to sit through more then half of one of this vids without having to turn it off.
Submitted by NeonBlack on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 7:50pm.
you generally dont like the style or presentation of the videos thats fine and personally i think theyre very good but thats just my opinion.
But if you just disagree with alot of what he says thats not a reason to not want him on SA, listening to other peoples views broadens the mind (especially as well presented as they are) even if you whole heartedly disagree.
Submitted by SmacAttack on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 1:17am.
the only reason he does that squirrel is so that he can fit his video on YouTube because they apparently cut off around 11 minutes. While annoying it is necessary.
Submitted by Animeplayer on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 1:14am.
I never knew it actually ended already, but yeah, I want to see chaos aswell, it might bring the golden area again. But we still have one war that will return back to the Graphics wars again, Gramers, they need to be stoped. I agree that realism is not what we should achive. But games such as Bioshock and Fallout 3 has done, that is the correct dirrection we should be going for. Also, yeah, I am just like you, I play Video games to leave realism and to have fun and yeah, I am psyched for Tatsunoku vs Capcom too.
Playing Now: Valkyria Chronicles
Games to beat...
Persona 3, FES, 4; Fatal Frame 2 & 3, SMT: Nocturne, Devil Summoner, Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2, DMC 2 & 3, FFXII,A2, X-2, DoC; Red Alert 3
Submitted by Indigo_dingo on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 1:27am.
Someone doesn't understand what realism is. My life is shit. And you'd find remarkably few videogames trying to make my life. Instead, we see what I want. I want to run down the street, hefting a minigun, and keep shooting til the army gets called in (and not have any innocent people hurt, or actually go to jail). I want to jump on a powerline, and just start pumping lightning at people as I zoom past them, ending with a magnificent swandive to an explosion. I want to shove my rifle in the enemies face and watch his neck jerk backwards, that subtle ballet de mortis. I want to gracefully swing my blades, see them tear through my enemies skin, hear their screams, and feel that I am the spirit of death - unquenchable, invincible, unstoppable. These are all games that are termed "realism". They are not under any circumstances realistic, just taking scenarios that one might consider realistic and adding a further element, rather than starting insane.
Submitted by Zangelin on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 5:40am.
I'd say VERY creepy.
if that's what you want your life to be i'm glad i do not know you... Anyway his point is that EVERY FUCKING GAME goes for realism.. well 75% and the few that DOESNT get bitched and flamed by these so called ''hardcore'' gramers that are just casual gamers who likes FPS.
Submitted by swordmageumbra on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 6:34am.
Let's face it...would you /really/ want to see a hyper-realistic mutant ankylosaur (Bowser) or spherical pink walking space-time anomaly? And then there's the debacle that was Bomberman: Act Zero...
The #1 cause of death is living. Thus, the only way to cheat death is not to live in the first place. So forget about not dying; death is inevitable. Concentrate on living.
Submitted by Indigo_dingo on Sun, 06/14/2009 - 5:53am.
Fuck that, no-one complained about LittleBigPlanet (least of all me, I love that game - that threw a spanner in your judging me, didn't it?), and that was as stylized as they come. Then of course we have Valkyria Chronicles. Amazingly, its not the style, its how you use it.
Submitted by Heckthor on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 8:50am.
Well, thats a FINE definition of what realism should be about in games but unfortunately its not like that with game developers. Realism for them means what it sounds like, Real like graphics and that is for everything the game is composed of (people, characters, places, etc). What i really dont understand is why is everybody going for that, when we all know that when games start looking exactly like the real world, we (EVERYBODY or at least I) wont like it, and u dont have to go that far back/forward to see that that is gonna be the case... When i played the first Resident Evil for the PS, and the intro started playing i thought it was ridiculous stupid cuz they actually used real actors for The Intro and Ending, and i know u might be thinking well thats not the same cuz that was REAL people, but if THEY keep going in the same direction they are going, someday it will get to a point where u cannot tell the difference between REAL, CG or In-Game Graphics, and when that happens IT WILL SUCK and whats even worse is that with realism not only the graphics change but so do the physics, and seriously who wants that!? lol...
