Mr Dave wrote:
I Believe I related my story of the two Japanese girls on the train talking about me. One thought I looked friendly, the other not so much.
When leaving, I thanked one of them.
When leaving, I thanked one of them.
I read that one!
Grim... wrote:
Mr Dave wrote:
I Believe I related my story of the two Japanese girls on the train talking about me. One thought I looked friendly, the other not so much.
When leaving, I thanked one of them.
When leaving, I thanked one of them.
I read that one!
Here, not there.
I'm not on reddit. There are some quite similar stories on there though.
Remember when we had a site called UpToJump? That was fun.
Mr Russell wrote:
Remember when we had a site called UpToJump? That was fun.
Yes! I'd love to take it over and run it myself but we lost the Twitter log in details. Not essential, but it would have been good to tie it all in together.
I'm not even sure we have the domain any more.
You're probably right. It has been ages since anything was done with it.
It struck me as the sort of thing that if we were to let it grow organically rather than trying to launch a complete fully featured site, we could get quite a bit of content just from posts. As in, don't try and provide feature rich reviews each time, but sometimes just someone's frustrations with a Dark Souls boss or something would provide entertainment, and there could be a whole swathe of content just lifted from posts here (even if you needed to co-opt the POTW button to become a 'consider this for site inclusion' button).
Mr Russell wrote:
(even if you needed to co-opt the POTW button to become a 'consider this for site inclusion' button).
I'm fairly sure we had something like that for UTJ. I remember writing it.
Grim... wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
(even if you needed to co-opt the POTW button to become a 'consider this for site inclusion' button).
I'm fairly sure we had something like that for UTJ. I remember writing it.
Could it have been an additonal reason on the mods 'report this post' button?
Was it the 'bits of beex' site?
TheVision wrote:
Was it the 'bits of beex' site?
Ah yes, that was it. It posted to Tumblr.
Grim... wrote:
TheVision wrote:
Was it the 'bits of beex' site?
Ah yes, that was it. It posted to Tumblr.
Heh, I don't remember that, but found the link by Googling:
http://beteo.tumblr.com/
I'm thinking about doing video reviews of low-budget games like World of Subways 3 and Jalopy - would be happy to include those under the Beex banner.
I wonder why we stopped doing bits.of.beex
Oh, I've taken a look - it's because Lave is stupid and doesn't like We Will Rock You. Stupid Lave.
Oh, I've taken a look - it's because Lave is stupid and doesn't like We Will Rock You. Stupid Lave.
Man, did I dislike surface detail!
Reading Sat's review of Halo: Reach, it's interesting to see how his review-style has evolved. Much prefer Nu-Sat.
Where is Nu-Sat?
Where is Nu-Sat?
Findus Fop wrote:
Where is Nu-Sat?
He's taking a break. He's all right.
Findus Fop wrote:
Reading Sat's review of Halo: Reach, it's interesting to see how his review-style has evolved. Much prefer Nu-Sat.
Where is Nu-Sat?
Where is Nu-Sat?
On hiatus.
Yay! Site resurgence!
TheVision wrote:
Yay! Site resurgence!
Certainly there seems to be some enthusiasm, but let's not get ahead of ourselves
Lonewolves wrote:
I'm thinking about doing video reviews of low-budget games like World of Subways 3 and Jalopy - would be happy to include those under the Beex banner.
I still think the Yes Chefs should do a YouTube cookery show.
Mr Russell wrote:
TheVision wrote:
Yay! Site resurgence!
Certainly there seems to be some enthusiasm, but let's not get ahead of ourselves
Too late... Yay! Site resurgence!
I no longer own the domain, it seems.
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Didn't I transfer it to you, Vis?
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Didn't I transfer it to you, Vis?
Lonewolves wrote:
I'm thinking about doing video reviews of low-budget games like World of Subways 3 and Jalopy - would be happy to include those under the Beex banner.
Jalopy review wrote:
Brown. Cars like bumming you
Easy.
Nope, it's for sale. Huh.
I did ask about having it but I think it had already lapsed by the time I got there and like I say, I gave up once I hit a brick wall with getting the Twitter username transferred to me. The Twitter help people were useless.
Why don't we rebrand anyway? Would be nice to have a fresh start.
I also have the domain objectivegamereviews.co.uk which I intend to use at some point.
