This week's Podtoid is about rumors, Halos, and homophobia. Standard stuff, really -- no Resident Evil commentary this week.
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The most interesting question this week came from XeroxPunk, just because. Send your mailing address to podtoid@destructoid.com and we'll give you a swag bag, or something.
I dunno what we actually mail out, to be honest. That's not my department.
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1:40 PM on 09.23.2009
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From my experience...5 cool badges and a ripped up envelope inside another envelope. Yet, I still found it awesome because Destructoid has its own address label tabs.
Best comment gets a sway bag or whatever.
Worst comment gets a fart in a box mailed to them.
FACT: Most of his solders where kamikazes with bombs for testicles.
Get off Samit's back.
I don't know him personally, so I don't really give a shit about how he takes it (no offence), but it's unpleasant to listen to, and I end up having to skip the first 20 minutes of the podcast because the rest of the crew appear to be gangbanging him.
Just sayin'.
"Yeah, but Aaron, we were hungry."
Fan-fucking-tastic!
Cool story, bro I guess but this wasn't brought up...I guess I may be the only one who never bought H3.
It'd just need some digital signature of some kind wrapping the PS2 downloaded game, and making the PS3 not start the emulator when it detects a PS2 disc.
I think Samit/Linde are spot on when they say they're doing it to squeeze out all the cash they can from users. Why let people play their physical copy of Silent hill 2 for free, when you can charge them $20 for an electronic copy? Seriously a super dick move.
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Anthony Gallegos is awesome but not because of RebelFM, GFW Radio is pretty much the best gaming podcast of all time.
anyway
And I find it hilarious. Maybe it's because I'm used to it. But really, Samit's so damn lovable that I can't get irritated with his long stories. But really, I don't see any need to say "RAUGH KICK HIM OFF THE PODCAST".
And a hearty "get a fucking sense of humor" to the Samit Defense Force. Everybody just relax and stop taking things so seriously. You act like they're beating the guy bloody with shovels or something, as opposed to good natured ribbing.
I hear there was a hilariously awful Forbidden Siren movie, but from my understanding you guys all hate that game.
and the super mario movie is like shakespeare if you put it next to something called resident evil.
Also Samit tells stories and has better acting than anybody on the entire resident evil series of games and movies and he is also more scary than the entire resident evil series.
I wasn't really going for Jim and Aaron having a long conversation about how much they love "the gays". My question ceded the point that you were joking around, but your conversation is being published to the world at large. I was hoping that my linking Card and your schoolyard insults would get you to realize that not everyone is in on the joke. To me, there's no difference between a kid on XBL calling someone a "dicksucker" and when you guys do it. Sure, he'll probably say he doesn't hate gay people in real life, but it still makes him sound like an idiot.
As for comments about dick sucking and the like being used for humor, I find it to be incredibly lazy. There is a world of difference between the humor derived from The Office's Micheal's treatment of Oscar, which works on many levels (including social commentary), and the idea that Anthony sucks dudes off. I'm sure the tweens find the latter hilarious, but I'm approaching 30 and maybe not the podtoid's targeted demographic. I also think Sterling's reasoning that he's helping de-power offensive words and bring about social change is horseshit. My instinct tells me that the easy laugh is his only goal.
I reposted the question because Jaffe, who seems like an intelligent, articulate person with a working knowledge of internet culture, responded incredulously to Anthony's use of "Indiefag". I could tell from his voice when he requested the question be repeated that he lost respect for his interviewer in that moment.
xeroxpunk,
just because everyone isnt in on the joke, and just because the humor is peurile, doesnt mean that its wrong to joke about such things.
and your point about xbl kids using racist and sexist language probably not meaning it is true. but that is the point. most of those punk kids dont hate gays or females or blacks, they use those words because we decree them to be the naughtiest words. there are some kids who really are bigots, but as someone who works with kids,i can tell you that most of the time kids say shit like that they arent really bigots, they just say the words that will have the greatest effect. its true that jims use of those terms doesnt depower them, but jim is right when he says people who are too sensitive in their use are actually empowering those words. an analogy would be george carlins bit on the "7 words you cant say on tv". that bit is kinda funny, but was carlins biggest hit because he combined all the naughtiest words into it. the fcc made that bit successful.
I never said it was wrong, but I do think it throws them into the same category as the XBL kid. To me (and maybe Jaffe), smart people throwing around dick sucking jokes ad nauseam and words like "indiefag" just aren't trying hard enough to separate themselves from the infantile set most people associate with games.
I agree that some people are entirely too sensitive when it comes to words like "fag", "nigger", or pretty much any other slur. Every time I see or hear someone write or say "the n-word" or "the f-word" it makes me roll my eyes at how far in the wrong direction political correctness has gone. The complete abolition of a simple word as if was sinful is much worse to me than it being used in poor taste.
As for "indiefag" and the like, Anthony can use them all he wants, but it may bite him again. I originally came to Destructoid after one of his rants and thought he was a smart guy with interesting things to say about the current state of games and their future. Of course, I disagree with a lot of what he says, but my original take still stands. I would like to see more direct interaction with developers on the site and hope that Jaffetoid is a step in that direction. I just don't want stupid stuff like "indiefag" to get in the way of that.
i see your point about not distinguishing themselves from xbl children. I guess for me, since i can tell the difference, i dont care how they appear to those outside. im not worried about them as ambassadors for gaming, because i think most people wont be convinced one way or the other about gaming through logic, gaming will reach respectability when enough gamophobic people die of old age.
i do hope more developer interaction comes to destructoid. so if necessary, that indiefag anthony better watch his mouth if it jeopardizes that!
When Aaron jokingly calls me a "fag" or I say "indiefag," the intent is entirely different (as deplorable as people may assume the word itself to be, regardless of context). Which was the entire point of our discussion.