P.S.: I like this show better than some of the others, but i actually thought that Talking Classics was the winner... lol... guess i was wrong. P.P.S: OKAMI FTW!!! (YOU BASTARDS FOR NOT BUYING IT)
Your life isn't shit. You being able to comment on this video proves it. Anyone that lives in Canada, the UK or the US has nothing to complain about. People in other parts of the world experience hunger, pain, suffering, war, death, censorship, and loss of rights. The world may suck but that doesnt mean your life does.
Do you really want to experience the hell that is war? The scaring tormenting thing that is war?
You really want to hear people's screams as you slice people up and feel the "spirt of death"? Your very masacistic and boarder-line satanic man.
You might want to get that checked out.
P.S. Dance of death would have seemed more fluid durring the last wish/want/experience.
Submitted by Indigo_dingo on Sun, 06/14/2009 - 5:47am.
No, its just an element of freedom and fluidity, of unrestrained form. If you replaced the people with empty cars or sticks of bamboo, I'd probably be equally as happy, except it would make things boring a whole lot quicker since they don't move. I want to wreck shit up and not have it ruin anyone's day (thats kind of the key part - not hurting any real people). I'd say thats a healthier fantasy than what your browser history suggests your fantasies are.
And I think being socially retarded, physically hideous, and completely unskilled lends me something to complain about.
Submitted by Prattinator on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 1:51am.
You don't have anything to complain about. You think it doesn't take other people years of striving effort to get over social awkwardness? Just because you've ensconced yourself in bullshit and convinced yourself that you are somehow naturally disadvantaged does not make it the reality of the situation. The reality is that you engage in nebbish fantasies about pointless misanthropy as a means of catharsis for all of this built up faux-angst regarding "humanity".
Just being real with you man, because I have done similar things, to an extent I am embarrassed to even admit. The thought that being a hopeless nerd is somehow a genetic disorder is most definitely comforting and excuses you from having to really be introspective and honest. But it's not true. And I don't care if you reprehend me for treating you like any other common person, because you haven't proven that your promblems are distinguishable from anyone else's at this point. You are acting like just another wimpy white boy wallowing in self-pity and it's pathetic. In the most constructive way possible, GET OVER IT, man.
Submitted by KingSigy on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 2:28am.
This is a very good video, but I just cannot vote for you when you already have a following and some prestige (your nomination). You definitely have a lot of good points and views on the game industry that mimic mine (almost too well), so I do hope to see more of you in the future.
boring. don't know why so many people like this.
I can't even stand to watch any of his clips to the end, it's just like bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
Submitted by Gremlin92 on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 8:36am.
I'll read a damn book if I want this much information. When I come to screwattack.com I want to be entertained, not thinking about all the shit that is wrong in life. This was boring and stupid as shit. I want funny, short, clips. Like talking classics, and unaware steve. Not this bs.
Submitted by Sitoxity on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 9:25am.
I'm not finding these interesting at all.
If I wanted to know this guys opinions I'd go read a blog, not sit for 10 minutes listening to him babble on and not even acknowlege a lot of the games coming out that just wanna look good, and are not striving to BE or LOOK realistic. Highly detailed graphics doesn't = realism.
I didn't like the last one, and I didn't like this one.
Submitted by Zeratul on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 11:35am.
I know how you feel like I said above if this wins I dont like what is happening to SA because that damn Talking Classics is awful to I cant stand his lisp. Anyway this is not entertaining but I dont really like Killaboy's stuff either.
Submitted by Gremlin92 on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 2:01pm.
At first I was kind of getting annoyed by his lisp, but I now really laugh out loud when I watch TC. It's just funny. And that humor is discussable is a normal thing. But "the game overthinker" is not humor, its a vlog. This just doesn't fit SA. It would do good in the blog section or in the forums.
Also, SA is not going on the wrong direction or anything, you just don't like the new features. I don't like LIAG, but I still love SA.
How is this anything like Talking Classics? Talking Classics is mostly for amusement while this is an informative show, one that allows us to sometimes view things we know in a different light. I really encourage you and everybody else to watch the other Gamer Overthinker episodes like the two in which he's talking about Sonic and what can be done to revive him.
