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Guess CHCH TV loves me, because in less than a week since my last appearance they invited me back to appear on another show called Straight Talk with Connie Smith. Straight Talk covers the hot topics in the news and in this show, Connie was diving into the wonderful of the Wii.

Covering the panel of experts this time around was President of Silicon Knights, Dennis Dyack, Endocrinologist, Dr. Mira Luther and myself as the professional videogame blogger. I was there to demonstrate the Wii and show Connie how to play it. I was the official booth babe, I guess.

Hit the jump for the videos.

Everyone pardon my rambling, but it's hard not to sound like a weirdo when you're trying to explain to a room of professionals that your boss is a robot. Heck, I don't even think Dennis Dyack even knew what Destructoid was. I know someone who's getting a bad review in the future ...

I apologize for all the videos but the segment is 30 minutes, and we had to break them up into 5 parts. Note that in part four, there's a promotional video for Silicon Knights and Too Human that I believe no one has seen on the Internet yet.

Part One - Introduction 

Part 2 - Rambling about robots and blogging 

Part 3 - The next generation of videogames with rabbids. DAHHHHHH! 

Part 4 - Sneak Peek at Too Human 

Part 5 - Teaching Connie how to play the Wii 








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Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 19:50
Gameboi
Faith is a Star! You go, girl!
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 19:52
Darren Nakamura
I haven't watched them yet, so maybe the answer lies within, but what did they need an endocrinologist for a segment on the Wii?
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 19:55
Y0j1mb0
Lol..nice.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 19:56
Fading Star
Go Faith!

Go Robots!
Trowble's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:00
Trowble
Babelicious!
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:05
Wedge
So Dyack is going for the middle-aged housewife demo now?
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:08
Cheeburga
good job. :D
Big Z's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:08
Big Z
Right on, Faith! Show the world gamers can be anyone, we aren't a race of terrible sewer mutants like a lot of people think.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:10
Wedge
Also I forsee .gif shoops with Faith now.
dprime's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:14
dprime
Another week, another Destructoid writer gets on a Canadian show I've never heard of even though I live here.
razerangel's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:20
razerangel
Surprisingly unbiased news show there. although bit confused as to why the silicon knights dude was on a segment on the wii.
Axion22's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:26
Axion22
Ok, I watched it all, and I still don't know why there's an endocrinologist on there...

Was that a Wii commercial? ;)
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 20:38
Samit Sarkar
Great job, Faith! The half-hour segment was surprisingly devoid of the standard anti-videogame attitude that is seen on American TV all the time, and Connie seemed to legitimately understand the success of games and the fun of the Wii. Maybe I should move to Canada...
slee's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 21:02
slee
Ron IS MISS DESTRUCTOID!!!!!!!!!! BOOO YAAAA! Ron is FAMOOOSE! in Canada Now!
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 21:10
Sharpless
CHCH has a crush on yoooooou.
bassbeast's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 21:40
bassbeast
Dyack was there because the channel, CHCH, covers events in the Niagara region of Ontario. Silicon Knights is in that region, and Dyack is a pretty well-known (if not well-respected) name.

OT, I had nothing but admiration for the guy up to and including Eternal Darkness. He's lost me since.
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 22:18
Namelessted
butt plugs
The Incredible Edible Egg's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 22:21
The Incredible Edible Egg
Popped her virtual cherry on television. It's such a beautiful site.
Jaren Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 22:23
Jaren Face
Connie didn't put on the wrist strap at the end!
Seriously though, that was awesome. Really enjoyed it.
Chaosye's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 22:24
Chaosye
Shweet.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 22:32
MechaMonkey
Canadian television is what it's all aboot.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 22:32
F Whipple
I too don't see the relevance of an endocrinologist
tehdopefish's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 22:44
tehdopefish
whoa, i definitely live near you... im about half an hour north of the city haha.
Leathersoup's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 22:45
Leathersoup
So how is it that they asked Dennis Dyack how it worked and he got it all mixed up. The golf game doesn't use the sensor on the screen! Just the accelerometers in the remote.
No wonder Too Human is having problems. They're probably trying to output the video to the sound engine. :P

All nerding out aside. Great job CFW!
ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2008 23:35
ian_esq
Canada represent
Gangles's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 00:11
Gangles
Nicely done, eh?
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 00:48
Brian Szabelski
First Hamilton, soon all of Canada will be under your control. *kneels before the future empress of Canada*

Great job, Faith! :)
venomous's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 02:17
venomous
..... Connie's wigs supplied by the home world of Kashyyyk. Now made with 100% Wookiee hair.
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 02:47
Detry
Wow Faith, they gave you tons of ass time with you wiggling about. Hawt. Awesome job!
bl4km4th's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 03:19
bl4km4th
It's nice to see some positive video game media on television. Would have been hilarious if you swapped out Wii Sports for say...Manhunt 2.
LilJimmyNordin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 03:28
LilJimmyNordin
Here's some straight talk: Nobody watches that horseshit. CHCH is a crappy Hamilton station. Unless they're handing off some big-name network stuff, nobody's paying attention. You'd get better exposure at a bus stop. CHCH stands for CHange the CHannel.

