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Post by Fox on Aug 16, 2020 16:09:40 GMT 1
I've looked it up and I watched a few product reviews for it back when it came out. It does look cool. Don't the controls ever get in the way of the action on the small screen? Not for me, also you can hook it up to your TV so no issue there. |
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Post by K1power on Aug 16, 2020 16:31:26 GMT 1
Nice.
I'm a huge fan of handheld consoles and while this isn't exactly something you'd bring for a long car ride, it's sorta within that category.
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Post by Kenshin (Banned) on Aug 20, 2020 22:13:01 GMT 1
Anyone here has watched the new Netflix gaming documentary "High Score" already? It's 6 episodes a 45 minutes and it's about early history of video games. At first I was a bit skeptical, as it seemed to be pretty much the exact same stuff we have seen plenty of times already on YouTube, just with a higher budget. It caught on with me pretty quickly though. It's very well made and shows certain things in a different light, I'd say. It's not perfect though. Unfortunaly, there are some segments in there that are clearly just in there for the sake of SJW. It's not that bad, but it is clear that they really wanted to have it in there, and that doesn't always make a lot of sense. I also wouldn't recommend to watch them all at once, as the format becomes pretty predictable and thus tiresome. For example, they put a lot of emphasis on interviewing people and focusing on theyr live and work, which leads to missing the bigger picture of the subject (especially in the console wars episode).
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Post by K1power on Aug 21, 2020 18:21:33 GMT 1
This trailer dropped yesterday out of nowhere and the game looks promising.
Manga/Anime fans will know that DragonBall/Goku was based on Journey to the West/Sun Wukong.
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Post by K1power on Aug 27, 2020 19:58:56 GMT 1
Nice snack inbetween bigger episodes.
I remember the PSN hack, but not how huge it actually was.
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Post by K1power on Sept 3, 2020 17:04:14 GMT 1
Nintendo really knows how to make a great presentation.
Might even end up buying some of that stuff.
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Post by K1power on Sept 13, 2020 11:00:51 GMT 1
Anyone here has watched the new Netflix gaming documentary "High Score" already? It's 6 episodes a 45 minutes and it's about early history of video games. At first I was a bit skeptical, as it seemed to be pretty much the exact same stuff we have seen plenty of times already on YouTube, just with a higher budget. It caught on with me pretty quickly though. It's very well made and shows certain things in a different light, I'd say. It's not perfect though. Unfortunaly, there are some segments in there that are clearly just in there for the sake of SJW. It's not that bad, but it is clear that they really wanted to have it in there, and that doesn't always make a lot of sense. I also wouldn't recommend to watch them all at once, as the format becomes pretty predictable and thus tiresome. For example, they put a lot of emphasis on interviewing people and focusing on theyr live and work, which leads to missing the bigger picture of the subject (especially in the console wars episode). I've just watched the first episode of High Score and thought it was pretty good! The presentation is very nice and the bigger budget allows them to have the actual people relevant to the topics there to tell the story from their perspective. As for the sections with representation incorporated I didn't mind them and thought that specifically the Jerry Lawson portion actually added something to the story. It's different when things just feel hamfisted in, which I feel wasn't really the case here. I refrain from using terms like SJW, because longing for social justice and representation isn't a bad thing. That's not to say that the (overly) woke movement can't be just as extreme and toxic as the other side, but that's a rabbit hole I'm not willing to go down right now. The real offender to me is the way the show jumps back and forth between topics over the course of the episode. I get that they want to keep things dynamic and try to make it a cohesive whole by explaining the actual relation between some of these topics, but I prefer clearly separated segments and focus on one topic at a time. It's still just a minor detractor and I'll definitely watch the rest of the show. Can't wait for coverage of the Nintendo/Sega/Sony era. Also this is coming soon: |
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Post by bol on Sept 13, 2020 16:40:16 GMT 1
High Score looks interesting, may try it out the next days too. Dynamic topic jumping for story telling seems a regular craft on Netflix documentaries, it annoys me too.
They also do it for example on the F1 series. It's a wild ride of racing scenes and personal interactions. It was a nice look backstage, but I thought this would be much more informative if they would go through the season in chronological order and from time to time explain what's the current championship status. The topic is interesting enough that I wouldn't need all the dynamic. I imagine especially if the viewer would have not much of an idea about F1, this would all just be confusing.
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Post by K1power on Sept 13, 2020 17:19:29 GMT 1
One of my main pet peeves very commonly found in documentaries is jumping between dates. For someone like me who likes chronology and is pretty OCD to begin with, it's not just confusing, but also annoying and feels like sloppy storytelling.
If you've looked at this thread more than once you'll know I'm a pretty big fan of the Gaming Historian. Not sure if it's his background in history or experience as a content creator (his early videos are over a decade old at this point), but his work - especially these past 3-4 years or so - feels very meticulous and on a professional level despite lacking a company's budget. I can't recommend his videos enough.