Submitted by Ivan2294 on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 12:56pm.
SA needs some more serious things, not too much seriousness, just a couple of things like this show. This guy makes some really good points and I ended up watching EVERY single one of his episodes.
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What... this is my signature get over it.
I agree with his videos and his views. I would like too see more of him even if he doesn't becaome a feature. I can't imagine how you any of you think that this is in the slitest bit boring. Just because he talkes about real life (and I'm not talking about this episode or even last episode) topics shouldn't mean its boring. But in defence of the unsatified viewers this isn't his best episode but it is one of his best topics in my opinion.
Well that's 10 minutes I'm not getting back. You ever hear of the saying 'a little bit of knowledge is a bad thing'? Even from an entertainment point of view, I just find myself getting increasingly annoyed the longer I watch. I'm sorry but this doesn't get my vote.
A great Game Overthinker episode. I've been watching this series for quite a while and I agree with the guy almost always and it seems that we share many of the same frustrations when it comes to gaming even though he's a console gamer and I'm mainly a PC gamer. He's a great speaker for the gaming community.
Submitted by Rosvolainen on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 4:39am.
While I agree that there's too many 'realistic' shooters and there's so much more that could be done instead I think stuff are exaggerated a bit in this video. Some game developers focus a bit much on the graphics at the loss of soul and personality but it's not like there aren't games that both look great and are well done otherwise.
I got a bit bored because the door example was so long, the point was made well and early after all, but since Toby basicly had nothing this surely gets my vote.
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Trying is the first step towards failure.
Submitted by Milespace on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 5:32am.
It is true that games sometimes puts you in an awkward position, where you feel you should be able to tackle an obstacle through other means than the game forces you to, but these are in no way redundant in the overall experience. If you pay attention, most games teaches you the fundamentals of how the game should be approached. It's usually easy to pick up and straight forward, allowing you to easily figure out where to go and what to do next. Why would you need more? The game's a crafted piece of art that guides you through a linear, or sometimes a deceptively flexible progression. What is this uncanny valley? It looks more like reality than previously, therefore it must behave like reality? Would you lose your mind if it doesn't? It's like you're watching a movie or just a painting on the wall and wanting real bad to take a swim in that lake, but the interaction options just aren't there. Or getting a penalty card for picking up the ball with your hands in soccer. I know it's not the same thing, but it's just as absurd. The point of the game is to go along for the ride with the preset rules. It's the same fundamental idea that all games were built on, and if it's too big a leap of imagination, then just stick to the games where you can tell that your environment is not some perfect real-life detailed simulation--until you pick up the controller and try to reach out for that hard to climb cliff. Oh, and for the record, you don't really seem bad at what you do, everything is well presented and you do have a shred of truth in your words. I just think this just sounds like bad philosophy, sparked by your dislike of modern day gaming conventions. I'm not a big fan of rants, and I definitely don't come to ScrewAttack for a daily dose of pointless rant. If you must rant about something, rant about something relevant, something that is an actual issue.
/End rant ^_^
Oh, and I'm aware that the name of the show is the Game "OverThinker", but if your exaggerations without punchlines are supposed to be funny, I must've missed the point. :O PC gamer. Consoles are orrright!
Sorry, but I found this to be way too long and not very interesting. But, killaboy's was way too short so... I guess this will get my vote, although I pray it doesn't win in the end.
Submitted by Treblaine on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 7:01am.
If anybody is wondering why to bother with Advanced Console Hardware for high end graphics if we aren't aiming for realism.... please consider Team Fortress 2.
The decision to go with a caricature cast, with almost cartoon like characteristics combined with what I can only describe as slapstick gore has been a master stroke in game design. I mean multiplayer missions like capture the flag completely clashed with any serious military theme. It was more like an episode of Road Runner.
Then these cartoon-like team members are able to bring such character and story to a purely multiplayer game (to spite having no exposition or plot) that they are instantly likeable and relate-able. Impossible to achieve by going realistic.
Yet to achieve this artistic aesthetic, it took a lot of processing power. This simply could simply not be achieved on the Wii. And it is quite clear that even more powerful technology could make for much more interesting character design that is not necessarily moving in the direction of realism.
