God this is so damn true. Lol.
Shawn Layden is essentially the face of PlayStation. I had never heard of Mike Ybarra before today. And the face of PlayStation blantaly lying in interviews in game informer and other press junkets is a far bigger deal than tweets.
And they had plenty of other things to talk about.
Honestly just think you guys have way too high of expectations. They said "you have the comments from Mike Ybarra,.." and then later said "This argument that the game is not out is stupid."
But since they didn't specifically say "Mike Ybarra comments were Dumb and that the game is not out is stupid." You want to come up with these conspiracy theories of why. Instead maybe they didn't think it was necessary and just wanted to talk about Anthem in general.
Ybarra is VP of Xbox Gaming and Shawn is president of WWS. While it's not ideal to compare corporate structures but they are about the same level. Also, Ybarra has many more followers on Twitter so it's still a big audience. Sure Shawn has high exposure due to him doing conferences so I won't disagree with your statement about him being the face of PS. Although with Jim Ryan taking over Kodera, I think Jim will be the face now since he isn't as shy as Kodera was.
Regardless, They had an inflammatory title and dedicated thumbnail to Shawn's stuff basically making it the headline of an episode, but they didn't bother to put a single segment for Ybarra's tweets instead of a pass by comment? it wasn't just on Era, it was on /r/games, /r/xboxone and most of gaming journalists and many devs on Twitter mentioned it. Even KF Facebook group had a post on it.
Again, just think it was a slower news day when Shawn made those comments and they wanted to talk about Anthem in general instead of focus on one persons comments.Ybarra is VP of Xbox Gaming and Shawn is president of WWS. While it's not ideal to compare corporate structures but they are about the same level. Also, Ybarra has many more followers on Twitter so it's still a big audience. Sure Shawn has high exposure due to him doing conferences so I won't disagree with your statement about him being the face of PS. Although with Jim Ryan taking over Kodera, I think Jim will be the face now since he isn't as shy as Kodera was.
Regardless, They had an inflammatory title and dedicated thumbnail to Shawn's stuff basically making it the headline of an episode, but they didn't bother to put a single segment for Ybarra's tweets instead of a pass by comment? it wasn't just on Era, it was on /r/games, /r/xboxone and most of gaming journalists and many devs on Twitter mentioned it. Even KF Facebook group had a post on it.
Andrea "it's not like the game is unplayable" Also Andrea "I'm going to wait and see if the servers work before I agree to play"
unbelievable.Thoroughly disappointed with Andrea's defense of Anthem with what seemed to be minimizing significant issues with the game other players have had. Her approach of attacking players that didn't know how to do combos was particularly alarming. Her expectation that you should have known about it from previews (because the game completely disregards telling you about it) was a ludicrous defense.
This was the most annoying part of it, she hasn't played it besides demos behind closed doors but whines about people giving valid complaints.Was finally able to listen to the KFGD from yesterday, and will just I agree that Andrea probably shouldn't be calling out people for criticizing Anthem when she herself has not been able to play it. Especially when one of said people she is calling out is Jeff Gertsman who deserves some benefit of the doubt when it comes to games criticism.
Out of all the things Andrea has said recently, the bit about the Assassin's Creed movie made me the most angry, hahaha. At least Kevin kinda called her out, but neither of them seem to understand how much a movie needs to make in order to be considered profitiable in the studios eyes.I sometimes skip KFGD when Andrea is a guest. She is a little to vocal in her opinions and doesn't change them if someone has a counter argument. Also, the Assassin Creed movie did lose the studio money. Even though she kept insisting the movie made a profit.
Tbf Andrea chastised people for daring to have criticisms about it including Jeff gerstmann before even playing the gameI dont watch kf content anymore...but have they been running ads for anthem? That might explain some of the possible shilling? Or maybe its not shilling and she and fran are genuinley enjoying the game
So much this, it grinds my gears every fucking time.I don't want to join a hate mob because I'm sure Andrea is a lovely person and a great friend.
But at this point I just skip any KFGD episode she's on. She's very negative, but where Colin's negativity had a certain charm as it bounced off Greg's optimism, hers just comes across as mean at times. Anytime someone writes in to you're wrong she'll say "Okay well we're splitting hairs now" or "yes, but...". The point of the segment isn't to insult their intelligence, it's to correct a mistake, and she's the only cohost who doesn't seem to take it well.
The EA stuff is weird with her because you can always guess what her views will be. EA, Gamestop, Sony and Microtransactions are good, Nintendo, consumers and fans are wrong.
