Author Topic: The Official Psychoanalysis GAF Thread (Read 3488112 times)

etiolate · « **Reply #8160 on:** October 23, 2011, 10:45:59 PM »

Quote from: Narag on October 23, 2011, 10:32:40 PM

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on October 23, 2011, 10:05:39 PM
What game was it a while back where the dude emailed the company and got a bunch of swag for making an OT? I'm sure that didn't slow down the production of extreme OTs any.

I know Snuggler had something like that happen with the Witcher 2 OP, EL stepped in and made it clear it was a perilous line to toe by being compensated for the OP, and I think Snuggler offered to give the swag away as part of a contest.

Shouldn't they be getting rewarded? Most OTs are just giant advertisements. Might as well get compensated for it.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #8161 on:** October 23, 2011, 11:18:13 PM »

Sort of out of nowhere but does anyone still keep in touch with costanza? I am morbidly curious to know if he's still the same crazy dude he was a year ago.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8162 on:** October 23, 2011, 11:21:46 PM »

Quote from: My F*cking Grandpa on October 23, 2011, 11:18:13 PM

Sort of out of nowhere but does anyone still keep in touch with costanza? I am morbidly curious to know if he's still the same crazy dude he was a year ago.

We follow each other on twitter. Most of his tweets are about Community and other shows

Barry Egan · « **Reply #8163 on:** October 23, 2011, 11:24:10 PM »

Oh shit. Following.

Tasty · « **Reply #8164 on:** October 23, 2011, 11:56:11 PM »

Quote from: My F*cking Grandpa on October 23, 2011, 11:18:13 PM

Sort of out of nowhere but does anyone still keep in touch with costanza? I am morbidly curious to know if he's still the same crazy dude he was a year ago.

I would have but he split from WYL and I didn't want to sign up for a smaller forum.

etiolate · « **Reply #8165 on:** October 24, 2011, 01:46:49 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on October 24, 2011, 12:05:24 AM

Quote from: etiolate on October 23, 2011, 10:45:59 PM
Shouldn't they be getting rewarded? Most OTs are just giant advertisements. Might as well get compensated for it.

EL isn't going to knowingly/blatantly let that kind of thing happen. For all my criticisms of the guy, one thing I will say that as long as it doesn't fall into his own personal blindspots, he tries to keep things honest around there.

That just sort of makes him a dick in my eyes. He runs the site like a billboard for game companies. He has to know that's how the companies see the site. He should at least let the community get in on the take.

Tasty · « **Reply #8166 on:** October 24, 2011, 01:59:25 AM »

Quote from: Green Man on October 24, 2011, 12:48:45 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449539

This thread, man.

I choose to think this is a troll thread brought on by Scoularis' and NotebookJ's recent threads.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #8167 on:** October 24, 2011, 03:44:10 AM »

How many GAF accounts do you guys have?

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #8168 on:** October 24, 2011, 04:21:41 AM »

Tasty · « **Reply #8169 on:** October 24, 2011, 04:58:14 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on October 24, 2011, 04:13:44 AM

Just the one.

Yup.

magus · « **Reply #8170 on:** October 24, 2011, 05:07:18 AM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449492

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #8171 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:00:13 AM »

Oh yeah, that's the AIDs transmitting thread of the day.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #8172 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:40:23 AM »

Well I love to know that the shit never ends.

archie4208 · « **Reply #8173 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:43:31 AM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on October 24, 2011, 07:00:13 AM

Oh yeah, that's the AIDs transmitting thread of the day.

I think the "PC gamers are racist Nazis" thread wins that award.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #8174 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:58:30 AM »

Well you have to assume it's a joke to them by now.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #8175 on:** October 24, 2011, 08:03:07 AM »

Quote from: archie4208 on October 24, 2011, 07:43:31 AM

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on October 24, 2011, 07:00:13 AM
Oh yeah, that's the AIDs transmitting thread of the day.

I think the "PC gamers are racist Nazis" thread wins that award.

Of course, but that was yesterday!

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #8176 on:** October 24, 2011, 08:58:15 AM »

i guess it's a deep-seated holdover from being kids, maybe? when your parents would only buy you one system, then you'd hear other kids at school talk about their systems and games you'd want to play but couldn't, so you'd get all butthurt and sore over it and boost up your own choices to compensate?

Brehvolution · « **Reply #8177 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:11:06 AM »

I think the butthurt stems from the fact that a lot of the gaffer ntards paid the same price as a Vita for the 3ds and got a lot less of a system.

Diunx · « **Reply #8178 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:11:17 AM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on October 24, 2011, 08:58:15 AM

i guess it's a deep-seated holdover from being kids, maybe? when your parents would only buy you one system, then you'd hear other kids at school talk about their systems and games you'd want to play but couldn't, so you'd get all butthurt and sore over it and boost up your own choices to compensate?

As a poor I can confirm that is exactly it.

brob · « **Reply #8179 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:13:00 AM »

I got a SNES two weeks before the N64 launched. played my SNES at home and Mega Drive, N64 and PS1 at my friends' places. never understood this need to have better shit than your friends, maybe my socialist upbringing made sharing seem more normal.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #8180 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:21:32 AM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on October 20, 2011, 11:26:52 PM

I'd pay money to have Salsa's thread-starting privileges revoked. Most of his threads these days comes down to begging people to grab their pitchforks and light their torches.

