Prepare for X-Play! Adam Sessler and Morgen Webb to to Pre/Post Show for Bethesda's E3 Convention
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[QUOTE=Swiket;47858427]As opposed to doing it out of the kindness of their hearts?[/QUOTE]
Nice attempt at a dig, but there's no spin on the statement; there's also no spin in their level of quality being mediocre at best.
[QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;47857811]No he isn't (to the best of anyone's knowledge), but it's le ebin meme to say he is.
You might think it's libel to make these kind of assertions, but it's cool to attack him personally because he said he liked Gone Home.
[editline]1st June 2015[/editline]
could you not[/QUOTE]
As if that had shit to do with anything, other than the Gone Home devs being personal friends of his, and him failing to mention as much.
This is a guy who calls gamers "worse than biological terrorists" and then [I]literally[/I] screeches like a little girl when he finds out he has to buy his own playstation, quel surprise, quel horror, this is sparta
You know the kind of guy whom throws around the word "entitled" at anything not nailed down whilst embodying the principle in spades, the kind of guy whom says he can no longer consciously review games objectively because he's so concerned about where they're heading but doesn't bat an eye in joining a marketing think tank that pretty much sells content to the highest bidder no questions asked.
tl,dr: Your nostalgia is vastly overrated.
Well I see this thread is splendid so far.
30 posts in and folks are already pessimistic about this because of recent events.
I just love the internet.
I have zero clue about who these guys are. Anyone fancy for some explaining?
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;47858951]Well I see this thread is splendid so far.
30 posts in and folks are already pessimistic about this because of recent events.
I just love the internet.[/QUOTE]
Lets say you have a childhood friend who was the most cheerful motherfucker on the planet. Always a fun guy to be around. You lose contact with that friend for several years and when you finally meet him again, he's a mess. Overworked, shit attitude, making awful claims and judgments about people. Some time passes and you hear that he's throwing a party. Now will you go to that party expecting the same friend he was when you were growing up? Or will you be cautious? Or, god forbid, pessimistic that it will end well?
[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;47857067]Oh goodie.
He says with heavy sarcasm.
[editline]1st June 2015[/editline]
Adam will ask them about how inclusive they're being or some shit and Morgan will give the devs a 2/5 because the game won't have a crosshair.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=27X;47857212]Indeed.
Sound more akin to a nostalgia circlejerk than anything actually relevant.
Can't wait for Adam's crack filled "inclusive gaming that redefines gaming for gamers and people that love gaming" speech while Webb strips in the background.
You have to be a pretty bad at reporting to get let go from E!.[/QUOTE]
I don't know what you dudes are mad about but these are people who told dick-jokes about videogames on cable TV.
[QUOTE=BeardyDuck;47857042]let's hope the break from game journalism un-fried sessler's brain.[/QUOTE]
Hopefully he doesn't go on a tangent about whatever Bethesda announces being sexist. He's incredibly anti-consumer and when his views are challenged, he blocks them on twitter.
[QUOTE=Velocet;47859377]Hopefully he doesn't go on a tangent about whatever Bethesda announces being sexist. He's incredibly anti-consumer and when his views are challenged, he blocks them on twitter.[/QUOTE]
Guy who markets consumer products all his life is anti-consumer, that's a new one.
[QUOTE=thisispain;47859333]I don't know what you dudes are mad about but these are people who told dick-jokes about videogames on cable TV.[/QUOTE]
A lot of people don't realize that he didn't even write most, if any, of the reviews on X-Play.
He was basically just some guy on screen reading lines.
[QUOTE=Velocet;47859377]Hopefully he doesn't go on a tangent about whatever Bethesda announces being sexist. He's incredibly anti-consumer and when his views are challenged, he blocks them on twitter.[/QUOTE] I've seen people say this but I have never seen any proof.
[QUOTE=Captain;47858000]I thought people were giving Sessler shit because he compared gamers to ISIS?
Or am I thinking of someone else?[/QUOTE]
He never did as far as I know. Can FP please stop posting leading questions about people? I swear, every thread there's someone who posts "was this the guy who said that hitler was A-ok and wanted to do a puppy genocide or was that someone else?".
Either you're too lazy to google, or you're a coward who has to wrap his assertions in a question so that when you're called on it you can say that you're "just asking questions". I don't really appreciate either
No, he didn't say ISIS. He compared gamers to the clients of of chemical weapon dealers.
[QUOTE=27X;47858923]As if that had shit to do with anything, other than the Gone Home devs being personal friends of his, and him failing to mention as much.
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Can you source that? I googled it and came up with absolutely nothing.
