Game Dogs: Episode 10: E3
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I had to make an account just to reply to this episode. Im not a professional reviewer or critic, but i do have some things to say about the series. First of all, the first few episodes.... they were ok, i did like the dnd references, because it was a starting place, something to get the intended audience into the show, even if it wasnt done very well. The next few episodes just started to dissapoint, and ill refer to the people here, in this episode saying "Oh i loved that reference, this show is on the road to better horizons."
I have to disagree, when a show is made up of alot of other references, it throws originality out the window, and lets the creators think of who they are going to rip off next, i can see this show slowly going down to a crawl and going nowhere shouting OVER 9000 and LEEROY JENKINS at eachother for about 5 minutes. I want to say this episode was a let down, a big let down. The start, i was hoping things were getting better, it started out mildly funny, setting the story for this week. Then the booth *****, ok, for a few seconds that was funny, but then it was killed by mr yee, or whatever his name is.
Dont try overlong jokes, especially with how you did it. Im a furry, and even that disturbed me, and just wasnt funny at the end of the joke. The revealing his male part was more of a desperate attempt for crude laughs, but if it were a female, that might have been funnier. The end... Well, what can i say about that, disturbing to even a furry, though the only way this episode could have been redeemed was the look on bobs face, that was the only good thing about this episode. Throw the references out the window and come up with some originality, like the satan's retrievers, thats something going for you, build on the game, not on lame jokes trying to cater to the mentally handicapped who watch this show.
I have to disagree, when a show is made up of alot of other references, it throws originality out the window, and lets the creators think of who they are going to rip off next, i can see this show slowly going down to a crawl and going nowhere shouting OVER 9000 and LEEROY JENKINS at eachother for about 5 minutes. I want to say this episode was a let down, a big let down. The start, i was hoping things were getting better, it started out mildly funny, setting the story for this week. Then the booth *****, ok, for a few seconds that was funny, but then it was killed by mr yee, or whatever his name is.
Dont try overlong jokes, especially with how you did it. Im a furry, and even that disturbed me, and just wasnt funny at the end of the joke. The revealing his male part was more of a desperate attempt for crude laughs, but if it were a female, that might have been funnier. The end... Well, what can i say about that, disturbing to even a furry, though the only way this episode could have been redeemed was the look on bobs face, that was the only good thing about this episode. Throw the references out the window and come up with some originality, like the satan's retrievers, thats something going for you, build on the game, not on lame jokes trying to cater to the mentally handicapped who watch this show.
Wow, just...wow. That kind of blew my mind a little.
I like Gary's intro. Like "Collarseum"...cute touches. And nice to see them really moving along and getting somewhere outside of their workspace, too. Poor Roger, again--what's he gonna have to do to eventually get through to Chet? Anyway, that's a most highly intriguing game trailer there. OMG Satan killed a penguin. ;_; Lotta thought obviously went into that lengthy disclaimer thing, which was funny from what I read of it.
Hm...where was Beth, anyway?
Well, the whole booth ***** thing was pretty amazing. (Among my first thoughts was, "Wow, I have a shirt rather similar to hers..." I mean, his.) Mr. Yee. Holy moly, Mr. Pervy Yee. "Stimulating...arousing? Happy things!" "Can I lick your face?" No, I couldn't tell at all that he'd been drinking. xD;;; Or was definitely on something. (Which the creators might also have been whilst making this ep!) And of course the majorly awkward butt-sniffage that went on forever and the "you're not really female" revelation...umm, good stuff! >;-3
Hold on a second though, are you telling me there've been little clips after the credits on ALL the videos and this is just the first time I happened to watch all the way through?! Oy vey. Well, at any rate, POOR POOR BOB is all I have to say. Holy gee that was funny in a slightly disturbing (not necessarily a bad thing) way.
Overall, certainly among the best episodes thus far!
I like Gary's intro. Like "Collarseum"...cute touches. And nice to see them really moving along and getting somewhere outside of their workspace, too. Poor Roger, again--what's he gonna have to do to eventually get through to Chet? Anyway, that's a most highly intriguing game trailer there. OMG Satan killed a penguin. ;_; Lotta thought obviously went into that lengthy disclaimer thing, which was funny from what I read of it.
Hm...where was Beth, anyway?
Well, the whole booth ***** thing was pretty amazing. (Among my first thoughts was, "Wow, I have a shirt rather similar to hers..." I mean, his.) Mr. Yee. Holy moly, Mr. Pervy Yee. "Stimulating...arousing? Happy things!" "Can I lick your face?" No, I couldn't tell at all that he'd been drinking. xD;;; Or was definitely on something. (Which the creators might also have been whilst making this ep!) And of course the majorly awkward butt-sniffage that went on forever and the "you're not really female" revelation...umm, good stuff! >;-3
Hold on a second though, are you telling me there've been little clips after the credits on ALL the videos and this is just the first time I happened to watch all the way through?! Oy vey. Well, at any rate, POOR POOR BOB is all I have to say. Holy gee that was funny in a slightly disturbing (not necessarily a bad thing) way.
Overall, certainly among the best episodes thus far!
......it was not imitating soft-core porn. It was imitating a video that you have not seen and assume that it was soft-core porn because you have not seen said video.Bakaferret said:
This episode really put me off...
Well, not all the humor- the scrolling text and the "sam and max collarseum" was cute, but the whole thing got turned into awkward sexual tension at the rear-sniffing.
I do prefer more friendly humor than most people, yes, but I personally like it a lot more when people getting backstabbed by karma for being a jerk.
Comedy tends to polarize characters, and there is deifinitely a sort of conflict established between the two protagonists. Either emphasize the party boy/hard worker duality or dissolve it; I feel awkward not knowing whether I should be empathizing with someone or not.
