GameDamage (Yahtzee's new show)

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PedroSteckecilo

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I know I'm going to sound like such a kissass but it's true...

Russ and Jeff are much better at this kinda thing. Russ has some really good screen presence and The Escapist show just seems more well produced.
 

Jamanticus

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PedroSteckecilo said:
I know I'm going to sound like such a kissass but it's true...

Russ and Jeff are much better at this kinda thing. Russ has some really good screen presence and The Escapist show just seems more well produced.
You got that right. They both seem quite relaxed in front of the camera, which is certainly a key to good presentation on a show of any sort. I know that lots of people are saying that the Game Damage guys just need more time before they're relaxed as well.....It's just, I don't especially want to sit through all the episodes before those three get settled in. Maybe the other issues will lessen as the tension onscreen lessens?
 

PedroSteckecilo

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Jamanticus said:
PedroSteckecilo said:
I know I'm going to sound like such a kissass but it's true...

Russ and Jeff are much better at this kinda thing. Russ has some really good screen presence and The Escapist show just seems more well produced.
You got that right. They both seem quite relaxed in front of the camera, which is certainly a key to good presentation on a show of any sort. I know that lots of people are saying that the Game Damage guys just need more time before they're relaxed as well.....It's just, I don't especially want to sit through all the episodes before those three get settled in. Maybe the other issues will lessen as the tension onscreen lessens?
They do lack a certain rapport don't they... they just seem uncomfortable on the same couch. also, Yug, what's with that guy?
 

Artheval_Pe

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I felt the show was a bit "meh". Interesting to watch, but their discussions were not as interesting as those you could listen to in Invisible Walls for exemple.

Unlike some people, I think that Yahtzee is great as he is in the show. This kind of cynical, dark humour associated with his stillness worked great to me. He seems depressed, he almost doesn't move, he looks artificial, but all of that is part of his character. I think he behaved that way on purpose.
Sure, he may be shy of the camera, like the two other guys, but his attitude doesn't really show it, as he seems to be performing a role.

The problem lied with the two other guys, I think. I've never listened to their show, but I think that they lacked any arguments or sense of humor. Yahtzee keeps switching between mindless humour and his funny way of making his points, but the other two were... meh.
"I played Warhammer Online and it was like this, I didn't like it..."
Well, I don't give a damn about what this guy felt, because he has not proven that he had interesting opinions backed by facts, before the show.

I think that Yahtzee deserves a TV show, because he's so... unique, and has a very strange presence on screen. But a TV show with Yahtzee would be better with people with other personnalities with him. A very intelligent reviewer and an other man with a different sense of humour could make a very good show.

I've got the feeling that Yahtzee could be very funny, doing something with a different team. The problem with Gamedamage, I think, is that it lacks originality. Yahtzee is very special, but overall, the chemistry between the three makes it seem like something that any other gamers could have done.
 

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To use a common expression: "meh". Very "meh", even.

So, what are the odds this will get picked up? I've never watched "gaming television" so I haven't the faintest what the usual standards are, what competition this would run against etc. Should any TV exec. seriously consider adding this to their line-up? This IS a pilot, after all...
 

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I would watch it but it might get old quick // I have seen far to many of these 'game review' shows disappear, even ones with Hot Chicks! And I dont care what anyone ones says, Yahtzee is no hot chick

-M
 

gamshobny

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I'dd say it's nothing special. But hey, if you allready get a "nothing special" rating when you're a group of random people who met on the net and decided to make a tv show, I think that would actualy make it quite good... if I wouldn't compare it to comercial shows.

Still, they should "give it all", if you catch my drift. You're making an ass out of yourself anyways, so might as well go for it.

johnx61 said:
But the pleasant benevolence of Yug and Matt doesn't mesh well with the cynical, disapproving air that Yahtzee has about him.
I need an "aproved" stamp. Gotta have one around here somewhere...

Artheval_Pe said:
The problem lied with the two other guys, I think. I've never listened to their show, but I think that they lacked any arguments or sense of humor.
Again, well spoken.
 

Steven Kyzburg

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gigastrike said:
2: Did you think that Yahtzee was slightly more socially awkward than you thought?

I watched an interview a little while ago about Yahtzee and he mentioned something about that kind of habit. He said that even whilst recording the Zero Punctuation monologues he rocks, fidgets and can't focus on one place at once (he even said you could probably hear his chair squeaking at points if you tried), so I wasn't to surprised by what I saw on his first episode.

I don't think it's a sign of him feeling akward, he just fidgets quite alot. Whenever I have to give presentations or speeches about something I talk quickly, fluently and elaboratly off the top of my head but I exaggerate my movements unintentionally, also when i'm thinking I will realise that i've ended up wandering round my room staring at the floor. So I can kinda see that he has the same "problem" that I have (I think anyway).

It's just a side effect I think of thinking ALOT and quickly about what you're going to do, judging by Yahtzees comments and the reaction from his friends i'd say he improvises most of the time, and that involves a hell of a lot of concentration, elaboration and thought in a short amount of time; so in essence you end up loosing your sense of self.

I've found that to overcome that I just gesture with one hand and keep the other either firmly gripping a table or behind my back.
 

Lord Beautiful

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Yahtzee seems a bit too prickish, though, and for some reason, Yug kind of scares me. I don't know why, but he does. And as for that Metal Gear Solid sketch, I was looking at the guy portraying Snake and basically yelling in my head, "Stop the fucking bouncing!" I've played Metal Gear Solid 1 through 3 and I don't recall Snake ever fucking bouncing. It was annoying.

But other than that, it seemed decent. It's loads better than most of the filth on G4, that's for certain.
 

gigastrike

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Steven Kyzburg said:
I watched an interview a little while ago about Yahtzee and he mentioned something about that kind of habit. He said that even whilst recording the Zero Punctuation monologues he rocks, fidgets and can't focus on one place at once (he even said you could probably hear his chair squeaking at points if you tried), so I wasn't to surprised by what I saw on his first episode.
So he's obsessive compulsive? I thought he was a couple things, but I wouldn't have put that on the list.
 

Steven Kyzburg

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gigastrike said:
So he's obsessive compulsive? I thought he was a couple things, but I wouldn't have put that on the list.
No... it's just in his nature to let his body wander whilst his mind works as it were.

Not quite sure why i'm trying to come up with a serious answer since I suspect you're joking...
 

VoleurdeThym

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I'd like to give a full review of this, but the damn thing wont load properly.

So all I can say is Yahtzee is wonderful, the other two are gits.
Well, not really gits, but they really should have gotten rid of the "I'm turned to the guy next to me, engaged in conversation, but my eyes wont leave the camera" thing.
Yahtzee, on the other hand, is being an amusing, creepy ball of love.
 

Iampringles

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I would like to see more, but they don't seem to be releasing any other episodes at this moment in time.