More just me trying the demand it into existence.
Because Rob is right, it is absolutely a corny orientalist fantasy for white people... But it's also sick as fuck.
Because Rob is right, it is absolutely a corny orientalist fantasy for white people... But it's also sick as fuck.
Podcast 47 is up:
Also looks like they will attempt to incorporate Twitch's schedule feature for their streams.
Also looks like they will attempt to incorporate Twitch's schedule feature for their streams.
I find it in poor taste to cheer for consolidation during these times
Odyssey was 2017 and since then the only new 3D Mario was Bowser's Fury, which I think most people think of as more of a quasi-expansion since it was bundled with the 3D World remaster.
I'm sure he will if he's had time to play it, but he mentioned on Bluesky that he didn't get a review code.
Rob Zacny (@robzacny.bsky.social)
Not to be all "do you know who I am?" but uh... I feel like the fact I did not receive any PR outreach *at all* about Homeworld 3 is not a good sign about whoever had that account?
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Which is super odd, the game seems very solidI'm sure he will if he's had time to play it, but he mentioned on Bluesky that he didn't get a review code.
Rob Zacny (@robzacny.bsky.social)
Not to be all "do you know who I am?" but uh... I feel like the fact I did not receive any PR outreach *at all* about Homeworld 3 is not a good sign about whoever had that account?
He goes into more context in that bluesky thread. It's the same for another colleague who's covered their games extensively- no PR emails for 5 years. Most of this stuff gets farmed out, it's a valid criticism when their game is out in 3 days and there's very little promoting being done at all. Doesn't mean the game is gonna be bad, but someone is dropping the ball.
Yeah, I'm not sure implying the PR team are dumb because they didn't send him a code is a great look haha
I agree it's valid criticism, but it doesn't really need to be public criticism. Surely he has the means and the contacts to just reach out to the team directly and see what's going on
Then he probably should have led with that. I agree with the sentiment just not the phrasing.
He didn't say anything about a code. He said they hadn't reached out *at all*. I'd say that's probably what makes it odd enough to talk about publicly, especially when it's happening to other media types, not just him. But I'd agree it kinda reads like an unnecessary shot, he at least could have phrased it better.
The PR people or firm haven't reached out to people who has covered the games extensively in the past and he's wondering if that means there's some issue with that side of the company. Not sure I get what the issue is.
There's no issue with him wondering that. Just point your wonder in the direction of the people who can help. DM Blackbird or Gearbox or something
I was sure this thread activity was going to be about Rob AirTagging his window screens to potentially catch an assumed window screen thief...
Complaining about a failure of PR seems like a pretty normal thing to do on social media. Sometimes you just post things. You're not always looking for the optimal solution vector in which to air your complaints.
Complaining about a failure of PR seems like a pretty normal thing to do on social media. Sometimes you just post things. You're not always looking for the optimal solution vector in which to air your complaints.
I didn't mean to misrepresent Rob's post by posting it here. I assumed no outreach also meant no review incoming. He backpedals a bit in the replies while also mentioning that other strategy people he knows hadn't received anything either. That said he also links to friend of the show Cameron Kunzelman's review of it on Polygon.
On topic for last Friday's pod: I was disappointed no one got to the low hanging The Blur Witch Project joke at the end of the episode.
On topic for last Friday's pod: I was disappointed no one got to the low hanging The Blur Witch Project joke at the end of the episode.
Given how Rob and Patrick (and Austin further back at Waypoint) have talked about PR communications, I think it's a safe assumption that they attempted to probe different avenues or knew the [metaphorical] score on getting a response before posting.
If anyone hasn't read the "This Week at Remap" editorial by Rob, do so. Just another peak absurdity in living in the space that he currently does. Hopefully it makes it into HOA.
In 9 months we're going to get an update that it backfired in the most Rob way possible.
I always enjoy the interviews and this weeks was also really good. Recommend to anyone even if you don't know the interviewee (Xavier Nelson Jr) as they talk more about the general subject of storywriting in games and not focused on anything directly that you would need to be invested in.
I love Rob's passive-aggressive attempt to find the screen thieves and the hypothetical passive-aggressive response.
During the fireside chat podcast they mention a game revolving around a mech courier. I looked on the Strange Scaffold website but didn't see anything that seemed to fit that bill. Was that something else they were talking about rather than an explict Strange Scaffold game?
