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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 17:22:53 GMT
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Post by spidershinobi on Feb 9, 2016 18:07:30 GMT
Not clicking the kotaku link, but well, could we expect any different? Videogame industry is changing. Many retarded missiles (a.k.a. Air Turtoise) were launched during the Wii/Ps3/360 days, a bunch of them already hit random targets, others have yet to land. As for reviewing, I think that the only way for review businesses to survive nowadays is to get paid directly by the party that's most interested in them. Seriously, if you are older than 20 chances are you already figured reviews most likely won't help you making purchases, so all that is left for this kind of activity is serving purposes other than the obvious one.
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Guilion
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Post by Guilion on Feb 9, 2016 22:02:29 GMT
I can't say I'm very surprissed it ultimately came to this; the last time I used the site I believe was around 2007 to download well.... a game trailer <.< I was never a fan of their content and I couldn't take their reviews seriously considering they were not exactly subtle when it came to advertisement and paid reviews. If there's something I actually feel sorry for is Geoff Keighley's career and I do wonder how he will recover the face he has lost with the comunity. ![](http://www.heypoorplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dorito-pope.png) Not clicking the kotaku link Here, have an archive archive.is/tu2Ey
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Post by Imperial Khador on Feb 9, 2016 22:29:35 GMT
Yeah, unfortunate. I've really liked some of their contributors, particularly Brandon Jones (the voice of GameTrailers), and Kyle Bosman. Hopefully the staff lands on their feet.
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fsfsxii
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What to believe...
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Post by fsfsxii on Feb 10, 2016 4:37:12 GMT
I watched their last stream before they shut down. Pretty touching actually. I liked Huber Hype and The Final Bosman, the only 2 shows i watched other than cgr.
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MeleeMonk
Cartoon Pony Wrangler
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Post by MeleeMonk on Feb 11, 2016 11:07:33 GMT
Gametrailers was my absolute favorite gaming site during 06-08 when I was still a teenager in middle school and had very low standards when it came to entertainment. Don't get me wrong, they made some great top 10 lists, and there was content galore on their site, but most of it was trashy, juvenile stuff like Screwattack videos or just juvenile stuff like AVGN which I eventually grew out of. I think AVGN was a major draw back then, seeing as how he was in his prime at that time. And that's not to say I dislike AVGN's older stuff, because I don't. It's just not as holy for me now as it was when I was still a youngling. I always thought GT's reviews were played safe and not done with integrity, and not to mention venal. Most gaming sites nowadays only praise mainstream titles and shit on budget-priced games that are under the radar, not even giving them a fair/considerate review, and GT was probably the worst example of that, along with X-play.
but ultimately, it's still kinda sad to seem them go. I will miss watching their top 10s.
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Post by spidershinobi on Feb 11, 2016 19:03:42 GMT
I had even forgotten about how I always visited them for AVGN too. Well, times sure have changed!
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Post by yar2084 on Feb 20, 2016 16:06:34 GMT
I'll miss the Final Bosman, I enjoyed that segment.
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MeleeMonk
Cartoon Pony Wrangler
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Post by MeleeMonk on Feb 22, 2016 8:30:01 GMT
Final Bosman? I don't recall seeing that show on Gametrailers. It is a show, right?
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Post by Imperial Khador on Feb 22, 2016 13:47:51 GMT
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Post by yar2084 on Feb 23, 2016 11:18:47 GMT
Thanks ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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cobretti
Fire Shark Shinobi
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Post by cobretti on Feb 24, 2016 2:10:56 GMT
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MeleeMonk
Cartoon Pony Wrangler
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Post by MeleeMonk on Feb 24, 2016 9:05:57 GMT
Say, now that their site is shutting down, where will all their content (reviews, countdowns, retrospectives, etc.) go? Does anyone know?
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fsfsxii
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What to believe...
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Post by fsfsxii on Mar 16, 2016 5:34:07 GMT
Does anybody know the name of the song Kyle uses at the intro of his show, the final bosman?
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Post by Imperial Khador on Mar 21, 2016 7:43:42 GMT
Looks like their former staff is going the Patreon route as well. I'm in for a dollar to see where it goes. www.patreon.com/EasyAllies
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