Alright, so, I've been watching this since the beginning. I've never liked it, but apparently, other people do. So I kept watching it, because I wanted to see what it is other people like about it. That, and that this series seems to have the effect of a train wreck on me. For all my effort to ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist, I can't help but come back week after week to impose it on my poor, helpless eyes. I'm honestly surprised that the Escapist is going to do a Season Two, with all the negative reviews Game Dogs has been receiving.
So far, the only character in this show that's even remotely likable is Bob, and only then because he's such a stark contrast from the one-dimensional characters of the rest of the cast. Most of the jokes are either "they're dogs, guys! DOGS! ISN'T THAT FUNNY? *twitch*", or misogyny, which only make me roll my eyes.
I wish I could offer some constructive advice, point out something you guys have done right and encourage you to move farther in that direction, but... Honestly, I've seen nothing in this series that amuses me. While I understand that other people like this story, I can't for the life of me comprehend why.
Most of the comments explaining this that I've seen claim that the high point of the show is not the comedy, but the character development.
...
I'm still confused.
Character development? What character development?
There's Gary. I can't remember any lines he's had where he doesn't shout something about firing people. He doesn't even say why he hates the only employees he has working in his branch of the company, he just rants.
And rants.
And rants.
Like what I'm doing, only with more repetition.
What's his motivation? Why did Mr Yee relocate him? Has he had bad childhood experiences with video games? Hell, I'd be able to relate to that, I mean, I can't play Star Craft because the first game I ever played... *shudder*
Aaaanyway. Then we've got Beth. I think her name's Beth. She could also be called The Girl, because that's really all she is. She's the character with boobs to make other boobed watchers (like me! =D) feel happy and included. Good work with that, by the way. She's totally made up for all the misogynistic jokes. Yep. I'm not bitter, nope. She's annoying, honestly, if only because her habit to pronounce "sigh" and "grr" as words and not actual onomatopoeia is... grating, to put it nicely. Which as character traits go is an interesting idea on paper, but did not work out. At all. It was mentioned, in a throw away "Oh, hey, we need a reason for her to be here" sort of way, that she's an artist. So that's cool. But once the sketchbook was put away and the story continued, she returned to her one-dimensional, boob-providing role in the "story". For all her complaints about sexism in the workplace, she never does anything about it. In fact, her protests seem to be simply token, which makes me wonder about the motives of the producers when they created her...
Then there's... what's his face. The white one. Who does the coding. Whatever his name is. I honestly don't care enough to remember it. Which is odd, because he's the most developed of the three main characters. He's not good with girls, he is good with computers, he has a sword, he kicks ass at Dungeons and Dragons. (No, I'm not calling it Dungeons and Dogs. Dungeons and Dogs is silly.) Actually, I'm starting to see a trend, now that I write it out.
Okay, so he's pretty much the embodiment of what every white male computer geek wants to see himself as, except with more fur. That's not really a bad thing, honestly. It makes it so that white male computer geeks can relate to him. That's an audience I'm left out of, but so far I doubt you guys really care about the women in your audience, so let's continue.
The last of the leading trio is... Chad. His name's Chad, right? Feth it, let's just pretend his name's Chad because I don't feel like going to look it up. Chad is... annoying. He's a slacker, which makes me wonder how he even got into the gaming industry to start with, he's misogynistic (oh, what a surprise), he gives his friends a hard time, he's a lazy bum...
I'd like to say Chad doesn't add anything to the show, but that isn't true, because he's the main character. Which is kind of depressing. Chad is completely unlikeable. That might just be me, though, since I tend to dislike lazy, wanna-be-womanizers.
Anyway, I'm gonna keep watching this series, because I'm masochistic I want to see where Russ and the crew are going to take Game Dogs, and see if it gets better. It's possible I'm the completely wrong audience for this series. Perhaps it is being aimed to people younger than I am. But then, we're talking about a website who's newest series is about strippers.
TL;DR: I don't see what the fuss is, and it needs to be improved, cut out the sexism plzthnx, but I'm going to keep watching anyway, because I want to see where it goes. Also: Complaincomplainwhinewhine.