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
TheVision wrote:
I did ask about having it but I think it had already lapsed by the time I got there and like I say, I gave up once I hit a brick wall with getting the Twitter username transferred to me. The Twitter help people were useless.
Which Twitter username? @UpToJump? Because I have that.
Cras wrote:
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
I'm sure this is genuine, but I can't help but read it as sarcastic.
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
TheVision wrote:
I did ask about having it but I think it had already lapsed by the time I got there and like I say, I gave up once I hit a brick wall with getting the Twitter username transferred to me. The Twitter help people were useless.
Which Twitter username? @UpToJump? Because I have that.
Oh hell yeah. Someone buy the domain name back, quick!
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
TheVision wrote:
I did ask about having it but I think it had already lapsed by the time I got there and like I say, I gave up once I hit a brick wall with getting the Twitter username transferred to me. The Twitter help people were useless.
Which Twitter username? @UpToJump? Because I have that.
That's the one. Are you sure? I think I asked you at the time and you said that you didn't. I think we got as far as Chinny possibly having it? But anyway, if you do have it.. Yes, let's use that!
Cras wrote:
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
It will be a joke site mainly, satirising those kinds of gamers who believe that a review should be objective and not include opinions or 'political agenda' (which is impossible as that is what a review is). So basically each review will say "This is a game. You can play it on the PS4 and PC. It uses a controller. There are 12 levels.', etc. Each score will be 10/10 because it will say 'Graphics: 10 - it has graphics; Sound: 10 - it has sound'
Lonewolves wrote:
Cras wrote:
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
It will be a joke site mainly, satirising those kinds of gamers who believe that a review should be objective and not include opinions or 'political agenda' (which is impossible as that is what a review is). So basically each review will say "This is a game. You can play it on the PS4 and PC. It uses a controller. There are 12 levels.', etc. Each score will be 10/10 because it will say 'Graphics: 10 - it has graphics; Sound: 10 - it has sound'
http://www.destructoid.com/100-objectiv ... 9178.phtml
Quote:
A few people have claimed recently that they want completely objective and unbiased reviews lacking personal opinion. I have been criticized for using my own feelings and thoughts when writing a review, which I am informed is actually a bad way to review videogames. My latest Jimquisition video tackled this subject, but the critics didn't understand it.
With that in mind, I have decided to actually put their "objective reviews can be written" theory to the test and am now re-reviewing a game in a manner that completely negates subjective and personal thought. I decided to use Final Fantasy XIII, one of Destructoid's most controversial reviews, as the guinea pig, so please enjoy this brand-new review -- untainted by opinion, uncolored by emotion, and unclouded by my own personal thoughts.
Does it make for a better, more insightful, ultimately more useful review? I can't say ... I don't have an opinion on the matter!
With that in mind, I have decided to actually put their "objective reviews can be written" theory to the test and am now re-reviewing a game in a manner that completely negates subjective and personal thought. I decided to use Final Fantasy XIII, one of Destructoid's most controversial reviews, as the guinea pig, so please enjoy this brand-new review -- untainted by opinion, uncolored by emotion, and unclouded by my own personal thoughts.
Does it make for a better, more insightful, ultimately more useful review? I can't say ... I don't have an opinion on the matter!
Quote:
Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 [reviewed])
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Released: March 9, 2010
MSRP: $59.99
Final Fantasy XIII is a videogame released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was developed by Square Enix. It stars characters. One of the characters is called Lightning and that is the main character of the game that can be played with a controller. The game's story is about Lightning and a collection of other characters who must fight some other characters called Fal'Sie and save a planet called Cocoon. The story has a beginning and an ending and a middle bit.
Final Fantasy XIII belongs to the role-playing-game genre of videogames, more specifically a genre that some people dub "JRPG" with "J" standing for Japanese. Final Fantasy XIII was developed in Japan which would make this genre designation accurate. The game has things in it that other JRPGs have, such as leveling up and weapons and shops.
The battle system is a battle system. In this battle system players select commands for one character while other characters are controlled by the game's AI. Players can manually designate commands or let the AI decide which course of action is best. There is a system called the Paradigm shift which is new to Final Fantasy XIII and it allows players to pre-program how characters behave and the player can swap these behavior patterns whenever they want during a battle to deal with different circumstances. Many people enjoy the Paradigm system, but other people do not like it so much.
