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I looked at a few of their videos, and I personally can't stand it. I like to watch interviews and reviews for information, not to see a really lame and cliche camera moving.
Fail/10
Fail/10
I dont get it. I mean I guess it could be funny as a joke for one video, but is the entire site based around this one gimmick for all their videos?
Seema kinda lame =/
Seema kinda lame =/
Hey guys, Spencer here from GameZombie.tv: Awesome article, Brad, great stuff. We love the zombified tone you took with the piece. Keep up the great work at Destructoid! SS
Great article, Brad! I'm glad we got to meet you. The only way it would've been better, is well, if the article was about me :D haha
What a premise, that got me hooked so I headed over to their site to see how it played out and found that it was completely unrealized and gimmicky. It's kind of like having a hardware store and in order to get customers in you hire a gorilla. I wish this site reached the full potential that it could and provided an interesting backdrop for game coverage, but instead its a very thin coating on some poor games coverage, I'm not willing to call it journalism because I feel there isn't much of any to be had there. Their interview to me felt very amateurish and that's one of the main failings on the site to me, the fact that the style is favored over the content. I watched a bunch of their videos hoping to find some character, a person on the team that i\I could relate to, but I found that most of the editors don't even seem to have a personality shown in the videos. Let alone the "Hawt Chicks" that are used in some of the coverage, more like "hawt script readers that have no idea about games". No doubt there is some great talent amongst the editors, but if I were working on this site I'd be embarrassed to reference it to an employee. Maybe this creative director needs to spend some more time looking at other sites like the great Dtoid and find that the human factor is what makes a great game site rather than a gimmicky premise and trying to be Micheal Bay. The saddest thing is that it could've gone so right and provided something new. I hope for the sake of the talented editors that the zombies manage to eat all of the hawties and the creative director in one fell swoop, so that someone else can step up and help this site reach a higher level.
Great article Brad, thanks for giving GameZombie such a glowing recommendation. Look out for more E3 footage soon!
i got sick of that same static sound after the 5th time, then they did it 100 more times..
it was just a very poor developer interview with some horrible camera effects/technqiues that we all learned in highschool to liven up our 5 minutes projects
I'm sorry to be so harsh but it was. I can really see the potential, but as it stands, it's just awful.
it was just a very poor developer interview with some horrible camera effects/technqiues that we all learned in highschool to liven up our 5 minutes projects
I'm sorry to be so harsh but it was. I can really see the potential, but as it stands, it's just awful.
Wow, some of ya'll are real busters. I'd rather watch these videos than some sex man camera phone video, unless it was actually sex man doing the video. Look, the internet makes it possible for just anybody to put a video out and thats fine, but I'm tired of videos that are not even being attempted to be edited, people just whip out their digital camera and start rolling. Mediocrity is plaguing media, infact I'm sitting here watching a crappy Madden 09 commercial that green screens a bunch of dudes into the game, it looks about as good as the graphics in cacoon, yeah I said it.
Dear Chlorophyll,
I'm not one to cause drama. Ok, maybe I am. BUT, I will begin by saying that you are welcome to your own opinions, just as I am. The problem that arises though, from people having their own opinions, is the lack of facts. I'm sure you came across my videos, and my amateurish interviewing skills, and considered me to be one of the hawt girls who lacks any type of knowledge. I admit that I am not the go-to girl (but which girl really is) when combing for breaking news in the video game world--BUT I do play games. And those video editors that you gave props to, well I'm one of them. The last time I checked, you don't see anyone else VJing and then editing their own material. And especially, *gasp* a girl!
I'm not one to cause drama. Ok, maybe I am. BUT, I will begin by saying that you are welcome to your own opinions, just as I am. The problem that arises though, from people having their own opinions, is the lack of facts. I'm sure you came across my videos, and my amateurish interviewing skills, and considered me to be one of the hawt girls who lacks any type of knowledge. I admit that I am not the go-to girl (but which girl really is) when combing for breaking news in the video game world--BUT I do play games. And those video editors that you gave props to, well I'm one of them. The last time I checked, you don't see anyone else VJing and then editing their own material. And especially, *gasp* a girl!
