The Escapist Show: Episode Four: Mirror's Edge

[vede]

I really didn't like this episode. It seemed like it was just a teeny documentary on Mirror's Edge than anything.

Seriously. It was "blah something about Mirror's Edge, which focuses on parkour, or free running, which is using the momentum of your body to overcome insurmountable obstacles like... wind." -> GUY TALKING ABOUT MIRROR'S EDGE -> WEIRD SHOTS OF A HAND -> ZP -> MOVIEBOB.

I'm thinking that maybe this show would benefit from instead of simply naming a game and showing an interview with a developer before going on to the routine things, it should look at a few things of interest going on in the gaming community. Maybe do some stuff about big gaming news, like what EA might be trying to pull, or whatever country gaming's been outlawed in or some such like that. Then it might feel less like reading an interview with decoration on it.

Also, MovieBob could be better. I think he should be less ZP-ish and, like, actually do a serious review. What kind of people might like X movie? Does it have any sort of message? Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Sure, it might not work with an action title like Max Payne or such, but this would make the movie review section much more rewarding and entertaining.

EDIT: Oh, yeah, and I think the ZP preview should be taken out. It's almost worthless without the rest of the episode, and the Escapist show goes up a whole one day before ZP, so it's even more pointless.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Much as I think MovieBobs movie reviews are pretty decent; would do us a better service just linking to his Game Overthinker rants (thesis) on Youtbue instead. They are much more intersting than his movie reviews that, unsurprisingly, just lead to "omg ZP clone!!!" cries of derision from this delightful community

my GOD man you don't understand how irritating it is to hear everytime bob pops up 'OMG HE'S COPYING ZERO PUNCTUATION!' because he isnt. just because he is a cynical narcissistic bastard bastard it doesn't mean he is copying ZP. and i actually prefer him to ZP because his game overthinker episodes do challenging subject matter in gaming, which is a laugh and a thinker.

So ppl STFU about the moviebob reviews, you sheep sicken me! (WUV U )

Movie Bob was better in this episode. Still, his segment always feels like a ZP rip-off. Not to mention that there is also ZP content in the show! Is it really necessary?

well considering moviebob reviews movies, and ZP reviews games, i think so :S

I think they should put game overthinker eps on this website, that would pwn.

 

[Braininator]

my GOD man you don't understand how irritating it is to hear everytime bob pops up 'OMG HE'S COPYING ZERO PUNCTUATION!' because he isnt. just because he is a cynical narcissistic bastard bastard it doesn't mean he is copying ZP. and i actually prefer him to ZP because his game overthinker episodes do challenging subject matter in gaming, which is a laugh and a thinker.

For me, the issue is having two similar personalities in the same show. You can't really blame The Escapist for wanting to make full use of their star attraction, but if The Escapist Show is to grow and develop I really think ZP needs to be left as its own entity. It would definitely make me less critical about MovieBob's style of review.

 

[Ryuzaki]

A good show this week, Mirrors edge looks quite good. Looking forward to the fallout 3 ZP review, should be a good one. On a further note I have to say that MovieBob is not copying Yahtzee. For my reasons for thinking this way just look at my other comments. (Which are on different videos of the Escapist Show.)

 

[Cousin_IT]

Much as I think MovieBobs movie reviews are pretty decent; would do us a better service just linking to his Game Overthinker rants (thesis) on Youtbue instead. They are much more intersting than his movie reviews that, unsurprisingly, just lead to "omg ZP clone!!!" cries of derision from this delightful community

my GOD man you don't understand how irritating it is to hear everytime bob pops up 'OMG HE'S COPYING ZERO PUNCTUATION!' because he isnt. just because he is a cynical narcissistic bastard bastard it doesn't mean he is copying ZP. and i actually prefer him to ZP because his game overthinker episodes do challenging subject matter in gaming, which is a laugh and a thinker.

So ppl STFU about the moviebob reviews, you sheep sicken me! (WUV U )

That was the point I was kinda going for, but alas my more pithy version seems to have been unclear to that fact :-D

 

[Danny Ocean]

Which musical guest does the songs backing the mirror's edge clips?

 

[CaptainCrunch]

Which musical guest does the songs backing the mirror's edge clips?

See the top of the page. There are links to their websites as well.

 

[Danny Ocean]

Which musical guest does the songs backing the mirror's edge clips?

See the top of the page. There are links to their websites as well.

I gathered that, but which one does that particular song? It's awesome, I wanna go out and buy it.

 

[TomNook]

Not gonna lie, those pants look really comfy.

 

[CaptainCrunch]

Which musical guest does the songs backing the mirror's edge clips?

See the top of the page. There are links to their websites as well.

I gathered that, but which one does that particular song? It's awesome, I wanna go out and buy it.