This non-realistic direction is enhanced all the more by HD resolution, Anti-aliasing, dynamic lighting, etc, all the things we'd expect to be most useful for appreciating a more realistic game. Think about it, Pixar's films aren't realistic but DAMN they look good!
More and more developers are avoiding the leap across the uncanny valley with cell-shading and other stylised graphics. Even if they can get it looking real, they may be forced to confront the unrealistic gameplay design that made their games fun to play in the first place.
That is not to say "realism is dead". I just predict there will be a schism in gaming between the hyper-real games that are enthralling, challenging and even traumatising and the "pixar gmaes". Those may even be technically more gory/violent than their Ultra-real counterpart but it is not traumatising, it is the epitome of FUN as all the characters are not seen as human (at most cartoon caricatures) it is FUN to blow them into a mess of giblets as you can't for a second think that it's real.
long boring, but thought provoking, and correct
meh.. I've already commented before on this, I didn't really like your videos.. but tragically someone I had faith in played a short card, and honestly, you will be getting my vote this time around... nice vid, and good, in depth thoughts
Shit, sorry, wrong link
Shit, sorry, wrong link
Not to be an ass and dont
Not to be an ass and dont take this as Flame cause its not. If Game Overthinker wins then I dont like the way SA is going w/ this and that damn Talking Classics both boring and irritating. I really just havent agreed w/ any of his opinions. But overall both of these arent very good and I dont know who to vote for.
I Disagree
With that, personally i love this guys vid's...but i will give you that "Talking Classics" is just boring and annoying...I haven't been able to sit through more then half of one of this vids without having to turn it off.
If
you generally dont like the style or presentation of the videos thats fine and personally i think theyre very good but thats just my opinion.
But if you just disagree with alot of what he says thats not a reason to not want him on SA, listening to other peoples views broadens the mind (especially as well presented as they are) even if you whole heartedly disagree.
well then there's only one
well then there's only one question i can ask you.
how old are you?
Long and boring?
that's what she said
After the last video I've
After the last video I've since watched this entire series. Not my favorite episode on the whole, but a good one. You get my vote.
"Hey man I got rights"
"Yeah you got the right...to be my bitch!!"
-Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich
Dam squirrel
This guy is not bad i like the fact that it is the truth but that squirrel is annoying. He should can that thing and just stick to himself
Actually,
the only reason he does that squirrel is so that he can fit his video on YouTube because they apparently cut off around 11 minutes. While annoying it is necessary.
The Graphic Wars...are over?
I never knew it actually ended already, but yeah, I want to see chaos aswell, it might bring the golden area again. But we still have one war that will return back to the Graphics wars again, Gramers, they need to be stoped. I agree that realism is not what we should achive. But games such as Bioshock and Fallout 3 has done, that is the correct dirrection we should be going for. Also, yeah, I am just like you, I play Video games to leave realism and to have fun and yeah, I am psyched for Tatsunoku vs Capcom too.
Playing Now: Valkyria Chronicles
Games to beat...
Persona 3, FES, 4; Fatal Frame 2 & 3, SMT: Nocturne, Devil Summoner, Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2, DMC 2 & 3, FFXII,A2, X-2, DoC; Red Alert 3
Someone doesn't understand
Someone doesn't understand what realism is. My life is shit. And you'd find remarkably few videogames trying to make my life. Instead, we see what I want. I want to run down the street, hefting a minigun, and keep shooting til the army gets called in (and not have any innocent people hurt, or actually go to jail). I want to jump on a powerline, and just start pumping lightning at people as I zoom past them, ending with a magnificent swandive to an explosion. I want to shove my rifle in the enemies face and watch his neck jerk backwards, that subtle ballet de mortis. I want to gracefully swing my blades, see them tear through my enemies skin, hear their screams, and feel that I am the spirit of death - unquenchable, invincible, unstoppable. These are all games that are termed "realism". They are not under any circumstances realistic, just taking scenarios that one might consider realistic and adding a further element, rather than starting insane.
Creepy
Ya know, just sayin'...
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My road, my journey
CREEPY!