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Post by Kenshin (Banned) on Sept 15, 2020 15:09:21 GMT 1
As for the sections with representation incorporated I didn't mind them and thought that specifically the Jerry Lawson portion actually added something to the story. It's different when things just feel hamfisted in, which I feel wasn't really the case here. It wasn't bad at all in the first episode. It is pretty bad and, yes, also "hamfisted", I guess, in the console wars episode. Because there is an unsual long segment about the Madden games and you keep wondering why this is so important... well, I won't spoil the pay off. 
Btw. as far as I can remember there is really nothing about Sony or the N64 in the series.
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Post by Kenshin (Banned) on Sept 15, 2020 15:13:32 GMT 1
Also this is coming soon: Cool, I might check this out if I don't forget about it. I just hope they can bring something new to the table here, because that story was told like a million times already obviously. Oh well, it is such a important and cool story though in the world of gaming history. Especially since the right people won at the end.  |
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Post by bol on Sept 15, 2020 21:31:39 GMT 1
One of my main pet peeves very commonly found in documentaries is jumping between dates. For someone like me who likes chronology and is pretty OCD to begin with, it's not just confusing, but also annoying and feels like sloppy storytelling. If you've looked at this thread more than once you'll know I'm a pretty big fan of the Gaming Historian. Not sure if it's his background in history or experience as a content creator (his early videos are over a decade old at this point), but his work - especially these past 3-4 years or so - feels very meticulous and on a professional level despite lacking a company's budget. I can't recommend his videos enough.
What I dislike about the date jumping is also that necessarily they already made the story for you. Their interpretation (at least from the sports documentaries I saw) is what holds the jumps in a story together. If things are chronological I can draw more easily my own conclusions. I'm simplifying here, chronological documentaries still have a process of selection and so on. But the date makes it definitely harder to think further.
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Post by K1power on Sept 24, 2020 11:18:36 GMT 1
It wasn't bad at all in the first episode. It is pretty bad and, yes, also "hamfisted", I guess, in the console wars episode. Because there is an unsual long segment about the Madden games and you keep wondering why this is so important... well, I won't spoil the pay off. Btw. as far as I can remember there is really nothing about Sony or the N64 in the series. Having completed High Score my initial belief has only been strengthened. It's not that some of these topics have no place in a series like this, but that more generally speaking every (sub)topic suffers from the same issue: a lack of direction/writing. Like the section with the gay dude who created this LGBT-centric RPG. The episode itself was perfectly suited to have a bit of representation incorporated. What better topic than people assuming the role of someone they would like to be and/or couldn't be in real life through an RPG? The issue is that the episode jumps there at a seemingly random moment without any kind of setup. There is too little narrative cohesion between a lot of the topics that fall under the main topic of each specific episode. That is not to say this is a bad series, far from it. I thouroughly enjoyed the console wars episode, the RPG one and many other segments like the one about the creation of Night Trap and the bits with John Romero, just to name a few examples. I wonder if we're getting a second season or if this was always just intended to be a one off. Cool, I might check this out if I don't forget about it. I just hope they can bring something new to the table here, because that story was told like a million times already obviously. Oh well, it is such a important and cool story though in the world of gaming history. Especially since the right people won at the end. I don't think anyone has ever done a documentary that covers the whole topic from the late 80s to early 00s, at least not in a satisfactory way. Let alone on a professional TV budget. While I don't want to get my hopes up I am very interested. There are so many different perspectives, moving parts and intertwined events that you could do a whole series/season on just Nintendo vs. Sega. There are probably some good books/websites that do just that, though. As far as winners and losers of the console wars go I don't really have a horse in the race as I like Ninteno, Sega and Sony (aside from some of their questionable business practices). I will say though that I think it's a shame Sega isn't in the console market any more as they create my favorite games and made some of my favorite consoles like the Dreamcast. Edit: Console Wars just came out yesterday.  What I dislike about the date jumping is also that necessarily they already made the story for you. Their interpretation (at least from the sports documentaries I saw) is what holds the jumps in a story together. If things are chronological I can draw more easily my own conclusions. I'm simplifying here, chronological documentaries still have a process of selection and so on. But the date makes it definitely harder to think further. Not much I can add here as I agree. It's essential to be attentive enough as a viewer to notice any date jumping and be aware that a certain spun narrative is not necessarily representative of the actual (chronological) order of events. Due to the dynamic topic jumping in High Score, there is inherently some date jumping as well. I can still wholeheartedly recommend watching it, though. Edit 2: Since I was a fucking idiot and edited my existing post into nothing instead of creating a new one, I had to rewrite this entire post from scratch/memory. |
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Post by K1power on Sept 24, 2020 18:15:00 GMT 1
Sega Developing Live-Action Adaptation Based on ‘Yakuza’ Video Game With 1212, Wild Sheep (EXCLUSIVE)variety.com/2020/film/news/yakuza-movie-sega-video-game-1234781210/I thought the 2006 movie was okay, but looks like this will be a more involved attempt. Just hope it will be in Japanese and not for whatever backward 'marketing' reason English.
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Post by K1power on Sept 25, 2020 17:40:42 GMT 1
Cool announcement, especially for rictor |
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