Players have the ability to restart a battle if it does not go well which you may or may not find useful depending on your personal preference. You might also find weapon leveling useful but that's only if you find weapon leveling useful, so whether or not you find weapon leveling useful is down to how useful you ultimately find weapon leveling.
You can save the game if you want sometimes.
The videogame has graphics and sound. The graphics are seen with your eyes and the sound is heard by your ears. When you start the game the graphics and the sound will occur almost at the same time, letting you know that the game has started. There is also text which players can read.
If you buy Final Fantasy XIII and like it, then you like Final Fantasy XIII. If you buy Final Fantasy XIII and don't like it, then you don't like Final Fantasy XIII. It has things in it that some people might enjoy but other people who have different ideas of what is enjoyable may not actually enjoy it.
In conclusion, Final Fantasy XIII is a videogame.
Score: N/A (Since a reviewer would use his judgment to give a game a score, a score cannot be given at this time.)
Maybe destructoid would like to buy the domain name.
Yes, I've seen a few joke reviews before using that style, but only as one-offs. Except now I've just found http://www.objectivegamereviews.com/ looking for another example and I guess I'll just have a little cry.
Perhaps you could team up? Be the UK side of the site reviewing things exclusive to the UK?
Or just do what they do, only better.
Or just do what they do, only better.
TheVision wrote:
Perhaps you could team up? Be the UK side of the site reviewing things exclusive to the UK?
Or just do what they do, only better.
Or just do what they do, only better.
Yeah I don't think it's actually all that great. Mine will be funnier and betterer.
Lonewolves wrote:
TheVision wrote:
Perhaps you could team up? Be the UK side of the site reviewing things exclusive to the UK?
Or just do what they do, only better.
Or just do what they do, only better.
Yeah I don't think it's actually all that great. Mine will be funnier and betterer.
Content is king. Just start doing it, and worry about the other stuff later.
Do it!
Mr Russell wrote:
Cras wrote:
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
I'm sure this is genuine, but I can't help but read it as sarcastic.
That would be because it was deeply sarcastic
I can't think of a blander name for a review site.EDIT - of course with the follow up of the explanation of what it would carry, that makes a lot of sense.
Cras wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
Cras wrote:
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
I'm sure this is genuine, but I can't help but read it as sarcastic.
That would be because it was deeply sarcastic
I can't think of a blander name for a review site.Thank you. That was the desired effect.
Cras wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
Cras wrote:
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
I'm sure this is genuine, but I can't help but read it as sarcastic.
That would be because it was deeply sarcastic
I can't think of a blander name for a review site.See now I feel slightly vindicated, because I assumed the best in you as a person, but also knew that you'd not miss an opportunity to mock myp.
Lonewolves wrote:
Yes, I've seen a few joke reviews before using that style, but only as one-offs. Except now I've just found http://www.objectivegamereviews.com/ looking for another example and I guess I'll just have a little cry.
Not giving you an excuse to cry but another objective example
http://www.polygon.com/forums/the-legen ... ive-review
Mr Russell wrote:
Cras wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
Cras wrote:
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
I'm sure this is genuine, but I can't help but read it as sarcastic.
That would be because it was deeply sarcastic
I can't think of a blander name for a review site.See now I feel slightly vindicated, because I assumed the best in you as a person, but also knew that you'd not miss an opportunity to mock myp.
*bows*
Lonewolves wrote:
Cras wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
Cras wrote:
You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream.
I'm sure this is genuine, but I can't help but read it as sarcastic.
That would be because it was deeply sarcastic
I can't think of a blander name for a review site.Thank you. That was the desired effect.
Yes indeed - I edited to acknowledge that
I'm going to start a site called subjectivereviews.com. I think it will be a real hit!
I bought comparethefuckwit.com a few years ago with the intention of having a thing on there where two photos of celebrity fuckwits were shown side by side and people had to vote for who they thought was the biggest fuckwit.
In true "reply to all button" fashion, I never got around to it, let the domain lapse, and now someone else has had more or less the same idea.
//edit: Now they've replaced it with just a photo of Trump.
In true "reply to all button" fashion, I never got around to it, let the domain lapse, and now someone else has had more or less the same idea.
//edit: Now they've replaced it with just a photo of Trump.