Each remix is used at various points throughout the episode. You can get them all on the Mirror's Edge soundtrack, but they appear in this order:
Benny Benassi - the helecopter
Armand Van Helden - sliding down a building
Junkie XL - "why can't I slide under it?"
Paul Van Dyk - "Pandora's Box"

 

[LoganAsh]

Thumbs up to the Movie Review at the end, Max Payne is a total miss-cast. Which is a real shame, because the truth is that most people (myself included) would probably over-look a lot of the cheesy cliché and SFX saturation, so long as there was a solid lead, portraying the cynical, hard-boiled, hardass that is Max Payne

Instead, my attention is being allowed to wander onto the movie's content and by the looks of it, that's simply not going to hold up.

Great epi. of the Escapist show!

[Edit] ZP's style of review is more than simply talking into a microphone or using Cynicism (heck, cynicism in reviewing has been around long before Mr. Yahtzee was even born). As for claiming that somebody is "copying" him by using a similar medium, that's like trying to claim everybody who uses pen and ink is copying Shakespeare. It's a medium, he might have made it popular in recent years, but it'd be a crying shame if it simply stopped there and people didn't have the chance to pick it up and run with it.

 

[Azzaevil]

looks like a good game i might get it

 

[Russ Pitts]

Not gonna lie, those pants look really comfy.

They were. And the shoelace thing? I may adopt that IRL.

 

[MurderousToaster]

Someone fucking shoot MovieBob, PLEASE.
He's a rip-off, and he's talking about stolen ideas when he could make an act for a Yahtzee feigning competition and LOSE because he's so damn bad. His movie review may have had some point, but really, it just sounded like a big rant about things, and if I want that, I'll go onto YouTube and search up "Reviews" and ignore all of the good ones. He may be a nice person, but from this he seems to think he's far more famous than he actually is, and the sad thing is, I can hear his voice. It's stuck in my head, as I type, I can imagine him saying it. If you have a loaded gun, shoot him, then shoot me, to get rid of his fucking voice!

 

[Jonatron]

Moviebob's stuff is about going off on tangents. 4 minutes or so doesn't do it. The crammed tight 10 minutes of Overthinker over on youtube are excellent.

MurderousToaster, Your name rings true indeed. Have you watched/listened to 1/5th of his reviews ect. on Youtube? I would very much like to know how informed your snarling is, from having seen two, in my opinion, poor examples of his informative and layered productions. Often, there is a struggle to take the snarky comments shown in on-screen text while being bombarded with big words and quick wit. This one was better that the last, it seems to me. Hope to see more.

 

[Otakuman]

Great Moviebob review. He's finally getting back to the over analysis that made his overthinker spots work. What differentiates him from Yahtzee is how he doesn't just talk about how something sucks, but about the social context and reasons for it's suckage. Not just 'This sucks' but 'Here's how this came to suck so bad'.

Also, if Johnny Depp stared in a No More Heroes movie I would camp out for tickets, see it every week until it left theaters, and buy an illegal dvd to hold me over until I could purchase every offical version of the film released including the super special limited order director's cut suda51 edition with mock beam katana and pretentious t-shirt.

 

[dochmbi]

The movie was bad, yes. But for some reason I enjoyed it from start to finish and I didn't even notice the plot holes (probably because I was filling in the missing information with knowledge of the games plot) and even though the dialog was simple it was adequate.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Much as I think MovieBobs movie reviews are pretty decent; would do us a better service just linking to his Game Overthinker rants (thesis) on Youtbue instead. They are much more intersting than his movie reviews that, unsurprisingly, just lead to "omg ZP clone!!!" cries of derision from this delightful community

my GOD man you don't understand how irritating it is to hear everytime bob pops up 'OMG HE'S COPYING ZERO PUNCTUATION!' because he isnt. just because he is a cynical narcissistic bastard bastard it doesn't mean he is copying ZP. and i actually prefer him to ZP because his game overthinker episodes do challenging subject matter in gaming, which is a laugh and a thinker.

So ppl STFU about the moviebob reviews, you sheep sicken me! (WUV U )

That was the point I was kinda going for, but alas my more pithy version seems to have been unclear to that fact :-D

lol it was clear enough to me, but people don't seem to listen to you unless you're somewhat more stern with them. i guess i'll save my fuel for the next time bob is on the escapist show and people repeat what they said now ;-)

Great Moviebob review. He's finally getting back to the over analysis that made his overthinker spots work. What differentiates him from Yahtzee is how he doesn't just talk about how something sucks, but about the social context and reasons for it's suckage. Not just 'This sucks' but 'Here's how this came to suck so bad'.

Also, if Johnny Depp stared in a No More Heroes movie I would camp out for tickets, see it every week until it left theaters, and buy an illegal dvd to hold me over until I could purchase every offical version of the film released including the super special limited order director's cut suda51 edition with mock beam katana and pretentious t-shirt.

very true about bob there, actually a much better way of putting it lol. also a no more heroes movie would kick so much arse, but Depp for Travis would never happen.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

So that's what you guys did with moviebob.

Also, Russ, how much do you get paid to run around in Faith cosplay?

 

[Lightbunny]

To everyone saying that Moviebob is biting Yahtzee's style, I'd just like to say this;

I've known Bob for about 10 years now, and he was a cynical narcissistic bastard WAY before ZP came along.