Personally I love what gameZombie brings to the table. Like brad said, you get a whole realm of originality that isn't found anywhere else in the gaming community. I actually stumbled across GZ through a friend who met, I think it was Spencer, at their first GDC.
Ever since my first visit to their website, the videos they produce have always seemed to have this fun sort of inspiration about them. It's all a bunch of friends just getting together and producing extremely respectful material for the web and the people of games! Impressive!
I can't wait to see how GameZombie has prospered in another 2 years! ...inevitably leaving Chlorophyll, crying in his room by himslef.
Great interview Brad.
Ever since my first visit to their website, the videos they produce have always seemed to have this fun sort of inspiration about them. It's all a bunch of friends just getting together and producing extremely respectful material for the web and the people of games! Impressive!
I can't wait to see how GameZombie has prospered in another 2 years! ...inevitably leaving Chlorophyll, crying in his room by himslef.
Great interview Brad.
thanks brad for the great story! people will always hate on original content, but when it comes to providing fresh stuff for people to see, there isn't a site on the internet that competes with gamezombie.tv. everyone keep on kicking!
I've been checking out these guys at gamezombie.tv for a little while now and I think that their videos keep getting better with time. They started a little iffy but I say give them one more year or two and they'll be something big.
Dear Not-Such-Big-Fans of GameZombie.tv:
First of all, I work with GZTV. Second of all, if you don't like our work, that's fine. Totally cool by me, created work is subject to opinion. However, I worry that there's some uneducated opinions out there, and I want to help shed some light on our work process.
GameZombie.tv is an organization made up of students that do this on top of their class load and regular jobs. We've got a large team working on a large number of videos. We're still learning, and we'll never stop learning. Making online video is a constantly evolving game and it takes hard work and discipline to maintain a very cohesive visual identity in such a shifting environment - especially amongst such a large team as ours (the photos only show part of our team).
If you think about it, you KNOW a GZTV piece the moment you see it because of our editing style. Like it or not, it's becoming iconic and identifiable as our style over anyone else. Since we've started, a lot of fads have come and gone, and we still maintain cohesiveness. We're proud of that, and while it may not be what everyone wants, we've been very very successful at staying on target with our look.
We regularly use HD equipment and do a multi camera shoots. We work with high end software including (but not limited to) Cinema 4D, Fina Cut Pro, and After Effects. If you're not familiar with the programs it's some heavy software for a lot of people to learn, and our editors know it inside and out. Our editors have done this inside of 2 years while putting nearly 200 videos onto the internet. For us, and for any video media site, that's a HUGE accomplishment, and took a lot of work.
We put out 2-3 new videos a week on average, and most are exclusive interviews. That's not an easy thing to do, and we've become a Webby Honoree because of it.
Sorry for the long defensive rant, but sometimes we don't think people realize the man hours that get put in to this work. If you still don't like us or our style. Hey, that's cool. We dig it and it's all good, but we're less forgiving when we're accused of hackery because we strive very hard to do something original and entertaining.
Thanks all,
~Charles from GameZombie.tv
First of all, I work with GZTV. Second of all, if you don't like our work, that's fine. Totally cool by me, created work is subject to opinion. However, I worry that there's some uneducated opinions out there, and I want to help shed some light on our work process.
GameZombie.tv is an organization made up of students that do this on top of their class load and regular jobs. We've got a large team working on a large number of videos. We're still learning, and we'll never stop learning. Making online video is a constantly evolving game and it takes hard work and discipline to maintain a very cohesive visual identity in such a shifting environment - especially amongst such a large team as ours (the photos only show part of our team).