FAIL
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 03:41
Detry
@LilJimmyNordin

Here's some straight talk: Fuck off cunt.
LilJimmyNordin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 03:52
LilJimmyNordin
@Detry

Wow. Looks like we've found someone LESS relevant than CHCH. Good job, a winrar is you. Enjoy that receding hairline, chum.
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 03:57
Zero Iscariot
Hey! I live in Hamilton... Dan McLean... he smokes!
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 04:35
Detry
@LilJimmy

Lol. I'm a musician and my hair is pulled back in a ponytail, not receding. Your mom enjoys it though.

OOH! BURN! Yea, ur MOM!

Get fucked.
LilJimmyNordin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 05:15
LilJimmyNordin
@Detry

1. Being a musician has nothing to do with how you wear your hair. Being a POSER has everything to do with how you wear your hair.

2. Your hairline is receding. Here's how we know: If your ponytail was tight enough to pull your hairline back that far, your cock would be on your chin. Since it's usually Mexican tranny cock that's usually on your chin and not your own, we can easily see that you've got a fivehead. Go clean your brush and maybe you'll have enough to fill it in.

3. My mom has AIDS. She either got it from you or gave it to you, depending on when things happened. Either way, here's your future: Post a few more boring comments on Destructoid, drink some broth, say goodbye to your loved ones, die from AIDS, everyone watches some TV.

I get fucked regularly, which reminds me: Every woman you ever loved says hello.

You lose. At everything. Goodnight, sweet prince.
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 05:30
Detry
Man I have to apologize. You obviously got the AIDS from your mom as I have.

That's sad dude.

Enjoy the rest of your time here and continue to bring sunshine to your fellow man. We should start a ur mom AIDS group and the first meeting should be about the need for you to stop fucking your mom.

@Faith I apologize, I let this asshat suck me into idiotic flamewar territory which I obviously started because he's such an asshat. I'll stop.
LilJimmyNordin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 05:49
LilJimmyNordin
Faith thinks your lame ponytail musician posing and millenium-old Mom lines are as pathetic as the rest of us do.

Trying to sound "cool" and "inside" by addressing your creepy ass-kissing to "Faith" personally is lame, but I think your attempt to pussy out of a flamewar that you started is pretty much the clincher. You'd have to be dead to be more useless than you are now.

Go play your jazz flute while you comb the jizz out of your beard. And don't start flamewars that you can't finish.
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 05:52
Detry
lol. awesome.
yourmomX2's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 06:59
yourmomX2
F Whipple I'm with you - Endocrinologist? one of these things just don't belong...she didn't seem to know why she was there either though.
dethrock's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 08:43
dethrock
LilJimmyNordin: 4
Detry: 0
Foe's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 09:19
Foe
You did a good job as a Professional Video Game Blogger, but next time you should get a fedora with a little card stuck in it that has the word "Press" written on it and say things like "This is the scoop of the century boys".
JohnnyWadd's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 09:19
JohnnyWadd
LilJimmyNordin you are adding nothing to this except allowing everyone to see you are a complete douchebag.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 11:28
Sharpless
Did LilJimmyNordin just crawl out of the third grade? "You have a receding hairline, nyah!" Did that just happen? Really? Really? Oh internet, you glorious retard machine.
ScottEFresh's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 13:13
ScottEFresh
Yay for Canada!
Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 14:47
Oni
Good job, Faith! I guess I'll have to start reading Pulse again. I stopped after my friend went to England. He'd always grab it for the lurid letters section where people ask for sex advice. It was always good for a laugh, but now I guess I'll have a real reason to read it.
LilJimmyNordin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 17:13
LilJimmyNordin
@JohnnyWadd
@Sharpless

That's it, boys... Keep piling on the fail. With pathetic flames like "you're a complete douchebag" and "are you from the third grade", you couldn't curl the hair on a hamster's dick.

The fact is, I'm as entitled to have an opinion on the story as any other person in here. Moreover, I spoke to an aspect of the story that nobody else had raised, pointing out something that people outside the area might not know. Had our friend Detry not decided to reply with the doctorate-level invective of "Fuck off, cunt", there would have been nothing more said. One thing's for sure, he certainly doesn't need your help or defense.

The comment function wasn't put here to start shit with other commenters, and it wasn't put here to kiss ass and say "great job!" to every story. It was put here to allow people to have their say and, when people don't show the proper respect for others' right to comment, they deserve exactly the kind of response that I dished out.

TL;DR STFU and GTFO. Comment section shit-starters and ass-kissers are the cancer of the internet, and DEFINE third grade douchebaggery. Responding to perfectly valid comments with ad hominem bullshit is lame. Don't do it.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 18:15
Eschatos
We're officially famous!
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 20:14
Sharpless
You rudely belittled one of the staff. When you do that, you will get your ass fucked, good and hard. You started shit, not me or Detry. No one asked you to grade how significant Faith's appearance was or wasn't. "FAIL"? It was rude. End of story.

"I'm entitled to my opinion, wah wah wah!" Yes, you are. You're not, however, entitled to state those opinions in a rude, prickish manner. Play nice, or else we sure as hell won't. Deal with it. And don't try and turn it on us, like you're an innocent angel who did nothing. If you're going to barge on here and be a dick, at least owe up to it. Your type is the cancer of the world, not us.
JohnnyWadd's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2008 22:22
JohnnyWadd
LilJimmy very true, you are entitled to your opinion however stupid and negative it may be. While you may think you are "contributing" something here, you aren't. If faith appeared at a bus stop as you say, she'd still be doing alot more for this community than you ever have or will.
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