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[Reever]

TotalBiscuit's videos were mediocre at best, but I always appreciated the pro-consumer stuff he did.

The only times I can recall clicking on a TotalBiscuit review he spent the first 15-25 minutes going over the graphics options available in the game title rather than addressing any gameplay or content. Weird fucking priorities.

Most of his videos were from that era of utter dogshit PC ports where even having a decent options menu was the exception not the rule. It was actually quite helpful since this was the era when mainstream reviewers would often only review the 360 version, which was usually the lead platform, of a game and then said nothing about the PC port which ran at 15 FPS, set your graphics card on fire and had absurd DRM where you had to connect to a central server every other minute. This did lead to some oddities though, like the time he praised Thief 2014. I mean, say what you want about that game but damn if it didn't have a decent settings screen. And a reasonably decent frame-rate on PC, so that's two things. Shame about everything else though.

Don't forget how much he pushed for FOV sliders. In a time where games shipped with FOVs designed for consoles and you had to go through .inis or fan-made hacks to get them above 85.

 

[Dave the Druid]

Don't forget how much he pushed for FOV sliders. In a time where games shipped with FOVs designed for consoles and you had to go through .inis or fan-made hacks to get them above 85.

I literally thought, "I should've mentioned something about FOV silders and having to fuck around with the config.ini in notepad for half an hour" a minute after I posted it.

 

[Black]

While I like his Wiz 8 review the most, it is clear that his best was the og MM 6 review. Because it wasn't a review. It was just a video about a game he really liked. It was pure, untainted passion and fanboyism.

 

[Grauken]

Most jobs eventually suck the fun out of things

 

[PapaPetro]

Most jobs eventually suck the fun out of things

Any way to break that cycle?
I see that burn out happen to virtually every guy whose stuff I enjoy.

 

[Grauken]

Most jobs eventually suck the fun out of things

Any way to break that cycle?
I see that burn out happen to virtually every guy whose stuff I enjoy.

Usually, it's finding something new to get excited about. If you look at people who have long careers in the same company, for the most part, they go through entirely different departments or switch to BUs that target different markets. Same with hobbies, I usually cycle through my interests and I had times when I lost interest in stuff for a couple of years until it came back. Different genres in games for example, or stop gaming for a couple of months or years and do something different. Eventually you recharge and find something new to enjoy about your old hobbies

 

[HeyCheckOutHowHardICanPee]

Any way to break that cycle?

Autistic enthusiasm about the topic at hand and consumption of highly addictive drugs.

 

[PapaPetro]

Any way to break that cycle?

Usually, it's finding something new to get excited about. If you look at people who have long careers in the same company, for the most part, they go through entirely different departments or switch to BUs that target different markets. Same with hobbies, I usually cycle through my interests and I had times when I lost interest in stuff for a couple of years until it came back. Different genres in games for example, or stop gaming for a couple of months or years and do something different. Eventually you recharge and find something new to enjoy about your old hobbies

Keep the meta fresh.

Any way to break that cycle?

Autistic enthusiasm about the topic at hand and consumption of highly addictive drugs.

Go balls out.

 

[Grauken]

Any way to break that cycle?

Autistic enthusiasm about the topic at hand and consumption of highly addictive drugs.

I'm not sure if I admire people who can do that or pity them

 

[PapaPetro]

Any way to break that cycle?

Autistic enthusiasm about the topic at hand and consumption of highly addictive drugs.

I'm not sure if I admire people who can do that or pity them

The insanity drive.
I guess it depends on the payoff (or the alternatives).

 

[Lhynn]

Think subtle racism and oversexualization made his videos spicy, think his passion and distinct love for every title he showcased made every video feel different, think him being in a very dark spot of his life made every video disturbing and inherently interesting.

Lately it all feels very formulaic, sanitized and safe, they can no longer be called a form of art. I blame it on the jews.

 

[Jermu]

Reuploaded

 

[Caim]

He made it family friendly but it's still age restricted.

Good job lad.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Anybody watch anything from Mandalore or has he just kind of gone away?

Isn't he spending most time on podcasts like Please Stop Talking or something like that?
Zero interest in trimming that gigantic game (to-do-review) list.
He could completely ignore AAA garbage and popular indies at this point and still get million+ views and stable flow of dosh from Patreon.
Going with obscure games should be more beneficient for human psyche compared to exposure to AAA garbage or samey indie crap, at the random cost of sanity loss when he step into stinker... for our amusement, obviously.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Anybody watch anything from Mandalore or has he just kind of gone away?

Isn't he spending most time on podcasts like Please Stop Talking or something like that?
Zero interest in trimming that gigantic game (to-do-review) list.
He could completely ignore AAA garbage and popular indies at this point and still get million+ views and stable flow of dosh from Patreon.
Going with obscure games should be more beneficient for human psyche compared to exposure to AAA garbage or samey indie crap, at the random cost of sanity loss when he step into stinker... for our amusement, obviously.

lol @ him describing Pathfinder 2 as "dense". Cheeky.

 

[typical user]

Most jobs eventually suck the fun out of things

Any way to break that cycle?
I see that burn out happen to virtually every guy whose stuff I enjoy.

Go on vacation, come back with fresh ideas.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

I don't understand this trend in games that are menial jobs. Even space menial jobs.

House flipper, power wash sim, cooking sim. There's no real story or progress, there's just you doing small tasks over and over.

It'd be like mining in Eve: Online, only that's the game. That's all you do, and that's its own reward.

It's like people don't have real jobs, but something in them still wants to work, so they play these games instead.

The sci fi elements and paperthin story might be enough to hold me, but I'll probably wait for a sale to try it.

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

then serve to turn the brain off and relax. Alot of those at least on my experience also makes you want to sleep.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

then serve to turn the brain off and relax. Alot of those at least on my experience also makes you want to sleep.

House Flipper just made me want to refund the game.

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

Should buy better games and improve your tastes then, you can see the "asset flip" scam from miles with that and other related games.

 

[Caim]

Menail job sims like Factorio is you being an engineer and miner, but because of the immediate return of investment when doing something like building defenses, setting up new mines or building a processing plant means you are constantly having a high. It's like being powerwashed by dopamine.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

I don't understand this trend in games that are menial jobs. Even space menial jobs.

House flipper, power wash sim, cooking sim. There's no real story or progress, there's just you doing small tasks over and over.

It'd be like mining in Eve: Online, only that's the game. That's all you do, and that's its own reward.

It's like people don't have real jobs, but something in them still wants to work, so they play these games instead.

The sci fi elements and paperthin story might be enough to hold me, but I'll probably wait for a sale to try it.

 

[Ol' Willy]

Menail job sims like Factorio is you being an engineer and miner, but because of the immediate return of investment when doing something like building defenses, setting up new mines or building a processing plant means you are constantly having a high. It's like being powerwashed by dopamine.

Factorio is not a "menial job sim" since it allows a lot of creative freeway all around. Factorio and such are more like construction set games

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Yeah, Factorio and other autism sims aren't really what I'm talking about. You're designing a system, you're not going into a mine and clicking rocks over and over.