Yeahs think serial is absolutely something you should listen to
But I feel like you could start up an entire new podcast dedicated to investigating how fucked up it was
I really appreciated Serial and would still freely recommend it to others, but I'd also tell them that The Intercept interview with Jay is a required followup read
Yeahs think serial is absolutely something you should listen to
But I feel like you could start up an entire new podcast dedicated to investigating how fucked up it was
I really appreciated Serial and would still freely recommend it to others, but I'd also tell them that The Intercept interview with Jay is a required followup read
Basically im at a point in my life were I am avoiding cynical or media I view as overly negative on purpose
So when the bombcast yells about how x videogame is terrible for reason y again it bums me out
Im just noticing the cynicism and negativity more and it sucks because I really like the bombcast and I cant deal
I'm at a point where I'm also pretty tired with cynicism, even if it's exaggerated for laughs. It makes up like 90% of internet culture to the point that legitimately enjoying something without picking it apart is the odd thing to do.
I spent two weeks gushing and waxing nostalgic about Final Fantasy VII, and the people who joined me commented at the end how we almost didn't list any criticisms. I decided, hey, why bother? Everyone else has already made the same old complaints, let's do something wild and crazy and celebrate it!
This is also why I'm enjoying the Best Friends on an almost daily basis. They spend more time getting giddy with over something like Parasite Eve while also being aware that a lot of its mitochondria talk is bullshit. The latter doesn't affect their enjoyment of the former.
Criticism and critical thinking about a games flaws are extremely important though
and again, not liking something and stating the reasons for that dislike is not cynicism, its being critical or negative about a thing
That is true, if there's a balance.
I rarely see a balance.
I'm especially tired of seeing people be immediately cynical because a thing is A) old, has one or two apparent flaws that make it absolute shit instead of just flawed, C) from Japan.
Okay
I have nothing to add because that doesn't describe anything I've experienced
Like I'm not saying these opinions are unwarranted or even incorrect (I haven't played this game), but a huge chunk of material coming from that community and many others boils down to "Hey I'm revisiting this old game a lot of people liked and I'm here to tell you it's a piece of shit and we were all stupid for ever liking it!".
It's just a tired routine. No balance there.
Ok fair enough
This is like, hyper removed from what GB does though
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Unless a lot of posts have been deleted from this thread that's kind of overblowing it. The GB thread is just a post about "Cara Ellison is moving to New York -- to work at GB???" which is a conversation we've had. The conspiracy posts are pretty much all satire of #gamergate bullshit.
Basically im at a point in my life were I am avoiding cynical or media I view as overly negative on purpose
So when the bombcast yells about how x videogame is terrible for reason y again it bums me out
Im just noticing the cynicism and negativity more and it sucks because I really like the bombcast and I cant deal
I'm at a point where I'm also pretty tired with cynicism, even if it's exaggerated for laughs. It makes up like 90% of internet culture to the point that legitimately enjoying something without picking it apart is the odd thing to do.
I spent two weeks gushing and waxing nostalgic about Final Fantasy VII, and the people who joined me commented at the end how we almost didn't list any criticisms. I decided, hey, why bother? Everyone else has already made the same old complaints, let's do something wild and crazy and celebrate it!
This is also why I'm enjoying the Best Friends on an almost daily basis. They spend more time getting giddy with over something like Parasite Eve while also being aware that a lot of its mitochondria talk is bullshit. The latter doesn't affect their enjoyment of the former.
Criticism and critical thinking about a games flaws are extremely important though
and again, not liking something and stating the reasons for that dislike is not cynicism, its being critical or negative about a thing
That is true, if there's a balance.
I rarely see a balance.
I'm especially tired of seeing people be immediately cynical because a thing is A) old, has one or two apparent flaws that make it absolute shit instead of just flawed, C) from Japan.
Okay
I have nothing to add because that doesn't describe anything I've experienced
Like I'm not saying these opinions are unwarranted or even incorrect (I haven't played this game), but a huge chunk of material coming from that community and many others boils down to "Hey I'm revisiting this old game a lot of people liked and I'm here to tell you it's a piece of shit and we were all stupid for ever liking it!".
It's just a tired routine. No balance there.
Ok fair enough
This is like, hyper removed from what GB does though
Beyond the notion that cynicism=funny/popular, yes.
Basically im at a point in my life were I am avoiding cynical or media I view as overly negative on purpose
So when the bombcast yells about how x videogame is terrible for reason y again it bums me out
Im just noticing the cynicism and negativity more and it sucks because I really like the bombcast and I cant deal
I'm at a point where I'm also pretty tired with cynicism, even if it's exaggerated for laughs. It makes up like 90% of internet culture to the point that legitimately enjoying something without picking it apart is the odd thing to do.
I spent two weeks gushing and waxing nostalgic about Final Fantasy VII, and the people who joined me commented at the end how we almost didn't list any criticisms. I decided, hey, why bother? Everyone else has already made the same old complaints, let's do something wild and crazy and celebrate it!