They also talked about this on one of the interview segments for the Ludonarrative thing. I think maybe it isn't out yet, but I'm not 100% sure
After some more digging, I think it's CAN ANDROIDS SURVIVE.
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The Homeworld 3 discussion was interesting. I always assumed Rob was good-to-great at RTS games given how much he operates in the strategy space.
RTS is one of those genres where i'm like 'is anyone actually good at these' (beyond tank rushing, the only tactic i know)
Speaking of another recently disappointing RTS, I was up there on the original Company of Heroes ladder. Gosh I loved that game.
I got decently into (watching) the Starcraft 2 competitive scene when it first came out. The things people can do in that game are wild.
Yeah I was going to say. There is a clip of someone zerg rushing their army *between" individual bombs landing from the other sides tanks, as they use crazy accuracy to avoid hits and get their army there in one piece.
Was not expecting 'Senua, you suck donkey balls' this week. Always taking me off guard.
You know I played through Crow Country and enjoyed it, but as someone who frequently replays the original RE games (specifically 1-3, with a dash of Code Veronica depending on the mood) I have a lot of the same feelings about it as a do Signalis in that I see the inspiration it takes, but it honestly doesn't really feel like those games all that much.
So I kind of arrive at the same conclusion from a different angle I feel like, because it's almost like you have to have nostalgia for that, but a sort of detached nostalgia for someone who hasn't played them in a long time or maybe even never really liked how they played much.
I don't really think any of these retro throwbacks capture the feel of those original REs all that much in the end, largely because they are too afraid of having tank controls and fixed camera angles because they're terrified players are going to spit that up since almost none of them ever caught on that you play that with the d-pad and not the joystick. But even beyond that no one has ever really grasped the flow of the level design of those games either.
Sad those games are on the cusp of being lost to time.
You know I played through Crow Country and enjoyed it, but as someone who frequently replays the original RE games (specifically 1-3, with a dash of Code Veronica depending on the mood) I have a lot of the same feelings about it as a do Signalis in that I see the inspiration it takes, but it honestly doesn't really feel like those games all that much.
So I kind of arrive at the same conclusion from a different angle I feel like, because it's almost like you have to have nostalgia for that, but a sort of detached nostalgia for someone who hasn't played them in a long time or maybe even never really liked how they played much.
I don't really think any of these retro throwbacks capture the feel of those original REs all that much in the end, largely because they are too afraid of having tank controls and fixed camera angles because they're terrified players are going to spit that up since almost none of them ever caught on that you play that with the d-pad and not the joystick. But even beyond that no one has ever really grasped the flow of the level design of those games either.
Sad those games are on the cusp of being lost to time.
Patrick standing up for all of us DmC enjoyers - truly a man of fine taste.
Also I can confirm that I never really liked original Resident Evil all that much and I thought Signalis was pretty much GOTY material - absolutely loved it. That's also probably because while Signalis is obviously heavily inspired by Resident Evil and Silent Hill - games I never cared for - it ALSO draws heavily on 90's anime in certain respects which I have a much bigger fondness for.
Also I can confirm that I never really liked original Resident Evil all that much and I thought Signalis was pretty much GOTY material - absolutely loved it. That's also probably because while Signalis is obviously heavily inspired by Resident Evil and Silent Hill - games I never cared for - it ALSO draws heavily on 90's anime in certain respects which I have a much bigger fondness for.
i understand the DmC definitive edition was pretty dope and also it never came to PC
also very funny that rob kept calling it Journey to the West. It was called Enslaved, but yep it was pretty much just Journey to the West (except they made the chaste monk a sexy hot post-apoc mechanic babe I think?)
also very funny that rob kept calling it Journey to the West. It was called Enslaved, but yep it was pretty much just Journey to the West (except they made the chaste monk a sexy hot post-apoc mechanic babe I think?)
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To this day, it's still the most realistic depiction of Andy Serkis in a video game.they just don't make 'em like this anymore
they just don't make 'em like this anymore
Was this actually a scene in the game I have unfortunately forgotten about or did someone rig this up?
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i don't really know too much about the game but seeing the comment section full of people being like 'damn nostalgia this game ruled' is kind of heartwarming
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It's probably not a problem... probably, but I'm showing a small discrepancy in... well, no, it's well within acceptable bounds...
