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Tonight, Joel McHale makes a triumphant return to The Game Awards
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Right, Joel McHale mocked THE VERY THINGS PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT on ResetEra, but those some people seem to hate Joel McHale for doing so.
Is Joel McHale a bad person or do people just not like him because they find him annoying? He always seemed pretty kind and genuine in interviews and stuff but I guess a lot of people do.
LMAO.
Yeah Joel Mchale is tall. He's 6'4. So Geoff is probably around 5'10
lol that No Man's Sky interview bits from Joel:
"Just four people made this game?"
"Yeah..."
"Geez, you must have carpal tunnel"
"Just four people made this game?"
"Yeah..."
"Geez, you must have carpal tunnel"
I like Joel, but he was insufferable during that VGX.
Between him, and the extremely likely metroid announcement, it's like Geoff Keighley is looking for some grand redemption for VGX 2013 lol
Between him, and the extremely likely metroid announcement, it's like Geoff Keighley is looking for some grand redemption for VGX 2013 lol
Joel's always seemed really friendly and geniune, if a bit sarcastic, in everything I've ever seen him in out of character.
That's part of what made his fish-out-of-water confused-and-unimpressed persona so hilarious to me last time he hosted.
It was some really genuine unintentional comedy where nobody was really being malicious but it was hard to believe it at times.
That's part of what made his fish-out-of-water confused-and-unimpressed persona so hilarious to me last time he hosted.
It was some really genuine unintentional comedy where nobody was really being malicious but it was hard to believe it at times.
Exactly mate. Great work not taking yourself and the show so seriously Geoff. It's gaming it should be fun. You deliver a serious show of high quality GK, let Joel loose to counter balance that.
OMG he's finally proposing to Kojima! Yaaaas queeeen we stan behind Keighjima <3
Definitely. (But it was still great in its own twisted way)
"We've got World Premiere videos every fifteen minutes, breaking news, exclusive demos, and many other phrases that basically mean 'Video Game Commercials.""
:v
He was great.
He was disrespectful to the glorified add reel. An unforgivable gamer sin.
I can't believe it's been five years. It feels like only recently I was laughing at the last time he was on the show. His nega-enthusiasm killed me and 100% made that last show incredible.
Joel destroying Geoff is still one of my fondest gaming media memories.
He eviscerated the self-important pretentiousness of the industry and I loved every moment of it.
"How many layers are you wearing?"
He eviscerated the self-important pretentiousness of the industry and I loved every moment of it.
"How many layers are you wearing?"
I've already muted the game awards. It's so self-aggrandizing and Geoff is so insincerely self-promoting. Joel was basically saying "They're just video games. Let's have fun. You're pontificating like Caesar marching on Rome."
He comes across as a genuine sweetheart in interviews and such. I think the people who are shitting on him are just taking their hobby way too seriously.
Why is it embarrassing?
Back in that era the game awards had a lot of "celebs" and other things that literally looked like they wanted to be anywhere else but there, they didn't seem to care about gaming or have any interest in it, it felt like an awards show that was trying really had to latch on to the hollywood culture/mainstream instead of trying to be a more serious awards show for gaming in general, it came off a bit cringy and played into the stereotype of gaming culture.
Over the years it's moved away from that and has built up more and more to move past those kinds of elements and toward a more serious and celebrated awards show a la the oscars/golden globes, which to me has been a good thing.
This was perfectly captured in that moment where McHale asked him what his favourite was, and he couldn't even do that. "They're all great!" Like, have an opinion. Be human, not a personified billboard tiptoeing around everything.
I'm really excited to see this. People need to stop getting so worked up. Tweets are hilarious.
Lol I'm sure part of him getting the contracts and everyone to work together on this event and events prior involves him being able to say and not say certain things. Joel isn't involved in any of that so of course he doesn't care.
