I honestly don't care what anyone says: "skadoosh" is the funniest onomatopoeia ever.
Not that I didn't really, really enjoy having Topher, Chad, and Ashley on, but it's nice to know that I'll be able to trade barbs with Aaron, hear disgusting things from Jim, and tell Tiff to shut her whore mouth before she can get two syllables out of it.
Feels like home.
Anyway, we record tonight, and need some questions. We'll be talking about a crapload of random news stories in addition to this month's Musings theme, so make your questions about whatever you darn well please. The best question nets its asker (that's a word, right? It should be a word) $25. As always.
This week's sonnet theme is, "monkeys are a satire of humans," based on Jim's incisive observation last week.
[UPDATE: Evidently, Aaron can't make it tonight. The lovely Colette Bennett will be filling in for him.]
Contest:
5:02 PM on 06.04.2008
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Mimicking us in many ways they seem
to be smaller versions of us but not.
With smaller heads and hair where nature deems,
compared to them we look a clean cut lot.
Give one a stick and he’ll hit someone close
to please himself and get a reaction.
The other will return this with a dose
of feces instead of legal action.
Dress one in a suit with jacket and tie.
Give him a briefcase and see what happens.
He will scream and flail at any nearby,
at hippies, bums, and guys in cardigans.
And even with our culture and studies
we, ourselves, are no more than shaved monkeys.
This is a list of films that most frequently use the word "fuck". Can you construct a similar list for video games?
:3
Except for maybe a little severe rectal tearing.
Just a little.
Fuck.
Why are developers FORCING you into the fucking 30 minute game tutorial? I mean I KNOW this key does that, I remember when I was younger and my parents bought me a game, I used the time it took to drive back home to read through the entire game manual, are kids so dumb now they can't read ? or are they just to busy fiddling with their "portable" gaming?
Will community members ever get invited to speak on podtoid?
Sorry if any of these where asked before.
In my opinion, Assassin's creed is the perfect video game so no other games could possibly live up to it.
Stupid question, inspired by dream last night of me playing Super Mario Bros. 3: do you ever have dreams that you are either in video games or playing video games, and do you have any memories worth talking about?
Because he's kind of ammo for pro-game people's arguments.
discuss.
Secondly, I asked this last week, only to realize that I was over a day late. OKAY.
With the industry quickly approaching Hollywood status, do you guys fell threatened? As Hollywood has an affinity for remaking and often masacring nostalgic media, and the more recent 'rebirth' trend in games (earthworm jim, slaughterhouse, banjo kazooie, nights, etc etc)
Any ways, I guess what I'm getting at is with this mainstreaming of games is quality in danger, is the bottom line becoming too important?
Ubisofts Wii line up, to me, is an example of the bottom line poisoning games...But of course those games sell, and maybe I'm just frustrated because they aren't for me...
not sure if this is much of a question so...
Is the Hollywood model threatening to gamers/the industry? Will this make the indie movement all the more important/potent?
yay for recycling questions. Also, search function.
The new RE5 trailer resurrecting discussions on the offense it caused due to the game's percieved racist undertones, and this got me thinking. Is there a game you have played that you have been genuinely offended by?
I guess you can mention games that have offended you as a gamer by sheer poor game design, but what about games who's content may have offended you on a personal level? Have you ever played a game so offensive to your values that you felt almost compelled to go on a Jack-Thompson style crusade to smite this game from the face of the earth?
BTW glad to see the crew is all back!
Anthony: Why is hatred all we know?
Tiff: Grow some balls. Figuratively, not the wrinkley harry kind you have to shave just to get girls to put them in their mouths.
Aaron: Don't be so down on you man-boobs, just got mine and they're great!
Jim: I'm just wondering, do you salivate when you talk?
consider: A Warhol painting is worth Millions. (why?)
maybe I should extrapolate. Will games ever get to the point, or can you see there ever being a game that is so sought after and appreciated that it's worth inheritly surpasses it's value by the margin of something like a painting. That game would probably have to be a one of a kind hm?
Question, if Miyamoto made a game, and only produced 3 copies, what would it be worth. I am- so bored.
