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His arm is in ice, because it's a reference to some pain tolerance test he participated in for college credit. He wrote it in a column for ign, to...I don't know, tell us how tough he is and that it doesn't bother him when people tell him the Too Human demo sucked?
Because he just got done kicking their ass in ping pong, perhaps? Did SK play PA in ping pong? This is a mystery warrenting of further investigation.
Nah, PA hasn't played them.
It goes back to his blog that Tycho linked before. When he was in high school or college or whatever he took part in a test where he had to keep his arm in icewater for as long as possible. The test was to monitor the pain threshold of different types of people. He compared it to his experience getting raked through the coals for the reaction to early demoing of Too Human.
I liked the trailer. Am I going to die now or something?
You can feel free to like it, but that doesn't make it good, because it wasn't. Luckily, it didn't reflect much about the game in particular.
Also, the fake comic would have been better if it didn't look like it was made with paint and office clipart. I mean, maybe it wasn't, but that's what it looks like. (Also, I thought PA officially apologized for what happened to him.)
how is that even supposed to be funny? It's like whoever wrote the text had a full frontal lobotomy =0
In that case, it's pretty accurate. They're reading forum posts.
Yeah, I thought it was pretty good, and whoever said it looks like it was made with MS Paint or whatever, so what? It was made for fun by people who don't usually make comics. sheesh
While there is a point to be made here (both Gabe and Dyack said their trailers didn't look too good because it was too early), Dyack comes off as a chest-thumping jerk here.
Sticking your hand in a bucket of ice. Sheesh. REAL men bathe in gasoline and set themselves on fire.
Yeah, my first thought on seeing the hand in ice was that he was either a) writing furiously, the author of all those posts, or b) masturbating furiously, upon hearing pa being made fun of
either way, I don't get it and it's not really funny. Does somebody else have more insight?
The difference is even though some people didn't like the trailer at least PA isn't acting like a whiny bitch. That wasn't even funny, he just looks like more of a jerk.
While there is a point to be made here (both Gabe and Dyack said their trailers didn't look too good because it was too early), Dyack comes off as a chest-thumping jerk here.
Sticking your hand in a bucket of ice. Sheesh. REAL men bathe in gasoline and set themselves on fire.
My thoughts exactly.
Because he can't get his game made, and because he can't put together a decent demo, then the industry shouldn't do previews? Screw that.
too bad he didnt put my "nintendo 64" joke on there, i'd be intraweb famous.
While there is a point to be made here (both Gabe and Dyack said their trailers didn't look too good because it was too early), Dyack comes off as a chest-thumping jerk here.
Sticking your hand in a bucket of ice. Sheesh. REAL men bathe in gasoline and set themselves on fire.
My thoughts exactly.
Because he can't get his game made, and because he can't put together a decent demo, then the industry shouldn't do previews? Screw that.
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Yeah, the subtle difference between the PA trailer and the Too Human demo is that the PA trailer represents a few months of work. the Too Human demo represents three console generations worth of work.
I liked the trailer. Am I going to die now or something?
You can feel free to like it, but that doesn't make it good, because it wasn't. Luckily, it didn't reflect much about the game in particular.
Also, the fake comic would have been better if it didn't look like it was made with paint and office clipart. I mean, maybe it wasn't, but that's what it looks like. (Also, I thought PA officially apologized for what happened to him.)
They didn't apologize. They said they understood what they saw was very early alpha, and it's very likely even remotely resemble that demo when it's finally released. And should that happen, they'll gladly reevaluate their opinion at that point. But they won't go back on their statements that the E3 demo sucked.
I saw this coming from Dyack the instant the PA trailer turned out to be shitty. It really is kinda petty "rubbing their nose in it" bullshit. I'm curious though, if he got so much shit from all around, why is he so focused on PA and what they said?
I saw this coming from Dyack the instant the PA trailer turned out to be shitty. It really is kinda petty "rubbing their nose in it" bullshit. I'm curious though, if he got so much shit from all around, why is he so focused on PA and what they said?
That's what I'm wondering as well. I mean, Penny Arcade wasn't even that harsh...
Geez guys, I don't really think it was meant to be a big bash on PA or anything, and the ice bucket thing was just a little reference for those who read the SK blog.
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His whole arm is in ice, looks like. I don't know why, though.
Because he just got done kicking their ass in ping pong, perhaps? Did SK play PA in ping pong? This is a mystery warrenting of further investigation.
Nah, PA hasn't played them.
It goes back to his blog that Tycho linked before. When he was in high school or college or whatever he took part in a test where he had to keep his arm in icewater for as long as possible. The test was to monitor the pain threshold of different types of people. He compared it to his experience getting raked through the coals for the reaction to early demoing of Too Human.
You can feel free to like it, but that doesn't make it good, because it wasn't. Luckily, it didn't reflect much about the game in particular.
Also, the fake comic would have been better if it didn't look like it was made with paint and office clipart. I mean, maybe it wasn't, but that's what it looks like. (Also, I thought PA officially apologized for what happened to him.)
In that case, it's pretty accurate. They're reading forum posts.
Yeah, I thought it was pretty good, and whoever said it looks like it was made with MS Paint or whatever, so what? It was made for fun by people who don't usually make comics. sheesh
or something.
But that doesn't make sense if everyone hated the trailer.
I KISS YOU!
Sticking your hand in a bucket of ice. Sheesh. REAL men bathe in gasoline and set themselves on fire.
either way, I don't get it and it's not really funny. Does somebody else have more insight?
My thoughts exactly.
Because he can't get his game made, and because he can't put together a decent demo, then the industry shouldn't do previews? Screw that.
Which was?
Yeah, the subtle difference between the PA trailer and the Too Human demo is that the PA trailer represents a few months of work. the Too Human demo represents three console generations worth of work.
They didn't apologize. They said they understood what they saw was very early alpha, and it's very likely even remotely resemble that demo when it's finally released. And should that happen, they'll gladly reevaluate their opinion at that point. But they won't go back on their statements that the E3 demo sucked.
Predictable? God yes.
I saw this coming from Dyack the instant the PA trailer turned out to be shitty. It really is kinda petty "rubbing their nose in it" bullshit. I'm curious though, if he got so much shit from all around, why is he so focused on PA and what they said?
That's what I'm wondering as well. I mean, Penny Arcade wasn't even that harsh...