View: https://youtu.be/Unh3kan_tFc?t=268
Not much else to say but thought it was neat. The rest of the interview is a nice watch too.
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Nick Offerman's last video game was Banjo-Kazooie which he "lost a couple of weeks to" (Jimmy Kimmel, TLOU interview)
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View: https://youtu.be/Unh3kan_tFc?t=268
Not much else to say but thought it was neat. The rest of the interview is a nice watch too.
WATCH TLOU
Filming is a quick process in comparison to post production. Everything after can take years for movies in post production and then waiting for a scheduled release date.
Nick Offerman at the engine room
Nice to see the original GIF for the first time lol, always seen the one with the Kratos mod.
My dad used to tell me games were a waste, then proceed to smoke weed with his friends, gamble and put us in debt.
Haha, I just replayed BK on my Steam Deck for the first time in years (probably not since the XBLA release) and I can confirm the engine room is still a pain.Nick Offerman at the engine room
Amazingly I only died once during it which I consider a near miracle.
My dad would tell me games were a waste while he collected model cars and made fire truck pixel art in MS Paint.
....I mean, I'm not trying to compare situations (sorry your dad was like that), but ya gotta love that irony where people can't see the appeal of other's hobbies and bizarrely have to put it down and make you feel crappy. :/
On the flip side: My nephew called and talked to me about Kirby for almost an HOUR. Literally I am the only one in the family who can do this videogame thing for him, and I felt special. xD
Very good choice.
2. Not playing for hours every day
3. Not being super familiar with the platformer genre
1. Having never played it
2. Not playing for hours every day
3. Not being super familiar with the platformer genre
We're probably doing the same in a way. Maybe less, because we do at least understand mobile games and dumb youtube stuff.
I can't imagine Nick Offerman as a young person, let alone playing Banjo Kazooie in his twenties.
Assuming he played when it came out, he would have been 28. It's also around when he started getting bit roles like ER, Arliss, Profiler, and surprisingly Kablam.
... This is kind of cursed.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWye1s6Muk0
... This is kind of cursed.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWye1s6Muk0
I met a 45 years old woman who shat on her son for playing video games and told me her jig was the slot machines in the casinos.
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I watched a lot of Kablam as a kid and I have no memory of this whatsoever lol. Probably for the best.
In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Nick Offerman (who played Bill in the recent episode of The Last of Us) revealed that he quit gaming after playing Banjo-Kazooie (excellent game to quit after!!) out of fear that the hobby would affect his career. Here's the clip from Twitter and a transcript via IGN
View: https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/1621068747409883137?s=46&t=8oYkLkRe14Z2zD6KFjJUjg
"25 years ago I played my last video game, and I'm very indulgent," he said. "I lost a couple of weeks to a video game called Banjo-Kazooie. Two weeks went by and I was like, 'oh my god the slow dopamine drip is so delicious'. Then it's over and you're like 'yes I won'. And immediately I'm like 'what have I done with my life'."
"So I decided that I'm never going to do that again, and thankfully because games have gotten so good, like The Last of Us, that I think I'd be in a basement and I wouldn't even be going to audition for shows like this."
I think this also brings up an interesting subject for discussion, that being does he have a point there? Has your own personal love for the hobby had any type of effect on your life? Speaking personally, I can say without a doubt it has for me. As someone pursuing the very type of career he's successful at, it has actually affected my auditioning process and the furthering of my career because I get so caught up in the games I'm playing and what game to play next, it gets cast aside. So this brief interview does have me thinking where I'd be right now had I followed in his same footsteps and what I need to do to cut back on my gaming addiction/habits so I can get myself out of this hole I've dug.
What are you all's thoughts on this? And curiously, if you were to decide to up and quit gaming today, what would be your last game to end it on?
View: https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/1621068747409883137?s=46&t=8oYkLkRe14Z2zD6KFjJUjg
"25 years ago I played my last video game, and I'm very indulgent," he said. "I lost a couple of weeks to a video game called Banjo-Kazooie. Two weeks went by and I was like, 'oh my god the slow dopamine drip is so delicious'. Then it's over and you're like 'yes I won'. And immediately I'm like 'what have I done with my life'."
"So I decided that I'm never going to do that again, and thankfully because games have gotten so good, like The Last of Us, that I think I'd be in a basement and I wouldn't even be going to audition for shows like this."
I think this also brings up an interesting subject for discussion, that being does he have a point there? Has your own personal love for the hobby had any type of effect on your life? Speaking personally, I can say without a doubt it has for me. As someone pursuing the very type of career he's successful at, it has actually affected my auditioning process and the furthering of my career because I get so caught up in the games I'm playing and what game to play next, it gets cast aside. So this brief interview does have me thinking where I'd be right now had I followed in his same footsteps and what I need to do to cut back on my gaming addiction/habits so I can get myself out of this hole I've dug.
What are you all's thoughts on this? And curiously, if you were to decide to up and quit gaming today, what would be your last game to end it on?
Nick Offerman's last video game was Banjo-Kazooie which he "lost a couple of weeks to" (Jimmy Kimmel, TLOU interview)
https://youtu.be/Unh3kan_tFc?t=268 Not much else to say but thought it was neat. The rest of the interview is a nice watch too. WATCH TLOU
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I was so addicted to gaming at one point that I legit let other aspects of my life fail, so I understand his position completely.
When I world first raided in WoW for about 5-6 years my life was torn apart
Not the games fault but you can fall into that hole so easily if you truly love something
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For me, There's definitely the feeling after sinking 100 hours into a game that you've wasted a bunch of time and haven't done anything productive. It's probably the main reason I don't touch multiplayer anymore. I would like to finish writing any number of novels and multiplayer gaming kills the minimal free time I have to do so.
I'm glad that TLoU show is doing so well , but there is still this snobbish cultural sense of the masses looking down on video games you could hear it in his and Kimmel's tone. This narrative has been around for 10 year, people who don't play games should really be aware of how much they are missing out.
Common sentiment, most of my online friends are from my WoW days, all are much happier
You get to a point where you "retire" and it feels good closing the chapter
What did you do to get out?
I'm torn between Banjo or Donkey Kong Country 2. But without a doubt, it would be one of those two as my last.
Gaming has never taken over or gotten in the way of real life for me, fortunately. The internet however...
Had my relationship at the time end.
Really put some perspective on my life and thankfully I'm in a much, much, much better place these days.
I don't sense that from the clip. He's basically saying that games have gotten so good he would be nonproductive if he played. I do think the sentiment you mention is certainly real though and been around a lot longer than 10 years. It will go away with time though as gamers age. Its hard to get anyone over 35 who hasn't or doesn't play video games to get into them.