Well, not all the humor- the scrolling text and the "sam and max collarseum" was cute, but the whole thing got turned into awkward sexual tension at the rear-sniffing.
I do prefer more friendly humor than most people, yes, but I personally like it a lot more when people getting backstabbed by karma for being a jerk.
Comedy tends to polarize characters, and there is deifinitely a sort of conflict established between the two protagonists. Either emphasize the party boy/hard worker duality or dissolve it; I feel awkward not knowing whether I should be empathizing with someone or not.
That was weird...like newgrounds weird man...I guess this show is stuck on my list of "web shows to watch" now.It's awsome though that this episode was so much more different from the rest,good to know that you guys can change from the normal "office" theme.
Like many others, I'm just going to throw in my two cents for what it matters.
Interesting episode, I had a good but mildly hesitant laugh. This episode did what not many others have done: include a plethora of references. I had a feeling this was bound to happen in order to appeal to an audience. Prior episodes had a sense of originality, but there were some who probably disliked it. Adding popular culture references and internet memes has its benefits and drawbacks, and from what I?ve read so far, generates mixed audience reception. Then again, you cannot satisfy everyone.
It seems Game Dogs will have to make a choice in the near future: will it succumb to popular references as a source of its humour, or utilize the creator?s own jokes with an occasional vague reference? Although this is an unfair comparison, if we look at XKCD or Zero Punctuation for example, they have a mix of original wit and an occasional meme with a twist. Perhaps Game Dogs could benefit with original humour, and more subtle references.
Tl; dr version: Game Dogs is promising; it just needs to choose who they will target as their primary audience: geeks, gamers, console ?gamers?, furries, computer enthusiast, Satanists etc. Also making wise choices of where and when to use popular references wouldn?t hurt.
Interesting episode, I had a good but mildly hesitant laugh. This episode did what not many others have done: include a plethora of references. I had a feeling this was bound to happen in order to appeal to an audience. Prior episodes had a sense of originality, but there were some who probably disliked it. Adding popular culture references and internet memes has its benefits and drawbacks, and from what I?ve read so far, generates mixed audience reception. Then again, you cannot satisfy everyone.
It seems Game Dogs will have to make a choice in the near future: will it succumb to popular references as a source of its humour, or utilize the creator?s own jokes with an occasional vague reference? Although this is an unfair comparison, if we look at XKCD or Zero Punctuation for example, they have a mix of original wit and an occasional meme with a twist. Perhaps Game Dogs could benefit with original humour, and more subtle references.
Tl; dr version: Game Dogs is promising; it just needs to choose who they will target as their primary audience: geeks, gamers, console ?gamers?, furries, computer enthusiast, Satanists etc. Also making wise choices of where and when to use popular references wouldn?t hurt.
There's a trope for that [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyLongGag].Jim Grim said:
And... err... yeah. Brain bleach please.
A chore to watch. I feel like I have every debilitating disease and condition on that list. At once. Yes, that includes death.
This show is something completely different from what it started out as. This is something that I was hinting towards wanting but it took that idea and ran across America with it. It's not original anymore except for the creepy and lame dog puns. This show is dropping pop culture references for a cheap laugh in much the same way as Family Guy did before people started to take notice.
Not being a transvestite/sexual/gender person nor being affiliated with any, I could see this being extremely offensive to any of said people. Putting a transvestite character in the same shoes as a psychotic, deranged, and anti-social serial killer like Buffalo Bill's shoes is the same, to me at least, as putting a modern stereotypical German in a Nazi uniform and immitating stock footage of him acting out atrocities in Auschwitz because that's the only thing you think of when associating that character with his cultural background.
I may be over thinking things a little bit, and I have no right to call judgment on something I am not affiliated to in any regard, but in a world where someone cries fowl and starts to sue at a person referring to breasts as... Breasts... I don't think it was tasteful at all. When Family Guy did it, and when Clerks did it, they were out of context and completely random.
Not being a transvestite/sexual/gender person nor being affiliated with any, I could see this being extremely offensive to any of said people. Putting a transvestite character in the same shoes as a psychotic, deranged, and anti-social serial killer like Buffalo Bill's shoes is the same, to me at least, as putting a modern stereotypical German in a Nazi uniform and immitating stock footage of him acting out atrocities in Auschwitz because that's the only thing you think of when associating that character with his cultural background.
I may be over thinking things a little bit, and I have no right to call judgment on something I am not affiliated to in any regard, but in a world where someone cries fowl and starts to sue at a person referring to breasts as... Breasts... I don't think it was tasteful at all. When Family Guy did it, and when Clerks did it, they were out of context and completely random.
I can understand that you may not have gotten around to watching Silence of the Lambs. I can understand not immediately getting the reference when you watched it. But did you... Miss the dozens of people in the comments talking about how much they liked the Buffalo Bill thing at the end? Or the video someone posted of when Clerks II did it? Because I'm not sure how you could understand the reference, and still compare it to "softcore porn", when it's... Y'know, not. At no point was it ever. It was imitating a horror movie. And not one of those teen horror movies with pointless nudity and sex jokes.Bakaferret said:
Moreso than Buffalo Bill himself? Really? Seems like a really strange thing to be offended by. I mean, sure, you could probably find someone, but that's true of anything - I doubt most cross-gender people would get offended by a SotL reference. When you think of Buffalo Bill, you think "it puts the lotion on its skin", not "crazy fictional character who kills people as a direct result of being a transvestite and therefore all transgender people are ticking time bombs by relation". I wouldn't worry about it.FiveHitcombo said:
