Any see this show last night? Fans voted on their favorite games. The part I enjoyed the best was the behind the scenes bits on each game. Of course the little stories behind Mario and the work that went into MGS 2 also was cool too. I realize there is a bias against MTV here so I understand if some of you missed it.
Zelda was voted number 1
Missed it last night. Looks like it is on tomorrow 3:00pm central. I'll check it then.
MTV and EGM. Boy oh boy there's a powerhouse.
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Originally Posted by Korian
As always... :\
seanbaby was host of the show, so i'm sure it was decent at least.. i regret having to miss it.
Really, what the hell? Trap Gunner got robbed!Quote:
Originally Posted by voltz
Seanbaby needs to stick to writing, because all he did was read boring-assed cue cards the whole fucking time...Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_
Maybe if he had written the cue cards I could have gotten a laugh, but no.
Seanbaby doesn't belong on television. You could easily see that he was reading cuecards the whole time, and he never looked at the camera.
I may not completely agree with the countdown, but the show's presentation was pretty good. It was certainly better than Spike TV's awards and surely anything on G4, although that's not saying much. The little extra features they had on a lot of games (guy talking about thps physics, splinter cell writer, etc) were interesting.
This is pretty much everything I would have said. Especially about seanbaby. The presentation really was well done, the 8bit music was a nice touch. And that bit about THPS was nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mairu
Yeah, Seanbaby was maybe the least comfortable tv "personality" i've ever witnessed.
i tried to watch this show but literally couldn't stomach any more after about ten minutes. all those egm people are worthless (and i've been buying egm for years) and extremely annoying to listen to, especially the girl. and how the whole thing was just so "mtv-ized". that lame ass and his official gran turismo car. and the fat whore who lost weight on ddr. please.
That sucks that Seanbaby doesn't work on TV.
:D The ONLY thing DDR is good for!Quote:
Originally Posted by Compass
Fat whores, or losing weight?
I prefer the fat whores.
Girls with low self esteem rock!
I knew a guy who had a thing for fat chicks.
He had a bunch of porno mags with nothing but fat chicks in it.
It was really disturbing.
She is a close personal friend of mine so watch your step or feel my wrath. Consider yourself warned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Compass
She is a very cool person and, from the time I have spent talking and playing games with her, a hell of a lot more knowledgable and better at games than most of the people on this board.
Also of note: MTV decided (with some help from EGM I'd assume) which 15 games were going to be on the countdown, people who went to the MTV website and voted only got to put them in order. Had they been able to vote for ANY games, the list would have been different, MUCH different.
PS: The Splinter Cell part with the writer for the game was better than I had thought it would be, and the THPS physics segment wasn't interesting to me, I found it stupid and obvious. Anybody that learned anything from that apparently forgot High School Physics...
For those that missed it, it is re-airing tommorrow/today (Sunday) at 11AM EST.
That's kinda restrictive isn't it? Kinda like only a select "popular" few get the list while the others are a waste?Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
I'm beginning to think we should have our own debate thread over which titles are top ten or 100, that way we have both an opinion we agree with (ha) or to show how wrong all those posers really are.
That thread would never get anywhere... not even worth the attempt. In fact I'm fairly certain it's been tried before.Quote:
Originally Posted by voltz
im at work at 11 am tomorrow
wonder if itll air again
After being here for the last few months, I wouldn't doubt it one bit. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
I actually tried before to find ONE game we could all agree was GOOD. ONE!
It was a glorious failure. Now that EThugg and some of the others are gone, we should try again in the coming weeks. (Maybe we should not let some of the people that don't like anything play...)
Super Mario 3. Everyone likes that, right?
Right off the bat not sggg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stone
I thought it was the best piece of videogame television I've seen in awhile.
It crapped all over G-Phoria, and Spike TVs VGA's, and almost everything on G4. Hell, I think it was better than most episodes of X-Play.
I don't like MTV any more than any of you, and Seanbaby did seem really rushed when reading the cues, but it had cool behind the scenes stuff, great production values, and what I consider to be an interesting look at a few gamers (Halo guys, DDR chick) that weren't complete dorks (except for the cosplayers... but at least Seanbaby got to put in a little jab about them).
I just got EGM's February 2004 issue and the cover feature is their pick for the top 15 games of the millenium. I have to say, this is absolutely the worst "Top X" list I have ever--in my life--read. Here's the list:
15. Dance Dance Revolution (series)
14. Grand Turismo 3
13. NBA Street (series)
12. WWE Smackdown! / Def Jam Vendetta (series)
11. Splinter Cell
10. Tony Hawk (series)
09. Madden (series)
08. Soul Calibur 2
07. Super Mario (series)
06. Metal Gear Solid 2
05. Grand Theft Auto (series)
04. Final Fantasy (series)
03. The Sims (series)
02. Halo
01. Zelda (series)
my prediction, fight club in 10 posts
I don't know what else to say that isn't readily apparent.
The TV version is much better, what with Seanbaby messing up tons of shit in humorous fashion and such.
How about some context? By what criteria were these games deemed Top 15 Evar? Most influential? Most fun? Which millenium ;)?I'm finding it difficult to take offense at EGM's choices w/o knowing where they're coming from.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkRyan
No Ikaruga? WTF? They're not hardcore at all.
Ikaruga? That's so last summer. If youre not down with DDP Dai-ou-fuck-it, you dont know me. Holla!
Okay okay, so the list was apparently put together from votes from readers and MTV viewers. Sheds some light on it.
There really should be a huge disclaimer on that, or something in the title that screams "Reader Top 15." That EGM would even make this a cover story is pretty offensive--those are some shit picks.
I should tape the TV show of it...dear lord is it hilarious. Some of the Madden stuff is nice, but the constant blowjobs given to today's games over the games of days gone by are too funny. Seeing GT3 as the only representative of why the GT series is great is horrid, same goes for SD, which had RAW 2 clips in there for some reason.
Halo beat out the Sims? Christ, I had not idea the hype for Halo was that big. Somebody shoot the beast now before... no wait, after it swallows Zelda.
PS - Tony Hawk is the only decent thing on that list.
Umm, so should this be merged with the MTV special thread? Because some of this has all already been discussed.
Yeah, that'd be a good move.
Hype? Its called replay value and multiplayer fun. Every college campus I have ever been to since Halo was released has Halo LAN parties all over the place. Best frat house game EVER. That is why it is popular, because almost everybody likes it, not because of "hype".Quote:
Originally Posted by Ammadeau
I liked the physics part for THPS, interesting stuff. The writer part for Splinter Cell was neat. Seanbaby messing up lines "Crossface Crippler"... was hilarious. Fun show to watch, but the Discovery channel thing on gaming last year rules it. The GT4 footage was impressive though.
Wow, that's fucking scanalous...Quote:
MTV decided (with some help from EGM I'd assume) which 15 games were going to be on the countdown, people who went to the MTV website and voted only got to put them in order. Had they been able to vote for ANY games, the list would have been different, MUCH different.
My thoughts exactly. The world would be a better place if neither existed.Quote:
Originally Posted by cka
So, that would leave us a world of Vh1 and Gamepro. :\Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Halo is the next Goldeneye, except its about 10 times bigger than Goldeneye ever was. Everybody I know who isn't an annoying Japanophile nerd who posts on TNL loves Halo, especially multiplayer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ammadeau
Halo seems to be a mixed bag in my eyes. Unlike Diffusionx, i have found plenty of people who aren't too fond of it. The non- japanophile nerd types. Golden-eye, while not as big, seems to have a greater overall exceptance. And all of the frats around me would shit on you if you talked about bringing halo in. Madden seems to be the universally excepted game. As for me, i think its nothing compared to having a computer fps in front of me, but its fun as long as I can stand the pistol for extended periods of time.
The least they could've done was let Seanbaby do some of his signature commentary, I mean it is MTV after all.