If you think about it, you KNOW a GZTV piece the moment you see it because of our editing style. Like it or not, it's becoming iconic and identifiable as our style over anyone else. Since we've started, a lot of fads have come and gone, and we still maintain cohesiveness. We're proud of that, and while it may not be what everyone wants, we've been very very successful at staying on target with our look.
We regularly use HD equipment and do a multi camera shoots. We work with high end software including (but not limited to) Cinema 4D, Fina Cut Pro, and After Effects. If you're not familiar with the programs it's some heavy software for a lot of people to learn, and our editors know it inside and out. Our editors have done this inside of 2 years while putting nearly 200 videos onto the internet. For us, and for any video media site, that's a HUGE accomplishment, and took a lot of work.
We put out 2-3 new videos a week on average, and most are exclusive interviews. That's not an easy thing to do, and we've become a Webby Honoree because of it.
Sorry for the long defensive rant, but sometimes we don't think people realize the man hours that get put in to this work. If you still don't like us or our style. Hey, that's cool. We dig it and it's all good, but we're less forgiving when we're accused of hackery because we strive very hard to do something original and entertaining.
Thanks all,
~Charles from GameZombie.tv
Jessica, you are a casual gamer, I can see that you play what you're reviewing. the hawt girls I mentioned are basically all the others featured in gamezombie vids, that being the ones with their boobs falling out, stumbling through the script like Shatner. As for you not being the go-to girl, lets think about this for a second, youre the one who goes on camera interviewing some of the big names in the industry, dontcha think you should know a little something about them and their games as well as other industry news, i mean come on now its not hard to keep up with it. My advice to you is to get a google reader account and add all the good game sites, then each day go through them reading the news, it'll take 30 mins and you'll look much more professional. Yes, girls do play games, who gives a rats ass, it hasn't been a big deal since the wii came out, oh and big surprise that's your main system!
As for me crying in my room by myself, I'm glad to see personal attacks aren't beneath you, as lame as that one is. But I won't go down to that level instead I'll point out that the criticism that I offered was just that, criticism, and I think it was pretty constructive, without resulting to getting personal.
Charles, no doubt effort is put in by the team the trouble is you can shoot poo on an HD camera and its still poo. you can edit video that is thin on content into a stylish product, but the content still isn't there. Yes you have put up a lot of content in the past, but my friend quantity and quality, maybe you should put out less content and strive to have it at a high level of quality in the content and not just the editing. I hope you can see my point.
Overall I just want Gamezombie to take something away from this, you see there is a problem with this form of games journalism and that problem is that it never really achieves something, its like a newspaper only publishing fluff pieces. All I want is for the GZ team to wake up and ask themselves if the content under the editing is really what they want to be producing, whether it is something a professional organization would put out. Now i know your going to came back and say "Look at how professional our videos are blah blah blah.." and to that all I can say is re read what I have said please!
Spencer maybe you should send out another group email and get the rest of the team to make an account here :D. At least we could get the team to read Dtoid that way.
If you would like to further discuss GZ, ill gladly stop by the liveshow.
As for me crying in my room by myself, I'm glad to see personal attacks aren't beneath you, as lame as that one is. But I won't go down to that level instead I'll point out that the criticism that I offered was just that, criticism, and I think it was pretty constructive, without resulting to getting personal.
Charles, no doubt effort is put in by the team the trouble is you can shoot poo on an HD camera and its still poo. you can edit video that is thin on content into a stylish product, but the content still isn't there. Yes you have put up a lot of content in the past, but my friend quantity and quality, maybe you should put out less content and strive to have it at a high level of quality in the content and not just the editing. I hope you can see my point.
Overall I just want Gamezombie to take something away from this, you see there is a problem with this form of games journalism and that problem is that it never really achieves something, its like a newspaper only publishing fluff pieces. All I want is for the GZ team to wake up and ask themselves if the content under the editing is really what they want to be producing, whether it is something a professional organization would put out. Now i know your going to came back and say "Look at how professional our videos are blah blah blah.." and to that all I can say is re read what I have said please!