This is also why I'm enjoying the Best Friends on an almost daily basis. They spend more time getting giddy with over something like Parasite Eve while also being aware that a lot of its mitochondria talk is bullshit. The latter doesn't affect their enjoyment of the former.
Criticism and critical thinking about a games flaws are extremely important though
and again, not liking something and stating the reasons for that dislike is not cynicism, its being critical or negative about a thing
That is true, if there's a balance.
I rarely see a balance.
I'm especially tired of seeing people be immediately cynical because a thing is A) old, has one or two apparent flaws that make it absolute shit instead of just flawed, C) from Japan.
Okay
I have nothing to add because that doesn't describe anything I've experienced
Like I'm not saying these opinions are unwarranted or even incorrect (I haven't played this game), but a huge chunk of material coming from that community and many others boils down to "Hey I'm revisiting this old game a lot of people liked and I'm here to tell you it's a piece of shit and we were all stupid for ever liking it!".
It's just a tired routine. No balance there.
Ok fair enough
This is like, hyper removed from what GB does though
Beyond the notion that cynicism=funny/popular, yes.
Just a big rant pulled from a minor thing.
Man
I know Jon Hamm is gonna be so mad at me for this
But I really don't think you're using that word correctly
GB occasionally go on rants about games they find to be bad
i honestly cannot really understand people's ~moral unease~ with serial, but i also regularly watch dateline or whatever crime of the week show i happen to flip on on a weekend
i honestly cannot really understand people's ~moral unease~ with serial, but i also regularly watch dateline or whatever crime of the week show i happen to flip on on a weekend
I found it to be gross and invasive of people's personal lives. I find voyeurism in general to be really distasteful.
i honestly cannot really understand people's ~moral unease~ with serial, but i also regularly watch dateline or whatever crime of the week show i happen to flip on on a weekend
I found it to be gross and invasive of people's personal lives. I find voyeurism in general to be really distasteful.
that is a very judgmental way of putting it, congrats on your moral fiber
i honestly cannot really understand people's ~moral unease~ with serial, but i also regularly watch dateline or whatever crime of the week show i happen to flip on on a weekend
I found it to be gross and invasive of people's personal lives. I find voyeurism in general to be really distasteful.
that is a very judgmental way of putting it, congrats on your moral fiber
Oh noooo, how will I sustain my need for a smug sense of self superiority! You've seen right through my facade! My house of lies crumbles around me!
i honestly cannot really understand people's ~moral unease~ with serial, but i also regularly watch dateline or whatever crime of the week show i happen to flip on on a weekend
I found it to be gross and invasive of people's personal lives. I find voyeurism in general to be really distasteful.
And this is for anyone who feels similar...
Does true crime, based on a true story, biographies and/or biopics also bother you, in any form, be it movie, TV, book, etc.? And not just stuff where people die or are murdered.
Not trying to be a dick, just curious. I've seen this sort of sentiment expressed about Serial and I've wondered if it only holds true for Serial, because of the hullabaloo around it.
For example, does HBO's new documentary series, The Jinx
From Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling (the Oscar® nominees behind Capturing the Friedmans ), comes The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, a six-part examination of the reclusive millionaire at the heart of three killings spanning four decades. Robert Durst, the scion of a New York real estate empire, has long been a suspect in the notorious 1982 disappearance of his wife, Kathie. Further suspicion was raised with the unsolved killing of his confidante, Susan Berman, thought to be a key witness in the investigation into Kathie's disappearance in 2000, as well as the subsequent killing and dismemberment of a neighbor in Galveston, Texas. Durst has consistently maintained his innocence and remains a free man today
strike you as gross? Or The Imposter documentary, from 2012
centered on a young Frenchman who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
Does Searching for Sugar Man, a documentary from 2012, a much more upbeat and positive documentary, also bother you?
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
Medium Dave: It depends entirely on how those biographies and/or biopics were conducted, especially in terms of investigation, interviews, etc. Personally.
I don't think I'd watch any of those, myself, but I can't say I would find them to be gross and off-putting without knowing more about them.
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The fact that something called dragonboyz isn't about Staying all Z bothers me deeply.
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turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
What the fuck autocorrect?
Whatever, Staying All Z would also be a good name for a DBZ podcast.
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Ok I feel better now.
+1
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Depends on the execution, but for me the answer is usually yes.
For someone that actually intends to get into the criminal justice system, my hatred for most true(and not a inconsiderable amount of fiction)crime stories is a deep and rich vein.
I can't watch one episode of Dateline without hearing some stupid pun or some leading turn of phrase that makes me want to punch the narrator
it is dependent on the execution and in my estimation serial failed to execute in a manner that I found to be tasteful. I found Jay's reaction to the interview really troubling and the way in which the podcast described him fairly racist.
John we need to do another episode, look at this market just waiting to be tapped.
