This situation sounds like the Streisand effect on amphetamine lol
What, Dyack is alt-right? I mean, he's crazy with a huge ego, but didn't know that. Wow.
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What, Dyack is alt-right? I mean, he's crazy with a huge ego, but didn't know that. Wow.
You gotta be kidding me! Whahahahaha! Imagine prostituting yourself for this product, this man.
why am i nervous to click on this
every fan promo video makes me so sad
And nobody can blame you.
It is indeed a really sad state of affairs. Wormtongue Tallarico got a lot of folks dancing to his tune.
Wouldn't surprise me if it gets even worse until its supposed launch, haha.
When there is there is more drama around the CEO than there is interest in the product, that's a problem.
Yeah, but like what's next? I mean by this time next year this thing will probably be either turned to vapor in the wind or selling for $50 on closeout. When it comes out you have like 25 minutes of video, Tommy isn't coming to hang out at your house anymore. Pretending to like Shark Shark can only go on for so long.
Pretty much. Never mind that building your "brand" around this thing is so weird. Once the system finally gets to market, what are you even going to make content about? Previews for the upcoming shovelware? They're barely getting any views for their weird YouTube in-fighting videos or their more substantive previews of the system.
I predict a spate of unboxing and review videos, a smattering of speculative "things will only get better from here!" videos, and then a lot of channel pivots. Tommy will have made his money off Youtubers and will retreat back to his Spider-Mansion.
So I just watched this which Tommy is calling "the most important Amico video ever" and it continues the trend of Amico promotional material of minimal footage of people using the device onscreen. Lots of tight shots of kids using the controllers without showing the corresponding action onscreen. Also in a three minute video which is a mixture of shots showing how super fun Amico is and testimonials about how super fun Amico is I'm surprised at how often they have to pull multiple quotes from the same people. How few people attended this Crayola event? My last thought on this video is that it doesn't feel geared toward potential customers or consumers. It feels geared toward investors. LOOK AT HOW FUN AMICO IS. YOU TOO CAN GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
And here I thought the OUYA would remain the ultimate laughing stock of crowd funded consoles.
But nope: my comedy equation, for both male and female alike, had completely disregarded the wild card that is Tommy Tallarico. Thank you Tommy Tallarico, you are a class act. Very competent, much experience.
But nope: my comedy equation, for both male and female alike, had completely disregarded the wild card that is Tommy Tallarico. Thank you Tommy Tallarico, you are a class act. Very competent, much experience.
Atari at least had the decency to put out their shitty crowdfunded console in total silence. Tommy just can't stop putting his foot in his mouth.
Atari's machine is actually pretty alright, and I say this as someone with no general love for atari at all. It's actually a competent PC (though by no means suitable for AAA or anything), and that retro game store subscription thing they have is actually pretty cool with a lot of games on it.
They didn't show all the times Tommy had trouble trying to get the controller(s) working.
Edit: In the video was a) A man wearing an Intellivision hat who has made over 70 videos on the Amico, b) A man wearing an Amico t-shirt who has made over 50 videos on the Amico, c) A kid wearing an Amico t-shirt.
I wonder how many of the people in the video aren't Amico Youtubers or family of those who are.
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They followed through with it which is nice to see. The price is the crazy part but I don't think it's that bad at all. I'm extremely wary of this all together.
I think I may have found a cringier Amico song.
Bonus, this person had made 71 Amico videos on their channel and despite routinely getting less than 100 views on content he has done multiple "hard-hitting" interviews with Tommy. Explain to me why the CEO of a company which is allegedly 3 months out from their console launch would have the time to do interviews with a YouTuber that has less than 100 views per video? So much of Tommy's business model is to leverage parasocial relationships in really toxic ways. Other fun call-out, if you've watched the Crayola video which Tommy calls "the most important Amico video ever" this YouTuber and his family are in it. Mr. Sub 100 views is one of the testimonials. So here's a question, the Crayola video is obviously intended to raise capital, how many of the people presented as random man on the street interviews at this event are parasocial Tommy fans that flew in for the event instead of people who stopped at the display because they were curious? If they were all fans that flew in how much coaching do you think happened before the interview clips?
"Hey pal, make it sound like you've never heard of the Amico before today."
Bonus, this person had made 71 Amico videos on their channel and despite routinely getting less than 100 views on content he has done multiple "hard-hitting" interviews with Tommy. Explain to me why the CEO of a company which is allegedly 3 months out from their console launch would have the time to do interviews with a YouTuber that has less than 100 views per video? So much of Tommy's business model is to leverage parasocial relationships in really toxic ways. Other fun call-out, if you've watched the Crayola video which Tommy calls "the most important Amico video ever" this YouTuber and his family are in it. Mr. Sub 100 views is one of the testimonials. So here's a question, the Crayola video is obviously intended to raise capital, how many of the people presented as random man on the street interviews at this event are parasocial Tommy fans that flew in for the event instead of people who stopped at the display because they were curious? If they were all fans that flew in how much coaching do you think happened before the interview clips?
"Hey pal, make it sound like you've never heard of the Amico before today."
Oh wow. Someone made a lot of baaaaaad decisions recently. As a former PR professional, I'll suggest this is *not* how one handles this situation.Tommy Tallarico, CEO of the "family friendly" Intellivision
Seems weird that the crayon museum was entirely populated by "everyday people" who say things like "I can't wait until this console comes to market" and wear videogame shirts (and hats that feature the product's logo) that day.
Bet they got their "regular people" from the same agency as those Chevy ads.
yknow, when i think about good ol american christian values, the one video game that immediately comes to mind is "shark shark"
It just so hilariously plays to his narcissism. 'Tommy's put up with so much'? What? People wanting information on inconsistencies in legally mandated investment disclosures? Questions about the seemingly unresolved issue of input lag? And he retweets himself after trying to distance himself from the "Switch is the rape console" comment. FUEL FOR FIENDS!!!
Ooh his "Christian values"
Another for the pile of Amico dickheads.
Doing a poop? Real ladies look nice? I am suffering from a real case of Poe's Law with this dude's account at this point.
He seems like he'd be a big Kaitlin Bennett fan.
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It's very odd the way he started tweeting about the Amico all of a sudden with a torrent of them all in basically the same day, I smell something fishy
I'll never understand courting the right-wing demographic, because it means you'll need to put up with knobs like this for the rest of your life.
These ones make him seem not entirely serious, or at least messing with Tommy. Like salaciousdrift said, it's definitely Poe's Law.It's very odd the way he started tweeting about the Amico all of a sudden with a torrent of them all in basically the same day, I smell something fishy
Yeah some of them do read like a parody.
That makes it even better if so, Tommy is so desperately retweeting anything positive he can find he ends up retweeting piss takes.
Tommy is Alt-Right himself so he feels right at home courting that demographic
I dunno, if he's trolling, he's committed to the bit.
He's been posting terrible wrestling takes and Trump shit with very little engagement since 2019. It'd be one heck of a long con.
I can't find any evidence that he exists outside of Twitter. Tommy is definitely retweeting a parody account. Even nothing using TinEye on the user pic.