Spencer maybe you should send out another group email and get the rest of the team to make an account here :D. At least we could get the team to read Dtoid that way.
If you would like to further discuss GZ, ill gladly stop by the liveshow.
Hi Chlorophyll, we look forward to talking with you during GameZombie's LiveShow, Wed night at 9pm EST: http://www.livevideo.com/liveshow/gamezombie
If you don't show, well, anybody after that doesn't call you a wuss, they'll be cutting the story short.
SS
If you don't show, well, anybody after that doesn't call you a wuss, they'll be cutting the story short.
SS
For a group of students, I was really impressed. The Zombie Bash vid of FFXI was hilarious and dead on. I wish that would have been up before I wasted the money buying the game. Thank god for the month trial period...
I grew up with classic games that focused more on being quality more than flashy, i.e. Final Fantasy 4 and Chrono Trigger. As soon as the Playstation 2 came out, I called out the trend of fancy graphics becoming the dominant deciding factor of how a game is judged. Being proven right made me lose faith and interest in modern video games. That is, at least until I started following GameZombie. Yes, they are still growing with their content and editing style, but they have inspired this otherwise-stubborn "video game old man" to check out modern games and systems.
Props to GameZombie for all of their efforts and creativity!
Props to GameZombie for all of their efforts and creativity!
Chlorophyll,
I can see you point. It's not that I ever couldn't, I just disagree with you. I hope you can see my point even through disagreement. GameZombie.tv feels we do deliver quality with quantity, and we feel we do so with a unique and iconic lens.
Please point us to some of your work, I'd love to see what you're doing with video work right now. I can tell you've got some strong views on video theory, and it sounds like you've got experience shooting interviews. Hook us up with some links, we always love seeing what our fellow artists are shooting and producing.
Have a good day,
~Charles from GameZombie.tv
I can see you point. It's not that I ever couldn't, I just disagree with you. I hope you can see my point even through disagreement. GameZombie.tv feels we do deliver quality with quantity, and we feel we do so with a unique and iconic lens.
Please point us to some of your work, I'd love to see what you're doing with video work right now. I can tell you've got some strong views on video theory, and it sounds like you've got experience shooting interviews. Hook us up with some links, we always love seeing what our fellow artists are shooting and producing.
Have a good day,
~Charles from GameZombie.tv
As an editor of GameZombie.tv, I can tell you that when we edit a piece, we want to do something cool with it. At the same time, we don't want to lose the original flare of the interview. It is a give and take, and we try to balance both out as much as possible.
We definitely want to deliver the content as our primary goal but we also don't want it to look like just another video interview or review or the like. We are trying to set ourselves apart from our competitors by doing something unique and original. That's what GameZombie.tv strives for, so if that's not what you're into then that's perfectly fine. We got into this knowing that we were not going to please everyone, it's just not possible. But if you really look at our videos, not just glance at it, you will see both the content and the style that we continuously strive to deliver.
We definitely want to deliver the content as our primary goal but we also don't want it to look like just another video interview or review or the like. We are trying to set ourselves apart from our competitors by doing something unique and original. That's what GameZombie.tv strives for, so if that's not what you're into then that's perfectly fine. We got into this knowing that we were not going to please everyone, it's just not possible. But if you really look at our videos, not just glance at it, you will see both the content and the style that we continuously strive to deliver.
Chlorophyll,
First and foremost, whether I'm a casual gamer, or hardcore gamer, it doesn't matter. I'm STILL a gamer. And last time I checked, I never described myself as being 'hardcore.' Unlike some people, such as yourself perhaps, I have friends. I like to play video games with friends. Hence the Wii with the CASUAL games. I still play X360 games. Have I reviewed any? No. And that's b/c the guys on the team aren't going to play the 'girly' games, so I'll do the dirty work.
I admit. I should know a lot about the gaming industry. I do read articles--wiki and specific gaming sites such as this or kotaku, etc. So, you don't like my questions--I just happen to enjoy a conversationalist approach. If you want a hard hitter, go watch Keighley.
