Game Dogs: The Hand of Fate

[Kekon3]

Ya know what guys? Bring Doomsday Arcade back, make them your main show, don't throw them off to the side because as bad as it was, its sure as hell better than this, (and definitley apocalypse lane)

 

[GODoftheRIGOVERSE]

No way did anybody die 2 main characters in one episode no way because then the series would suck this is more like a tree house of horror episode on the simpsons

 

[my_ledge_ends]

To everyone who thinks Game Dogs was an exclusively "white humor" show, where were you during the episodes with excessive swearing, brutal maimings, implied intercourse with transsexuals, and MR YIE HAVING HIS SKULLCAP BLOWN OFF?

Hm? I missed the maimings. When was that?

There was the episode with the stabbings, and I seem to remember there was an episode where Jennifer got bloodied up. Also, the Satan's Retriever game.

 

[Fr]anc[is]

I like the comments about it all being a prank or a joke. Know what? That would be even worse. It's one thing to make a stupid idea to try and save a show using shock value. It's another to brutally murder one character, and then spit in the eyes of everyone who's ever had a loved one/friend commit suicide AS A JOKE.

once again: i bet this is a non canon early halloween episode.

That doesn't really change anything.

 

[Dudeio]

That is just sick, I'm never watching this show again, Geez. Did'ya really think that it would bring more viewers?!

 

[Stabby Joe]

Despite my previous casual post about the episode, I just went back to watch AFTER the credits (I stopped before last time) since people were mentioning suicide that I don't recall before and THAT was pretty shocking.

 

[Caleb Galley]

This series sucks now, just kill off all the characters. That seems to be the theme now, just kill everybody. Hey its easier than just saying they moved to Alaska or something, just everybody and nobody will care... ya... good going. I'm not watching a single Game Dogs after this one. I know that any series will start sucking after they eliminate one of the main characters, and this one is not an exception. I'm not putting up with it. Count me out.

 

[Zaph]

Haha! Uhm. Wow! Ok, I'm back on board for this show.
The first season was pretty dull, but the second season showed some promise with the opening, and I thought the war flashback was pretty funny, but after that it got back to the regular Game Dogging, which I find mostly unfunny.
But this...! Man. Where did this come from?
This episode felt genuinely shocking and disturbing! And also, quite funny. Who would have thunk it!
Anyway, I like this now! Wonder where this'll lead to, if it's a one-off kinda thing or if the show's just messed up now.
I prefer messed up! I might be a bit weird though.

 

[Flamma Man]

Wow...

Guys, that was just awful and I hope this series now losses narrative to continue and tanks, because this is just a waste of space on The Escapist now. I didn't mind this show before when it just wasn't funny, but really?

Spoiler

He beats her to death after running her over? Seriously? And don't give me that shit about "It's a reference to American Psycho" it doesn't excuse the poor taste and execution.

I mean, I knew one of them was going to die and was kinda interested in how you guys would do it, but that was just absolutely tasteless.

If you guys are this desperate for hits, then that's just sad.

Oh and the suicide at the end, classy guys!

P.S

Don't give me "If you didn't like the show in the first place, don't watch it." They had all the potential to make this a good, even funny episode and end up making...this.

 

[Slash47]

That wasn't funny or offensive even, just completely pointless and stupid.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Hahaha, she is finally dead!


Dark episode Russ, dark episode... I would have made her die in a much more humorous manner. This wasn't the greatest way you could have pulled this off.

[sub][sub][sub]But! The legal jokes were funny![/sub][/sub][/sub]

 

[willgreg123]

I wasn't shocked when Beth got hit, but I was irked. I had assumed the Hand of Fate thing was a joke, because the concept of choosing a character to die by playing a flash game was so obviously, incredibly bad and I assumed the Game Dogs people, who had actually started being funny as of the second season, would realize that. Headless Kevin and Mr. Yee getting shot in the face was funny, because both of them were clearly unharmed, which created a bizarre juxtaposition between the expected effects of the gore and what actually happened. Bob's suddenly going nuts was a good way to turn an uninteresting character into a more entertaining one. The knives episode was probably the funniest Game Dogs ever, because while I never really burst out laughing, I was smiling through nearly the whole thing.

You know what I was expecting? I was expecting this to all just be a dream, or a fantasy, or something. I had kind of assumed, particularly when Bob was beating Beth's not-quite-corpse and ranting on about it, that this was all going to end up being a Take That to a forums community which I assumed was calling for blood, something in the vein of "do you see how incredibly STUPID that would have been? Yes? Okay, good, let's move on." But no, you were actually DEAD SERIOUS when you thought this would be funny. Everything that was actually funny about this episode (the stuff with the lawbook, mostly) could've been done without killing anyone, or by just killing a faceless extra.

And the suicide? Did you consider actually making a joke about that bit? Or somehow actually making your comedy show comedic? Just a thought.