I'd say VERY creepy.
if that's what you want your life to be i'm glad i do not know you... Anyway his point is that EVERY FUCKING GAME goes for realism.. well 75% and the few that DOESNT get bitched and flamed by these so called ''hardcore'' gramers that are just casual gamers who likes FPS.
The graphics should fit the game.
Let's face it...would you /really/ want to see a hyper-realistic mutant ankylosaur (Bowser) or spherical pink walking space-time anomaly? And then there's the debacle that was Bomberman: Act Zero...
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The #1 cause of death is living. Thus, the only way to cheat death is not to live in the first place. So forget about not dying; death is inevitable. Concentrate on living.
Fuck that, no-one complained
Fuck that, no-one complained about LittleBigPlanet (least of all me, I love that game - that threw a spanner in your judging me, didn't it?), and that was as stylized as they come. Then of course we have Valkyria Chronicles. Amazingly, its not the style, its how you use it.
he dedicated an entire video
he dedicated an entire video to that game, go watch it before you disagree or agree with the man.
Realism...
Well, thats a FINE definition of what realism should be about in games but unfortunately its not like that with game developers. Realism for them means what it sounds like, Real like graphics and that is for everything the game is composed of (people, characters, places, etc). What i really dont understand is why is everybody going for that, when we all know that when games start looking exactly like the real world, we (EVERYBODY or at least I) wont like it, and u dont have to go that far back/forward to see that that is gonna be the case... When i played the first Resident Evil for the PS, and the intro started playing i thought it was ridiculous stupid cuz they actually used real actors for The Intro and Ending, and i know u might be thinking well thats not the same cuz that was REAL people, but if THEY keep going in the same direction they are going, someday it will get to a point where u cannot tell the difference between REAL, CG or In-Game Graphics, and when that happens IT WILL SUCK and whats even worse is that with realism not only the graphics change but so do the physics, and seriously who wants that!? lol...
P.S.: I like this show better than some of the others, but i actually thought that Talking Classics was the winner... lol... guess i was wrong. P.P.S: OKAMI FTW!!! (YOU BASTARDS FOR NOT BUYING IT)
For the reccord...
Your life isn't shit. You being able to comment on this video proves it. Anyone that lives in Canada, the UK or the US has nothing to complain about. People in other parts of the world experience hunger, pain, suffering, war, death, censorship, and loss of rights. The world may suck but that doesnt mean your life does.
Do you really want to experience the hell that is war? The scaring tormenting thing that is war?
You really want to hear people's screams as you slice people up and feel the "spirt of death"? Your very masacistic and boarder-line satanic man.
You might want to get that checked out.
P.S. Dance of death would have seemed more fluid durring the last wish/want/experience.
No, its just an element of
No, its just an element of freedom and fluidity, of unrestrained form. If you replaced the people with empty cars or sticks of bamboo, I'd probably be equally as happy, except it would make things boring a whole lot quicker since they don't move. I want to wreck shit up and not have it ruin anyone's day (thats kind of the key part - not hurting any real people). I'd say thats a healthier fantasy than what your browser history suggests your fantasies are.
And I think being socially retarded, physically hideous, and completely unskilled lends me something to complain about.
You don't have anything to
You don't have anything to complain about. You think it doesn't take other people years of striving effort to get over social awkwardness? Just because you've ensconced yourself in bullshit and convinced yourself that you are somehow naturally disadvantaged does not make it the reality of the situation. The reality is that you engage in nebbish fantasies about pointless misanthropy as a means of catharsis for all of this built up faux-angst regarding "humanity".
Just being real with you man, because I have done similar things, to an extent I am embarrassed to even admit. The thought that being a hopeless nerd is somehow a genetic disorder is most definitely comforting and excuses you from having to really be introspective and honest. But it's not true. And I don't care if you reprehend me for treating you like any other common person, because you haven't proven that your promblems are distinguishable from anyone else's at this point. You are acting like just another wimpy white boy wallowing in self-pity and it's pathetic. In the most constructive way possible, GET OVER IT, man.
Hmmmm...
Your videos are very well done and full of great opinions and advice. Tobys videos are pretty funny, so its gona be a hard choice.