And let's be honest. You may not think girl gamers are worth a rat's ass. But everyone else does. Well, not everyone. But enough people who write the checks. Example, Frag Dolls demonstrating games at E3.
And it appears as though you thought I said you were crying in a room by yourself. At this point in time, I wish I had, but sadly I cannot take the credit. And I'm pretty sure saying 'I hope for the sake of the talented editors that the zombies manage to eat all of the hawties and the creative director in one fell swoop, so that someone else can step up and help this site reach a higher level' is a personal attack. But what do I know? I own a wiiiiiiiii.
On a lighter note, if you have any real suggestions on how to improve the content of the videos, I know I'd love to hear them. Pointing out the problem is the first step, but when you don't provide solutions, well you're not really helping us out.
And while we're exchanging tips on improvement, I'd suggest (for your sake) that you write up your comments in Microsoft Word. That way you can spell and grammar check. You know, just in case you're trying to be a professional blogger.
First and foremost, whether I'm a casual gamer, or hardcore gamer, it doesn't matter. I'm STILL a gamer. And last time I checked, I never described myself as being 'hardcore.' Unlike some people, such as yourself perhaps, I have friends. I like to play video games with friends. Hence the Wii with the CASUAL games. I still play X360 games. Have I reviewed any? No. And that's b/c the guys on the team aren't going to play the 'girly' games, so I'll do the dirty work.
I admit. I should know a lot about the gaming industry. I do read articles--wiki and specific gaming sites such as this or kotaku, etc. So, you don't like my questions--I just happen to enjoy a conversationalist approach. If you want a hard hitter, go watch Keighley.
And let's be honest. You may not think girl gamers are worth a rat's ass. But everyone else does. Well, not everyone. But enough people who write the checks. Example, Frag Dolls demonstrating games at E3.
And it appears as though you thought I said you were crying in a room by yourself. At this point in time, I wish I had, but sadly I cannot take the credit. And I'm pretty sure saying 'I hope for the sake of the talented editors that the zombies manage to eat all of the hawties and the creative director in one fell swoop, so that someone else can step up and help this site reach a higher level' is a personal attack. But what do I know? I own a wiiiiiiiii.
On a lighter note, if you have any real suggestions on how to improve the content of the videos, I know I'd love to hear them. Pointing out the problem is the first step, but when you don't provide solutions, well you're not really helping us out.
And while we're exchanging tips on improvement, I'd suggest (for your sake) that you write up your comments in Microsoft Word. That way you can spell and grammar check. You know, just in case you're trying to be a professional blogger.
I also look forward to discussing with you the implications of your gender on livevideo, hope you can make it. Really though you should calm down, hey maybe you could sleep with Spencer, and then come have a level headed conversation with me.
"Really though you should calm down, hey maybe you could sleep with Spencer, and then come have a level headed conversation with me."
Totally unnecessary man.
~Charles with GameZombie.tv
Totally unnecessary man.
~Charles with GameZombie.tv
Actually, thank you Chlorophyll for the laugh. I totally LOL'd. Seriously. And I am calm. I'm just going to defend myself against the unnecessarily rude things you have said about myself and GameZombie. There's a right way to do things, and a wrong way. And apparently I struck a cord with you if you had to come back 11 minutes later to make another comment. I'm heading home, so I may or may not make the liveshow tonight. But you bet your butt, I'll try my darndest.
P.S. You really should spell check. It'll make you appear smarter :D
P.S. You really should spell check. It'll make you appear smarter :D
your about as calm as a kangaroo drinking red bull chewing pop rocks (my bad that was weak)
but gamezombie will keep it moving.
but gamezombie will keep it moving.
ay but sidenote though any of yall dorks got star trek 2 on torrent they can give me man this shit is queued up slow than a mufugger man
man yall got some telepathic gremlins waiting to post a diss after i say some shit that applet or whatever is fucking me up man!
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