I pulled a few strings, called in a few favors....

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32090416&postcount=4210

Brehvolution · « **Reply #8181 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:22:50 AM »

You are such a good person, Joe. Always looking out for us.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #8182 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:30:40 AM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on October 24, 2011, 08:58:15 AM

i guess it's a deep-seated holdover from being kids, maybe? when your parents would only buy you one system, then you'd hear other kids at school talk about their systems and games you'd want to play but couldn't, so you'd get all butthurt and sore over it and boost up your own choices to compensate?

That's only part of it and really only for a certain age group. It's just the way people are. Once people spend their money, there is a tendency to overly justify it against all competition. That's whether people are consoles fanboys, pc fanboys, etc.

It's Apple versus Mac. It's Android versus ios. It's certain brand cameras versus other brand cameras (hi skidmark

) It's Democrats versus Republicans.

Video games just seem like the worst expression of it because its one of the most utterly pointless.

brob · « **Reply #8183 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:31:47 AM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on October 24, 2011, 09:27:01 AM

What kind of shit did Salsa post? I don't remember much about him.

salsa was just your every-day hypersensitive nerdlinger. He also had a thing for not properly articulating/thinking through his points properly and catching feelings when people "misunderstood" his posts.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #8184 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:53:05 AM »

Broseidon · « **Reply #8185 on:** October 24, 2011, 11:05:25 AM »

Imagine if Salsa and Harson ever joined forces.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8186 on:** October 24, 2011, 11:24:46 AM »

Quote from: Broseidon on October 24, 2011, 11:05:25 AM

Imagine if Salsa and Harson ever joined forces.

Might throw in MWS Natural for good measure, lord knows nobody seriously gives a fuck about his self-proclaimed "law"

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8187 on:** October 24, 2011, 11:34:10 AM »

Maybe I'm out of date on my Bad Posters homework...but who the hell is Salsa? gaming side poster or something?

Broseidon · « **Reply #8188 on:** October 24, 2011, 11:52:56 AM »

HE'S NOT BLACK HE'S MULTI-ETHNIC!!!

XOXOXOXO

cool breeze · « **Reply #8189 on:** October 24, 2011, 01:42:24 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on October 24, 2011, 07:24:29 AM

well i for one am shocked that all the sonytards on gaf think the vita will destroy while all the nintards on gaf think the 3ds will destroy

very enlightening read

like watching two deaf people playing the penis game

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8190 on:** October 24, 2011, 03:03:23 PM »

http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?p=1100330111#post1100330111

Diunx · « **Reply #8191 on:** October 24, 2011, 03:24:52 PM »

Oh shit!

pilonv1 · « **Reply #8192 on:** October 24, 2011, 04:18:07 PM »

tremendous

Barry Egan · « **Reply #8193 on:** October 24, 2011, 04:50:08 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on October 24, 2011, 04:47:17 PM

So apparently Uncharted 3 got an 8/10 from some magazine, and it's an absolute crisis.

I desperately want to troll about how Skyward Sword must be better, but I know that would be an instant ban.

Link?

magus · « **Reply #8194 on:** October 24, 2011, 05:12:46 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on October 24, 2011, 04:47:17 PM

So apparently Uncharted 3 got an 8/10 from some magazine, and it's an absolute crisis.

I desperately want to troll about how Skyward Sword must be better, but I know that would be an instant ban.

I SAY WE CAN GET A 100 PAGE THREAD IF WE GET A REVIEW THAT GIVES 8 TO SKYWARD SWORD

ACTUALY I SAID 100? 150! WE CAN AIM FOR 150!

spoiler (click to show/hide)

that place is so stupid and sometimes i worry it rubs on me

[close]

Barry Egan · « **Reply #8195 on:** October 24, 2011, 05:12:53 PM »

Just reading a few pages of that made me depressed.

Tasty · « **Reply #8196 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:02:19 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32102086&postcount=3251

Quote from: Stoney Mason on October 24, 2011, 09:30:40 AM

It's Apple versus Mac.

magus · « **Reply #8197 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:07:01 PM »

i know this isn't related to GAF but....

http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=164523
http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=164611

poor little buddy,posting video of 360 games while waiting for the wii u release isn't probably doing him any good for his psyche

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #8198 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:10:31 PM »

Quote from: Andrex on October 24, 2011, 07:02:19 PM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32102086&postcount=3251

Quote from: Stoney Mason on October 24, 2011, 09:30:40 AM
It's Apple versus Mac.

yeah had a brainfart there.

Also yeah you can expect that sort of attitude from GAF. The only good review is a review that confirms their already held opinion before even playing a game.

brob · « **Reply #8199 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:11:59 PM »

oh jeez @ the eurogamer meltdowns.

Broseidon · « **Reply #8200 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:15:08 PM »

The most pathetic shit I've ever seen on GAF.

brob · « **Reply #8201 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:18:41 PM »

My memory might be playing tricks on me but I remember the 8.8 debacle being worse.

