I never know how to handle these “appearance” posts. I don’t want to look like a tool by writing all about me (look , I’m on T.V.!), but at the same time, I don’t want to miss out on an opportunity to promote the legitimacy of Destructoid. See, it is already all about me. Ugh. Damn you, double-edged sword!
So, instead, I am just going to fill space by telling everyone how much I love them. Community, you are awesome. Fellow editors, you are the bee's knees. All the folks at GameTrailers TV, you are some of the coolest people ever (with extra props to producer Jeremy Hoffman and host Geoff Keighley). And scarecrowNiero, you are the most amazing of them all.
I hope I did okay representing the robot on last night’s prediction-filled show. If you missed it, you can check out the whole thing above (or download it on Xbox Live Marketplace). Do you agree with my mad ramblings? What do you think will be the big games of 2008? Are you as mad as I am at Marcus Beer for making fun of the greatness that is Pikmin? *showing dolphin army a picture of Mr. Beer* ATTACK!
Chad Concelmo is Destructoid's features editor. He loves hanging out with awesome people. That's why Destructoid makes him so happy, since it is full of THE MOST AWESOME PEOPLE OF ALL TIME! Also, dolphins.
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"It'd be depressing if, in five years from now, all we have is GTA clones." Yes! Please don't let this happen!
I haven't watched a video game news show on TV in at least a year. Last time I watched one it was just a bunch of testosterone monkeys talking about how stupid the Wii is (making fun of its name) and how awesome xbox 360 is - blah blah blah. Needless to say I was done with Video Game Shows, but this was really good. I mean, the PS3 got beat up a little, but they ddnt say anything that isn't true.
I think I will start watching this show if they continue to report it how it is. So hey, you snagged them at least one viewer who'd never even heard of their show before. You did the robot proud.
Man, that Marcus guy is a douche. "Freelance Writer"? More like nobody would hire his ass. "Oh lookit me, I'm British and snobby and yet still manage to be totally unfunny."
Man Chad, I'm so use to your bringing your retro know-how to the table, and it really does strike me out of the norm to see you discuss the more current events.
And with that, I need to step out under my rock more. But kudos on the appearance, real entertaining.
Did Xtina suddenly get smarter and more interesting? She looks more interesting to talk to in that picture for some reason. I can't put my finger on it. Or my hands.
Wow, that Beers guys was such a douche. Does he even like videogames? He seemed pretty pesimistic about everything. Next time you see him Chad, take out his mother out for a nice seafood dinner and never call her again.
Anyone notice the very cool screw up on the show? When they were interviewing Major Nelson, they referred to his blog and they showed Destructoid instead. At least I think they said his blog.
@Wedge, anchorman84: My thoughts exactly on Marcus Beer. What a hater — he kept acting like he was too cool for school or something, and his seemingly anti-Nintendo and anti-Sony biases were annoying. While I don’t agree with Shane that Microsoft needs to worry about 2008, Beer’s other extreme — the Gabe Newell-esque talk of “if Sony doesn’t make it this year, they should just give up” — is also wrong.
Great job reppin’ Dtoid, Chad...and yeah, I hope LittleBigPlanet rocks!
I noticed that too Faith. I was like "Wait a second, Major Nelson doesn't write for Destructoid!". It would be awesome if he did though.
As for the show itself, I really hated it. Aside from pretty much sploodging my pants every time Chad said "amazing" or started talking about angry badgers, I had no idea what was going on. It's like a feature a minute. Seriously that little bit with Major Nelson was about 30 seconds.
Plus like Reaprar said, the guy is a cunting cunt.
Faith - You'll notice that the screen cap from Destructoid in the Major Nelson piece is all stories about Major Nelson. I was trying to show that he is the voice of XBL.
unstoppablejuggernaut: My sound died everytime it passed one of those timeline thingies aswell. Turns out it just changed the volume on the player to 0 each time, for whatever reason...
Marcus Beer is one of those pretentious gamers that I hate. "Oh no! Pikmin is far too kiddie for a hardcore gamer like me! You can't even shoot anyone!"
What a douche.
Chad, you were AMAZING as usual. Here, have a dolphin.
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Click below to watch it on Gametrailers.com!”
I was actually about to watch this episode in HD on their website; I wish I could download it instead of stream it, though...
Oh no! I had no idea that was going to happen. Sorry about that. I guess I don't really have a choice. :(
Yeah, I kind of wanted to punch Marcus when he said that.
We should send a massive pikmin & dolphin army at him to show him who's boss.
I want Pikmin on the Wii so fucking bad.
Haha. It was great. I set my DVR and watched it this morning.
"It'd be depressing if, in five years from now, all we have is GTA clones." Yes! Please don't let this happen!
I haven't watched a video game news show on TV in at least a year. Last time I watched one it was just a bunch of testosterone monkeys talking about how stupid the Wii is (making fun of its name) and how awesome xbox 360 is - blah blah blah. Needless to say I was done with Video Game Shows, but this was really good. I mean, the PS3 got beat up a little, but they ddnt say anything that isn't true.
I think I will start watching this show if they continue to report it how it is. So hey, you snagged them at least one viewer who'd never even heard of their show before. You did the robot proud.
Great job, though!
And with that, I need to step out under my rock more. But kudos on the appearance, real entertaining.
Pikmin fucking rocks, end of story.
Just BIGGER & BETTER!
HEY! Thanks ... I guess. :)
Great job reppin’ Dtoid, Chad...and yeah, I hope LittleBigPlanet rocks!
As for the show itself, I really hated it. Aside from pretty much sploodging my pants every time Chad said "amazing" or started talking about angry badgers, I had no idea what was going on. It's like a feature a minute. Seriously that little bit with Major Nelson was about 30 seconds.
Plus like Reaprar said, the guy is a cunting cunt.
As always, amazing
You did good. You should grow a beard so that they'll feature you more often. McWhertor is clearly using his facial hair to his advantage.
What a douche.
Chad, you were AMAZING as usual. Here, have a dolphin.
Great job though Chad.
As for Marcus Beer I think we English gamers exiled him for his attitude towards Pikmin.
He had an inferior beard as well.