I agree. I remember a recent episode of Gamecast where the topic was Smash Ultimate. Jared and Tim were just talking about the game and she completely killed the mood by saying she doesn't like Smash. It did not add anything to the discussion but she had to say she did not like that game. Why that was I still don't knowI don't want to join a hate mob because I'm sure Andrea is a lovely person and a great friend.
But at this point I just skip any KFGD episode she's on. She's very negative, but where Colin's negativity had a certain charm as it bounced off Greg's optimism, hers just comes across as mean at times. Anytime someone writes in to you're wrong she'll say "Okay well we're splitting hairs now" or "yes, but...". The point of the segment isn't to insult their intelligence, it's to correct a mistake, and she's the only cohost who doesn't seem to take it well.
The EA stuff is weird with her because you can always guess what her views will be. EA, Gamestop, Sony and Microtransactions are good, Nintendo, consumers and fans are wrong.
He qualified by saying he really wants them to do well next generation because he really likes what they are doing.Did Greg really call himself an xbox fanboy yesterday?
The day prior he scoffed when Andrea asked if he was playing Anthem on Xbox saying "I don't turn it on unless there's something on gamepass"
So much this, it grinds my gears every fucking time.
He qualified by saying he really wants them to do well next generation because he really likes what they are doing.
TBH, Greg has been pretty low on PS for a while now, and pretty high on Nintendo and Xbox. It's annoying because PS is probably at it's highest point in years now, while MS is pretty much at the bottom as far as quality goes. He's judging MS based on what they're promising to bring to the table, but they haven't really done anything yet to deserve any praise.
Someone paid by the company defending game from said company? How entirely unsurprising.Thoroughly disappointed with Andrea's defense of Anthem with what seemed to be minimizing significant issues with the game other players have had. Her approach of attacking players that didn't know how to do combos was particularly alarming. Her expectation that you should have known about it from previews (because the game completely disregards telling you about it) was a ludicrous defense.
So perfectly put. I don't envy them for having to find this balance at all. But as a consumer, its hard not to be a pessimist.It was frankly too much.
Most of the time I can't take them seriously when it comes to games analysis.
I still listen to KFGD but as soon as they try to get a little deeper I really can't anymore.
Sadly, it does make me wonder where the line between real opinions and not wanting to piss off companies lies.
For any of my problems with Jared I appreciate the fact that he recused himself from a conversation where a conflict of interest may have been present.I dig pretty much most of Kinda Funny but Frandrea's analysis of Anthem over the last month or so and Jareds (love him) refusal to talk E.A makes me think that there may be close ties to them over there. I'm not invested either way as big budget E.A games are not my thing,
Theres a reason I wasn't thrilled Fran joined the team and this was exactly it. He was the pro bungie crusader with destiny and no matter how wrong they were he would try hand waving it away or excusing it. Its ok to like a game and call it for its problems.
I love how people keep saying they're having fun as if anyone is telling them that's not allowed. Criticism is not proscribing enjoyment.
Who was saying he wasnt allowed to enjoy it?Uhh have you seen this thread. Unrelated from Andrea's recent criticism handwaving, Greg gets flak for that in this very thread. Remember Fallout 76? He never said the criticisms were invalid, he never said there weren't problems and glitches, he just said he himself didnt run into a ton of things and was enjoying the game despite its problem. And he got flak for that anyway.
Where you here for the Fallout 76 discussions?
My point is him liking the game and not having super negative impressions like the general populace brought up problems here.
If I was i dont recall.Where you here for the Fallout 76 discussions?
My point is him liking the game and not having super negative impressions like the general populace brought up problems here.
Last week it was Goldfarb. Now, today Sean Finnegan has announced he's leaving IGN. He's been quite helpful to KF since early on. I could see him becoming a part-timer. He seemed to fit it nicely on Screencast yesterday (strange timing... or was it a trial run?). Plus (while I know people have railed on Greg for his praise of XBOX), Sean is a bonafide XBOX guy. So, if he joins the Gamescast you'd have a four-person team comprised of Greg (who covered PlayStation for years (I know, I know... some of you think he's soured on them)), Tim (KF's Mr. Nintendo), Fran (the PC guy), and Sean (the XBOX guy).
He has been on fireteam chat a lot (destiny show) with FranI don't know a lot about him (other than he likes hiking) but wasn't Finnegan more of a behind the scenes guy at IGN? More of a Kevin than a Greg or Tim? Would they really want to have someone from that sort of background come straight into GC as a permanent member? Or am I totally off base there?