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i've neither heard the first episode nor played dragon age II, but feel compelled to immerse myself entirely in the dragonboyz lifestyle
+1
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as long as y'all help me out with the names of the characters and what instruments they play
They also made no effort to make his identity anonymous, which lead to Reddit sending stalkers out to his house and taking pictures and scaring his kids and wife. It spent months dredging up an extremely traumatic event that, from his testimony, had thousands of people talking about how much of a liar he was and a murderer, and affected his professional and personal life.
Koenig didn't care about that, because she doesn't care about the people involved, she cares about the story/podcast being popular. And she showed that by barging into his house, uninvited, upsetting his family, and then continually dragging his name through the mud, 15 years after the events. To an audience she was aware was enormous, due to the episodic nature of the show.
They also made no effort to make his identity anonymous, which lead to Reddit sending stalkers out to his house and taking pictures and scaring his kids and wife. It spent months dredging up an extremely traumatic event that, from his testimony, had thousands of people talking about how much of a liar he was and a murderer, and affected his professional and personal life.
Koenig didn't care about that, because she doesn't care about the people involved, she cares about the story/podcast being popular. And she showed that by barging into his house, uninvited, upsetting his family, and then continually dragging his name through the mud, 15 years after the events. To an audience she was aware was enormous, due to the episodic nature of the show.
Holy fuck.
I mean, I only listened to the first episode and was skeeved out by that. I had no idea all that went on to transpire. Fuck that. Fuck that so much.
They also made no effort to make his identity anonymous, which lead to Reddit sending stalkers out to his house and taking pictures and scaring his kids and wife. It spent months dredging up an extremely traumatic event that, from his testimony, had thousands of people talking about how much of a liar he was and a murderer, and affected his professional and personal life.
Koenig didn't care about that, because she doesn't care about the people involved, she cares about the story/podcast being popular. And she showed that by barging into his house, uninvited, upsetting his family, and then continually dragging his name through the mud, 15 years after the events. To an audience she was aware was enormous, due to the episodic nature of the show.
I think this is an unfair portrayal of Koenig's intentions
They also made no effort to make his identity anonymous, which lead to Reddit sending stalkers out to his house and taking pictures and scaring his kids and wife. It spent months dredging up an extremely traumatic event that, from his testimony, had thousands of people talking about how much of a liar he was and a murderer, and affected his professional and personal life.
Koenig didn't care about that, because she doesn't care about the people involved, she cares about the story/podcast being popular. And she showed that by barging into his house, uninvited, upsetting his family, and then continually dragging his name through the mud, 15 years after the events. To an audience she was aware was enormous, due to the episodic nature of the show.
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Part 1
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Ok fair enough
This is like, hyper removed from what GB does though
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Beyond the notion that cynicism=funny/popular, yes.
Just a big rant pulled from a minor thing.
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Man
I know Jon Hamm is gonna be so mad at me for this
But I really don't think you're using that word correctly
GB occasionally go on rants about games they find to be bad
That's not what cynicism is though? Like at all
Anybody ever had this surgery?
I found it to be gross and invasive of people's personal lives. I find voyeurism in general to be really distasteful.
It's called DragonBoyz and it's a joyous celebration of the fact that dragon age 2 is probably the most perfect video game ever created.
that is a very judgmental way of putting it, congrats on your moral fiber
Oh noooo, how will I sustain my need for a smug sense of self superiority! You've seen right through my facade! My house of lies crumbles around me!
You have a disease and Dragonboyz is the prescription.
And this is for anyone who feels similar...
Does true crime, based on a true story, biographies and/or biopics also bother you, in any form, be it movie, TV, book, etc.? And not just stuff where people die or are murdered.
Not trying to be a dick, just curious. I've seen this sort of sentiment expressed about Serial and I've wondered if it only holds true for Serial, because of the hullabaloo around it.
For example, does HBO's new documentary series, The Jinx
strike you as gross? Or The Imposter documentary, from 2012
Does Searching for Sugar Man, a documentary from 2012, a much more upbeat and positive documentary, also bother you?
I don't think I'd watch any of those, myself, but I can't say I would find them to be gross and off-putting without knowing more about them.
Whatever, Staying All Z would also be a good name for a DBZ podcast.
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For someone that actually intends to get into the criminal justice system, my hatred for most true(and not a inconsiderable amount of fiction)crime stories is a deep and rich vein.
I can't watch one episode of Dateline without hearing some stupid pun or some leading turn of phrase that makes me want to punch the narrator
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Koenig didn't care about that, because she doesn't care about the people involved, she cares about the story/podcast being popular. And she showed that by barging into his house, uninvited, upsetting his family, and then continually dragging his name through the mud, 15 years after the events. To an audience she was aware was enormous, due to the episodic nature of the show.
Holy fuck.
I mean, I only listened to the first episode and was skeeved out by that. I had no idea all that went on to transpire. Fuck that. Fuck that so much.
I think this is an unfair portrayal of Koenig's intentions
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
You're doing a whole lot of projection here dude