Broseidon · « **Reply #8202 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:25:53 PM »

I didn't experience that, thankfully.

Oblivion · « **Reply #8203 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:29:43 PM »

The first Uncharted never lit the world on fire, so I have no idea why Sony fans would expect the sequel would achieve 10s accross the board. It was never a top tier title to begin with, and the biggest thing it had going for it was the megatextures and other graphical whizbangs and what have you.

Hell, they should be glad that it's gotten the amount of 9's+ as it has at the moment.

Tasty · « **Reply #8204 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:30:31 PM »

I do remember 8.8 being bad, not even on NeoGAF but just in the Nintendo circles I ran in back then. But back then, nobody expected reviews to really differ on AAA games like they sometimes do today. It was more expected they all fall in a neat little line, whereas today, either reviewers feel more bold about their opinions or they legitimately want attention. Like today, I'm expecting 7 or 8/10 reviews for SS, and I just care much less about reviews in general.

Doesn't excuse such execrable posts, though.

Quote from: Stoney Mason on October 24, 2011, 07:10:31 PM

yeah had a brainfart there.

You might be able to make the argument that Apple is paying more attention to iOS and neglecting their Mac products, but it's harder to make that argument since Lion.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #8205 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:34:36 PM »

Quote from: Andrex on October 24, 2011, 07:30:31 PM

You might be able to make the argument that Apple is paying more attention to iOS and neglecting their Mac products, but it's harder to make that argument since Lion.

Nah. I meant Windows versus MacOs. Or just in the general the windows versus mac debate.

brob · « **Reply #8206 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:41:51 PM »

half tuck > do-rag

Tasty · « **Reply #8207 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:47:11 PM »

Quote from: Wrath2X on October 24, 2011, 07:45:43 PM

People still fucking care about metacritic and gamerankings?

You know what they're you're posting in, right?

Broseidon · « **Reply #8208 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:49:04 PM »

I cant enjoy a game if some perfect stranger says it's not the best thing sincce penicillin.

Even though I've never played it.

And it's exactly the same as the previous 2 ones.

brob · « **Reply #8209 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:53:25 PM »

Played maybe fifteen minutes of uncharted 1. isn't it just the same as uncharted 2 except with less 'production value'?

brob · « **Reply #8210 on:** October 24, 2011, 07:58:34 PM »

ludology states that video games are only as good as their mechanics and the interactivity available to the player through them.

Tasty · « **Reply #8211 on:** October 24, 2011, 08:17:48 PM »

Quote from: Wrath2X on October 24, 2011, 07:50:47 PM

Quote from: Andrex on October 24, 2011, 07:47:11 PM
Quote from: Wrath2X on October 24, 2011, 07:45:43 PM
People still fucking care about metacritic and gamerankings?

You know what they're you're posting in, right?

wait, wat?

We're bitching about GAF, who of course have people that care about that stuff. Duh.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #8212 on:** October 24, 2011, 08:41:49 PM »

I legit like and respect Uncharted. Unlike a lot of Sony franchises (See Resistance or Killzone or others) it actually deserves real merit and praise imo.

Some fans like to try to pretend its outside of the shooter category through to give it more cred or something which tickles me. The light platforming and light puzzle solving in that game are enjoyable but the bulk of the game you spend shooting people in the face or mowing down waves of enemies like most other shooters. (or watching cutscenes)

Good game though. Good production values in it especially.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #8213 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:49:44 PM »

cool breeze · « **Reply #8214 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:53:59 PM »

uncharted 2 (and 3) have the best set piece moments in games. the shooting and movement still feel great, specificity your character's mobility, but it's not the reason to play the game. I barely touched Uncharted 2 multiplayer. it's all about the pacing, situations and environment for me. Like, the section in Uncharted 2 when you're jumping between moving vehicles was incredible. Playing it earlier this year, it is still incredible. Those moments are unmatched by any other game.

that said, the fans are nutso. I'll never understand what they're trying to accomplish by being acting so belligerent and idiotic. I saw subhumans complaining about the possibility of Jeff Gerstmann reviewing Skyward Sword because he might give it a bad score. Because, like, he's free to have an opinion as long as he never ever expresses it. Think Zelda is an 8/10? take it to the grave.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #8215 on:** October 24, 2011, 10:00:20 PM »

I don't see anyone making death threats to the writer of the review so I guess it isn't quite as bad as 8.8.

etiolate · « **Reply #8216 on:** October 24, 2011, 10:14:40 PM »

The problem is these sites continue to use numbers to relate quality and then have 15 year olds do the reviews. Some run of the mill game is going to get a 9 and some big game is going to get an 8.5 and voila! Internet hyerpmania.

Vizzys · « **Reply #8217 on:** October 24, 2011, 10:17:14 PM »

7.9 sounds about right to me

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8218 on:** October 24, 2011, 10:22:09 PM »

I thought Sunshine was very fun. But then again I was a Gamecube exclusive gamer

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #8219 on:** October 24, 2011, 10:23:14 PM »

Sunshine is one of the best sci-fi movies in the last decade

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