So an authoritarian regime like China passes laws to prevent criticism of their government, and Easy Allies' position is "can't feel bad for the people trying to criticise them and getting a backlash because that's the law over there." I kept thinking, "they are supporting an oppressive regime trying to silence dissent. This has to be a bit or a joke, right?"
That's not entirely the position or situation. The law prevents critique of the government. The game tried to critique the government. But it also wanted to critique the government and and attempted to be sold there in China itself.
You can find the governments law and position poor or outright awful, but also think that trying to sell a game in China, criticizing the Chinese government, when China has made that illegal, through a Chinese publisher, probably isn't the smartest business decision.
The Chinese should absolutely be allowed to criticize their government, even if it's against the law. People should also be allowed to distribute anti-authoritarian Chinese government messages to China. It's not really hard to say it shouldn't be this way.
Also, props to Damiani and Huber for their blunt statements. You could tell this situation made Damiani angry.
smh
Man my Saturday is so lonely without the podcast. Hopefully it's up when I get out of the movies.
DIsagree w/ Kyle.
Pokemon has an big marketing budget.
It's the dev budget
How has no one quoted Kyle's idea for an aimless horror game.
"A demon makes blood come out of its butt".
If i remember correctly an enemy does this in the 2009(?)-version of Splatterhouse.
I'd be pretty surprised if Star Wars showed up in Microsoft's conference since Sony's had everything Star Wars locked down for a while now. Even if they don't have a conference, that doesn't mean they won't spend a shitload marketing that game.I have mixed feelings on EA leaving. On one hand I dont care about 99% of the games EA releases. On the other hand it's making E3 feel even emptier. I imagine EA will have a star wars trailer in the Microsoft conference.
I do agree that Bethesda will bounce as well. As far as I know the only game they would have to show off is doom eternal.
Not really, the sparseness of their booth last year was because the dramatic increase in attendee numbers meant they needed to dedicate a lot more space to foot traffic. In previous years they dedicated a shitload of room to indie and third party games that they just can't do any more.Going is one thing, feeling so sparce despite taking up so much room is another. Like, Spider-Man was really the only exclusive thing I recall there that had it's own large space, everything else was a long row of PSVR games, pillars, and some huge stage that, when I finally went to it, was empty. Like, I just feel like why even go if you have so little to offer. It just seems like Sony just didn't have a lot going for last year at E3 which is probably a issue bigger than E3 itself. I really hope everyone else can just fill all that space up to the max because it just felt like Sony was hogging real estate.
I agree. I am usually not a big fan of interviews as they usually make me feel uncomfortable for some reason, but I am glad I did try to watch this one instead of just skipping it altogether like I usually do. It was because Ben was the interviewer and because I enjoyed previous interviews by Ben that I gave it a shot and I really enjoyed it.Just watched the DMC5 interview and wanted to say that Ben is such a good, thoughtful interviewer. I think that's why I like Frame Trap so much. Shame it was only 30 mins long, would have been really interesting to hear more on Matts life in Japan and the inner workings at Capcom etc
I've been following him for a long time on Twitter. He's a huge Nintendo fan, I'd think he'd rather work there :pYeah got to agree about the interview, great questions by Ben and it was really refreshing to see how passionate Matt is about his work and colleagues. He really sounds like a guy who achieved his dream.
I know this has probably been asked a long time ago, but can people just play loud music in their apartments and there's nothing the other tenants can do about it?
It is when you are published by a Chinese publisher that probably is partially owned by the Chinese gov.The Chinese should absolutely be allowed to criticize their government, even if it's against the law. People should also be allowed to distribute anti-authoritarian Chinese government messages to China. It's not really hard to say it shouldn't be this way.
I know this has probably been asked a long time ago, but can people just play loud music in their apartments and there's nothing the other tenants can do about it?
I haven't noticed that, no, but I'm not super observant either, so that's not to say you're wrong.Is it just me or Kyle seems way more bummed out that usual ? I don't listen to every podcast but he seems way less optimistic than before.
Man, this week's podcast reminded me how much I miss the days before Ian would chime in regularly. Feels like he's been doing it a lot lately (or maybe I've just grown sensitive to it) and it's been dimming my enjoyment of them over time. I do like the dynamic when he's a panelist, but overall definitely prefer the format of only hearing from Bosman and the panel, no matter who that may include.
I thought the opposite. The one are where things dragged in an otherwise great ep was having Damiani look up his own prove it ticket challenge instead of having Ian handing it all and keeping things moving smoother.Man, this week's podcast reminded me how much I miss the days before Ian would chime in regularly. Feels like he's been doing it a lot lately (or maybe I've just grown sensitive to it) and it's been dimming my enjoyment of them over time. I do like the dynamic when he's a panelist, but overall definitely prefer the format of only hearing from Bosman and the panel, no matter who that may include.
seems the same to me.Is it just me or Kyle seems way more bummed out that usual ? I don't listen to every podcast but he seems way less optimistic than before.