Good video
I've been following his series for awhile and enjoy them. This episode was no different. I hope he wins the entire thing.
Much better than killaboy
thanks, as always you provide a decent look at the things i never noticed before, you've got my vote and i hope you win ^^
I can't vote
The forum topic is locked, and I am unable to vote or leave a comment.
Later on
I think voting begins later on in the day, probably so people have a chance to watch both before deciding.
Good stuff
This is a very good video, but I just cannot vote for you when you already have a following and some prestige (your nomination). You definitely have a lot of good points and views on the game industry that mimic mine (almost too well), so I do hope to see more of you in the future.
gj
this was waaay better than resident evil 5 rant... i hated it i think im gonna vote for this
boring
boring. don't know why so many people like this.
I can't even stand to watch any of his clips to the end, it's just like bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
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...words. They... they can't...
Seriously man... you won't even listen to what he has to say, just because he's TALKING?
Exactly
I'll read a damn book if I want this much information. When I come to screwattack.com I want to be entertained, not thinking about all the shit that is wrong in life. This was boring and stupid as shit. I want funny, short, clips. Like talking classics, and unaware steve. Not this bs.
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I agree.
I'm not finding these interesting at all.
If I wanted to know this guys opinions I'd go read a blog, not sit for 10 minutes listening to him babble on and not even acknowlege a lot of the games coming out that just wanna look good, and are not striving to BE or LOOK realistic. Highly detailed graphics doesn't = realism.
I didn't like the last one, and I didn't like this one.
I know how you feel like I
I know how you feel like I said above if this wins I dont like what is happening to SA because that damn Talking Classics is awful to I cant stand his lisp. Anyway this is not entertaining but I dont really like Killaboy's stuff either.
I actually really enjoy
I actually really enjoy Talking Classics, I think it's hilarious xD (You realize it's an act, yes?)
Anywho, these videos are extremely preachy and just not the style of ScrewAttack in my opinion.
I like talking classics
At first I was kind of getting annoyed by his lisp, but I now really laugh out loud when I watch TC. It's just funny. And that humor is discussable is a normal thing. But "the game overthinker" is not humor, its a vlog. This just doesn't fit SA. It would do good in the blog section or in the forums.
Also, SA is not going on the wrong direction or anything, you just don't like the new features. I don't like LIAG, but I still love SA.
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How is this anything like
How is this anything like Talking Classics? Talking Classics is mostly for amusement while this is an informative show, one that allows us to sometimes view things we know in a different light. I really encourage you and everybody else to watch the other Gamer Overthinker episodes like the two in which he's talking about Sonic and what can be done to revive him.
Dude I agree with you entirely.
SA needs some more serious things, not too much seriousness, just a couple of things like this show. This guy makes some really good points and I ended up watching EVERY single one of his episodes.
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What... this is my signature get over it.
Me too
I agree with his videos and his views. I would like too see more of him even if he doesn't becaome a feature. I can't imagine how you any of you think that this is in the slitest bit boring. Just because he talkes about real life (and I'm not talking about this episode or even last episode) topics shouldn't mean its boring. But in defence of the unsatified viewers this isn't his best episode but it is one of his best topics in my opinion.
Well that's 10 minutes I'm
Well that's 10 minutes I'm not getting back. You ever hear of the saying 'a little bit of knowledge is a bad thing'? Even from an entertainment point of view, I just find myself getting increasingly annoyed the longer I watch. I'm sorry but this doesn't get my vote.
I can't vote
The vote thread is locked? lol someone was hitting the sauce on that one.
This is what Im talking about, much more back to basics then the muddled mess of racism that you were trudging through before man. Great Job.
A great Game Overthinker
A great Game Overthinker episode. I've been watching this series for quite a while and I agree with the guy almost always and it seems that we share many of the same frustrations when it comes to gaming even though he's a console gamer and I'm mainly a PC gamer. He's a great speaker for the gaming community.
My vote goes for him.
Yeah!
Another awesome video! Totally agree about the entire video, especially the Kevin Smith part -.-
While I agree that there's
While I agree that there's too many 'realistic' shooters and there's so much more that could be done instead I think stuff are exaggerated a bit in this video. Some game developers focus a bit much on the graphics at the loss of soul and personality but it's not like there aren't games that both look great and are well done otherwise.
