The Escapist Show: Episode 10: Party Games

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CaptainCrunch

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Damien the Pigeon said:
I enjoyed the show! And now I know never to buy "You're in the Movies"! Thank you very much!

Russ Pitts said:
I was raised on the BeeGees.
Barry Gibb for the win.
Susan pretty much nailed it. The minigames are just a convenient excuse to get your friends to look silly on camera. The edge detection algorithm the game uses is a novel piece of code, but until they are willing to include a suitable chroma keying material in the package, the B movie at the end is just barely worth all the hard work of playing the game.
 

CaptainCrunch

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Indigo_Dingo said:
CaptainCrunch said:
Susan pretty much nailed it. The minigames are just a convenient excuse to get your friends to look silly on camera. The edge detection algorithm the game uses is a novel piece of code, but until they are willing to include a suitable chroma keying material in the package, the B movie at the end is just barely worth all the hard work of playing the game.
Or perhaps the purpose of the game is to make you look stupid to entertain the people around you. How many people enjoyed watching you flail awkwardly?
I don't need a video game to look stupid, or flail awkwardly. That happens on a daily basis. Besides, they don't let sound guys play camera games. It's a rule or something.
 

Russ Pitts

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CaptainCrunch said:
Indigo_Dingo said:
CaptainCrunch said:
Susan pretty much nailed it. The minigames are just a convenient excuse to get your friends to look silly on camera. The edge detection algorithm the game uses is a novel piece of code, but until they are willing to include a suitable chroma keying material in the package, the B movie at the end is just barely worth all the hard work of playing the game.
Or perhaps the purpose of the game is to make you look stupid to entertain the people around you. How many people enjoyed watching you flail awkwardly?
I don't need a video game to look stupid, or flail awkwardly. That happens on a daily basis. Besides, they don't let sound guys play camera games. It's a rule or something.
Yeah, I hate to say it, particularly because we made their game look bad on film, but the half hour or so we spent playing that game felt like an interminable waste of time for all involved, including the bystanders. And "getting" to participate when it was your turn felt like being called on at the DMV. A little more effort put into making the mini-games engaging and fun would go a long way, I think.
 

TwistedEllipses

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...I'll be gone in a day or two...

The sound quality wasn't great, at least I think it was the sound quality, either that or the escapist staff aren't born singer superstars...nah! must be the first one...
 

PedroSteckecilo

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Damien the Pigeon said:
I enjoyed the show! And now I know never to buy "You're in the Movies"! Thank you very much!

Russ Pitts said:
I was raised on the BeeGees.
Barry Gibb for the win.

CantFaketheFunk said:
A-ha is catchy.

I make no excuses.
I agree. Look up "Take On Me literal version."
"Pipe Wrench Fight" is the greatest lyric ever written.
 

Andraste

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carnkhan4 said:
The sound quality wasn't great, at least I think it was the sound quality, either that or the escapist staff aren't born singer superstars...nah! must be the first one...
You are correct, sir! There is no possibility it's because we are in any way subpar singers!

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Damien the Pigeon

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PedroSteckecilo said:
Damien the Pigeon said:
I enjoyed the show! And now I know never to buy "You're in the Movies"! Thank you very much!

Russ Pitts said:
I was raised on the BeeGees.
Barry Gibb for the win.

CantFaketheFunk said:
A-ha is catchy.

I make no excuses.
I agree. Look up "Take On Me literal version."
"Pipe Wrench Fight" is the greatest lyric ever written.
Yes indeed. Except I also like "I'm gonna kick some ass with my own pipe wrench."
 

Damien the Pigeon

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Susan Arendt said:
Maybe gravy maybe mash potato... [http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/paper.htm]
Thank you for making my day better with this video. I think it may actually be better than the literal version.
 

GeneralTrivium

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Tut tut.

No Guitar Hero: World Tour?

Don't you see it as a party game?

I had a bunch of family friends over around new year and we all had a great time on World Tour!

Better than "You're In The Movies" by a long shot!
 

Ryuzaki

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Nice video, I don't think I'll be going near any of those games. Liked last weeks video more, but you could hardly improve much on that.

Susan Arendt said:
Maybe gravy maybe mash potato... [http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/paper.htm]
Thanks for sharing this, its a great video.
 

Russ Pitts

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We may revisit part games some time soon. We were mainly more interested in letting you guys in on the fun of our New Years party than anything else.

And to answer question that hasn't yet been addressed, yes, we do have an office. With phones and everything. It's awesome!
 

GeneralTrivium

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Virgil said:
GeneralTrivium said:
No Guitar Hero: World Tour?
Most of our parties include Rock Band. This was a rare exception :p
Rock Band? Not too keen on the original drum kit, and the new one is just too expensive and you have to buy the cymbals for that seperately. Guitar Hero: World Tour, simple, yet very effective. ;)
 

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We've got games for when your house if full of obnoxious people who are drinking too much... sounds like every party I've been to.. ever. Oh the love that is party games.

Your in the movies strikes me as potentially hilarious.. oh so hilarious.

The Lips mikes defiantly destroy the Sing star mikes in terms of just raw shiny. Shame they don't work :O

*giggles* Stapler duel.