[editline]2nd June 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=kilerabv;47860040]No, he didn't say ISIS. He compared gamers to the clients of of chemical weapon dealers.[/QUOTE]
So here's the tweet:
[url=https://twitter.com/adamsessler/status/398142694653837312]I think chemical weapons dealers have a more tolerable consumer base than videogames. I am truly embarrassed for this industry.[/url]
This statement is not only incredibly obvious hyperbole, but the goal is obviously to criticize the toxicity/anger of the gaming community and not to call gamers "worse than terrorists".
It's not a very good analogy, but you're really stretching meaning out of a Twitter post, and IMO Death of the Author doesn't really apply to social media
well this didn't take long to get offtopic;
lets take a trip down memory lane
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAUOPAdmdtM[/media]
[QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;47857811]No he isn't (to the best of anyone's knowledge), but it's le ebin meme to say he is.
You might think it's libel to make these kind of assertions, but it's cool to attack him personally because he said he liked Gone Home.
[editline]1st June 2015[/editline]
could you not[/QUOTE]
Making jokes on an internet forum is libel now?
[QUOTE=Kljunas;47860189]Making jokes on an internet forum is libel now?[/QUOTE]
If by "jokes" you mean asserting that he's a drug addict then yeah, I'd say it is.
[QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;47860195]If by "jokes" you mean asserting that he's a drug addict then yeah, I'd say it is.[/QUOTE]
is asserting that op is a homosexual libel too
Boy this thread is going downhill. Thank you for shitting it up everyone.
Clearly Bethesda doesn't have anything unannounced at e3 as why would they go to all this trouble to show off something
I just hope to fuck they don't plan anything with paid mods ever again
[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;47860164]well this didn't take long to get offtopic;
lets take a trip down memory lane
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAUOPAdmdtM[/media][/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's such a stellar memory lane...
[url]http://www.g4tv.com/videos/11835/red-orchestra/[/url]
Hold on while I cough up blood.
[QUOTE=Demeschik;47860201]is asserting that op is a homosexual libel too[/QUOTE]
First things first, "OP is a f**" is a stupid (and homophobic) meme and anyone who uses it should look inward and reconsider the life choices.
But moreover, here's a post from this very same thread:
[QUOTE=Solomon;47857290]The Sess is a cokehead?[/QUOTE]
That's already one person who (if nobody explained the joke) probably would have been convinced that Adam Sessler is in fact a drug addict. So I guess among other things if a joke is so shitty that people can't even tell it's a joke then it really isn't worth telling
I thought Sessler was just a cool dude who reviewed video games
[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;47860231]Yeah, it's such a stellar memory lane...
[URL]http://www.g4tv.com/videos/11835/red-orchestra/[/URL]
Hold on while I cough up blood.[/QUOTE]
I had a better time watching xplay over the incursion of cops into G4
[editline]2nd June 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=AcidAmbience;47860304]I thought Sessler was just a cool dude who reviewed video games[/QUOTE]
Yeah and it should be pretty cool to see him with Webb again at the conference. I'm so anticipating all the edited e3 videos this year
[QUOTE=Diet Kane;47859469]A lot of people don't realize that he didn't even write most, if any, of the reviews on X-Play.
He was basically just some guy on screen reading lines.[/QUOTE]
and totally unafraid to throw said writer under the bus when people didn't like said review.
[QUOTE=Velocet;47859377]Hopefully he doesn't go on a tangent about whatever Bethesda announces being sexist. He's incredibly anti-consumer and when his views are challenged, he blocks them on twitter.[/QUOTE]
It's okay, Beth is going to supply him with Meth and Cocaine.
[QUOTE=Dom Pyroshark;47859011]I have zero clue about who these guys are. Anyone fancy for some explaining?[/QUOTE]
They hosted a US television series called X-Play where they would do reviews and skits about video games. This was in the early to mid 2000's so for a lot of us it was a legitimate source of gaming news and a big part of our interest in gaming. It was a pretty funny show too and they were great hosts. Basically they were an OG gaming news outlet that was enjoyable and honest.
Then the show ended and Adam stayed involved in gaming journalism (but I don't think anyone really cared about him anymore) and I don't think anyone has heard much of Morgan since.
Oh and I guess everyone hates Adam now?
[QUOTE=thisispain;47859333]I don't know what you dudes are mad about but these are people who told dick-jokes about videogames on cable TV.[/QUOTE]
Its a long story.
[editline]2nd June 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;47860195]If by "jokes" you mean asserting that he's a drug addict then yeah, I'd say it is.[/QUOTE]
And he's a public figure in the US. We can say whatever.
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