In the current generation of gaming consoles, especially alongside the recent influx of "casual" games, are any gaming genres falling by the wayside? If so, what can be done to revitalize them and reinsert them into the mainstream of gaming?
Also, Jim, why so hostile towards Topher?
"Tiff, why aren't you in the kitchen?"
also I was wondering what you guys think about all this stuff about reviewers being restricted to what they can say on the earlier MGS4 reviews? Also if there is a 90 min cutscene will you actually watch the whole thing?
++ to your avatar
meh, I know nothing though.
I'll answer this right now --
Topher is one of my favorite people ever and I <3 him. It's hostility borne of love.
Rev, just about every show you say you're going to cut something out and don't. Do you ever cut anything out? :p
Jim, could I please hear what Liquid Snake has to say about Nicole Wiebe? Maybe some of your other voices? ^_^
would you have sex with an elephant if the price was right?
God damn it, woman!
Just STFU and go
play Cooking Mama.
0: Just why is Nicole Weibe loved so much by you guys again? I've forgotten which Podtoid it's talked about in, and I don't have enough time to go listen to all of them. Maybe if I could get some answers...?
1(Real Questions start here): How excited are you guys for Beyond Good and Evil 2, knowing that it may take place in a different area, and that it'll appease more to the Casual Gamers? Would this be bad, or good?
2: What are your impressions of Ninja Gaiden 2? This is more for everyone except Jim, since it's not coming out in Europe for a day or two (But you got the Demo). Does it hold up against it's predecessors?
3: I'm thinking of getting a 360 for my Birthday. What games do you think I should get along with it, if I do get the system?
1. Now we know that you guys are all pretty big Metal Gear Solid Fans so I can see having a Metal Gear Solid 4 Review on Destructoid so who is going to get the honors of writing it?
2. Also with so much Resident Evil 5 information going around it's on my mind so I was just wondering what you guys think of the whole so kind racist thing do you think by the time it comes out it is going to be toned down just a bit? and if so do you think 'they' won?
It falls from a tree,
It stole your beer about an hour ago,
Now in the street he has a wee,
Cars swerve as he runs out onto the road,
His little waistcoat blowing in the night,
This thrill will never get old,
A man looks at him so he starts a fight,
Blue lights radiate in the night,
Our suspect fleas the scene,
He turns around to throw his own shite,
At the nearest person to be seen,
The drunken monkey sways to and fro,
The zoo keepers bullet wounds, and he will die slow
1. I saw the article about Eight Days and The Getaway getting cancelled and maybe it is because of money but mostly likly it was turning out to be very good games. That makes me think with all the bad games that do come out how bad does a game have to be to be cancelled. Do you think that they should just come out with the games anyway? or do you think they should accually cancel more games to stop wasting our time with crappy games?
They both broke off of bigger companies (Capcom and Konami). They've both made excellent and very unique games (although granted Platinum has only made games under the Clover name so far).
But here's the biggest coincidence.
Platinum Games signed a publishing deal with Sega, and when I looked at the Wiki for Treasure I saw that all their first games were published by Sega as well.
Just speaking my mind here.
Jim's going to say Mass Effect. I just sense it.
2. Based on your experience with Nintendo, do you think they'll ever address the paltry stroage space and release a solution, or do you think they're absolutely serious and that we should just continue to shuffle our Wii's memory every time we want to make a game save?
3. Tiff: Do you enjoy being on podtoid because of the abuse, or despite it?
That is all.
OH! Wait:
4. If anyone here watched Homestar Runner, you know how Strongbad groans every time someone feels the need to throw an obligatory "Crapfully yours" at the end of each letter? If so, do you have a similar reaction every time some caps a letter with "also, cocks?"
Seriously, all done.
Who do you mean by "They"? racist. :)
(me: Shadow of the Colossus)
2. What game has had the greatest impact on you intellectually ?
(me: Metal Gear series, just trying to keep the storyline straight.)
3. What is the most overall impressive game you have ever played? Not in terms of graphics, gameplay, etc. but overall impact.