As for "the four clues," if this were any other episode, I'd watch it once or twice more to try and find them. Heck, I watched the knives episode twice just because it was funny. But this episode sucked, everything you've been doing right in season two was probably accidental, and trying to sift through clues to dig up plot points in a series that's likely going to go even further downhill from here will just be a waste of my time.

Irked is a good word for it...

I'm with you 100%, this could've been done in several, far more tasteful ways, but they went strictly for the most offensive route to guarantee the most nerd rage. It now seems they're fully aware that this series is dependent on crying fans, and now they're just encouraging it.

I feel kind of bad for joining in on the bitching, (not that I'm saying you're bitching, I want to give you props for your well constructed criticism) but you know what? It's completely justified. Having a vote, then switching the victor for the loser of the vote at the last second, that's low. Even though I didn't care who died (though I like Roger and was hoping he wasn't really going to die) now as someone who like(d) the show, they've FORCED me to care, it makes me feel used and stupid for even taking place in the vote, even if I only participated for laughs.

And I really hate the argument "No one's making you watch this!" Sure, no one's MAKING me watch this, but for those of us who've been watching this series since it came out, liked it and wanted to see it get better, this is a complete slap in the face out of left field. It's especially insulting because you're right, this could have been done without the killing of a cast member, or if it was necessary, it could have MEANT something. But nope, no message, no point, no punch line, just "DEAD, HAHA, the person you didn't vote for died in a horribly tasteless way! Pfffff, screw you very small loyal fanbase!" Oh wow, and now they gave me a badge for it... please tell me I can delete this thing, I'm ashamed to have even been apart of that pointless vote.

I'm also convinced anything they where doing right before was purely on accident, this just proves to me that the staff behind this show has no idea what they're doing, and no amount of constructive comments are going to help them salvage this wreck of a show. It's literally one step forward and a quantum leap back. All the stuff you mentioned that was funny I also agree with, the Russians are what've been keeping me going thus far, but they're giving them almost NO focus, despite all the fucking hype behind them. They could have worked many of their last episodes into some meaningful plotline or something, it would have been easy! But they seem completely content with shotgunning the story until something sticks... I'm still a little irked about there being no more Mr. Yee, I loved him, he was actually my favorite character.

I mean, seriously, this is it, this is the episode that will kill this show. I'm convinced, they're done. Any loyal fans like me who stuck with this show to see if it gets better are done, even if we still keep watching, we will likely be glad when it's over. I'm sure even the fans who watch this purely to troll on it are done, what's the point if they never listen? They've burned their last bridge, and I'm now tempted to join the ones with the torches and pitchforks.

On a last note, you know what pulled Apocalypse Lane out of the gutter and into Escapist show success? Some fucking plot, a story, some meaningful structure and complex characters. I'm not even talking about much more then a spoonful's worth of depth, but it was enough to keep its loyal fanbase interested all the way to the last episode with a great ending, and there where some truly memorable moments. It turned out to be an extremely entertaining series that gave the viewer a sense of pride for sticking with it till the very end. Plus, they treated death the way it's suppose to be treated in a show, more or less (not gonna give away any spoilers though).

EDIT: Oh wait, saw the secret ending... ha-ha-fucking-ha (spoiler alert) Roger kills himself, how fucking funny and utterly pointless. Okay then, so there WAS a point to my vote... a secret ending that makes no sense and has no point, so now TWO characters are dead (even if the girl's still alive, I don't care, this is officially retarded) So what does this mean to me? It means a small portion of my earlier comments are slightly inaccurate, but it also means the only part about this I was thankful for (I.E. Roget not getting killed) is completely debunked. So yeah, it's official, I hate this show now.

 

[willgreg123]

That wasn't funny or offensive even, just completely pointless and stupid.

Agreed, though I am a little offended that my vote didn't matter AT ALL.

 

[willgreg123]

Hahaha, she is finally dead!


Dark episode Russ, dark episode... I would have made her die in a much more humorous manner. This wasn't the greatest way you could have pulled this off.

[sub][sub][sub]But! The legal jokes were funny![/sub][/sub][/sub]

See? Even those of us HAPPY to see her dead think you guys could've done this more tastefully!
But yeah, the legal stuff was kinda funny.

 

[tamerman]

WTF!? when i was playing she had the lowest score! it should have been Chet that died!

she was like, my favorite charicter! WTF!?

 

[willgreg123]

WTF!? when i was playing she had the lowest score! it should have been Chet that died!

she was like, my favorite charicter! WTF!?

Yep, Game Dogs has officialy told you to go screw yourself.

 

[K9unittp]

I LIKED BETH, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. does this mean the series is ending soon? either that or this was a spoof episode... and ya, this was really dark and disturbing...

 

[daedrick]

This is SO AWESOME! Can we please, PLEASE, kill them all?! This is great, best episode since the beguinning of this serie, no freaking doubt about that. Hallelujah!

 

[deadlinejon]

No way did anybody die 2 main characters in one episode no way because then the series would suck this is more like a tree house of horror episode on the simpsons

I MADE ANALOGY FIRST.