I got a bit bored because the door example was so long, the point was made well and early after all, but since Toby basicly had nothing this surely gets my vote.
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Trying is the first step towards failure.
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Wow this guy is condescending!... How did any1 vote for this in the quarters???...
Deep Rising
Awesome movie? Ha! That movie is awful.
Hmm...
It is true that games sometimes puts you in an awkward position, where you feel you should be able to tackle an obstacle through other means than the game forces you to, but these are in no way redundant in the overall experience. If you pay attention, most games teaches you the fundamentals of how the game should be approached. It's usually easy to pick up and straight forward, allowing you to easily figure out where to go and what to do next. Why would you need more? The game's a crafted piece of art that guides you through a linear, or sometimes a deceptively flexible progression. What is this uncanny valley? It looks more like reality than previously, therefore it must behave like reality? Would you lose your mind if it doesn't? It's like you're watching a movie or just a painting on the wall and wanting real bad to take a swim in that lake, but the interaction options just aren't there. Or getting a penalty card for picking up the ball with your hands in soccer. I know it's not the same thing, but it's just as absurd. The point of the game is to go along for the ride with the preset rules. It's the same fundamental idea that all games were built on, and if it's too big a leap of imagination, then just stick to the games where you can tell that your environment is not some perfect real-life detailed simulation--until you pick up the controller and try to reach out for that hard to climb cliff. Oh, and for the record, you don't really seem bad at what you do, everything is well presented and you do have a shred of truth in your words. I just think this just sounds like bad philosophy, sparked by your dislike of modern day gaming conventions. I'm not a big fan of rants, and I definitely don't come to ScrewAttack for a daily dose of pointless rant. If you must rant about something, rant about something relevant, something that is an actual issue.
/End rant ^_^
Oh, and I'm aware that the name of the show is the Game "OverThinker", but if your exaggerations without punchlines are supposed to be funny, I must've missed the point. :O
PC gamer. Consoles are orrright!
Too long and boring
Sorry, but I found this to be way too long and not very interesting. But, killaboy's was way too short so... I guess this will get my vote, although I pray it doesn't win in the end.
Moviebob keeps kicking ass.
Moviebob keeps kicking ass. You'll get my vote when the forum opens. :)
Team Fortress 2 says hi
If anybody is wondering why to bother with Advanced Console Hardware for high end graphics if we aren't aiming for realism.... please consider Team Fortress 2.
The decision to go with a caricature cast, with almost cartoon like characteristics combined with what I can only describe as slapstick gore has been a master stroke in game design. I mean multiplayer missions like capture the flag completely clashed with any serious military theme. It was more like an episode of Road Runner.
Then these cartoon-like team members are able to bring such character and story to a purely multiplayer game (to spite having no exposition or plot) that they are instantly likeable and relate-able. Impossible to achieve by going realistic.
Yet to achieve this artistic aesthetic, it took a lot of processing power. This simply could simply not be achieved on the Wii. And it is quite clear that even more powerful technology could make for much more interesting character design that is not necessarily moving in the direction of realism.
This non-realistic direction is enhanced all the more by HD resolution, Anti-aliasing, dynamic lighting, etc, all the things we'd expect to be most useful for appreciating a more realistic game. Think about it, Pixar's films aren't realistic but DAMN they look good!
More and more developers are avoiding the leap across the uncanny valley with cell-shading and other stylised graphics. Even if they can get it looking real, they may be forced to confront the unrealistic gameplay design that made their games fun to play in the first place.
That is not to say "realism is dead". I just predict there will be a schism in gaming between the hyper-real games that are enthralling, challenging and even traumatising and the "pixar gmaes". Those may even be technically more gory/violent than their Ultra-real counterpart but it is not traumatising, it is the epitome of FUN as all the characters are not seen as human (at most cartoon caricatures) it is FUN to blow them into a mess of giblets as you can't for a second think that it's real.
yup
TF2 is by far my favourite game of this generation. fun and cartoonish but also brutal.
BTW, game overthinker... if u win this, please buy a better microphone. :)