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  • I tried to see the new episode but theres a script error on the screwattack G.O. link.

    Damn thing keeps crashing my browser!

  • Video games are art? I disagree. If they're art then so are board games, card games and sports(none of which I think are art either). They're GAMES. Games are a completely different field than art, just as science & math are a completely different field. Games may have some art that is drawn for them(cover box, etc.) or written for them(basic outline) but they are games first and foremost. Storytelling, acting, painting, sculpting, etc...these are art. I think they're fundamentally different.

  • Video games are art? I disagree. If they're art then so are board games, card games and sports(none of which I think are art either). They're GAMES. Games are a completely different field than art, just as science & math are a completely different field. Games may have some art that is drawn for them(cover box, etc.) or written for them(basic outline) but they are games first and foremost. Storytelling, acting, painting, sculpting, etc...these are art. I think they're fundamentally different.

  • Video games are art? I disagree. If they're art then so are board games, card games and sports(none of which I think are art either). They're GAMES. Games are a completely different field than art, just as science & math are a completely different field. Games may have some art that is drawn for them(cover box, etc.) or written for them(basic outline) but they are games first and foremost. Storytelling, acting, painting, sculpting, etc...these are art. I think they're fundamentally different.

  • Got any more American Bob's in the pipe?

  • Finally! The Supreme Court episode! Can't wait Bob!

  • screw attack kinda sucks sorry, and I have no respect for craig.

  • Good god guys, if you "don't like his new style" DON'T WATCH HIS SHOW!! Simple as that. If you don't like him, turn away. In the mean time, I'm gonna think of smarter stuff to bitch about.

  • 1:09 it's revolution not revoltuion

  • I'm not a big fan of the side-stories either, but who am I to condemn him for exploring himself as a creative person?

  • @Rankerquat The whole point in doing the whole yt thing is to entertain people, if he isnt doing that isnt he failing?

  • @VatZeEll Yeah, I guess it started out as an experiment to see if the public liked it, but we both know how that worked out. He'll probably jump back to the old format in one or two episodes, but he probably WILL try to test with new ideas (EX: a game overthinker cooking special :P ) considering how it must be REALLY boring for him, sticking to the same format all the time. And we must remind ourselves that he's not being PAID to do this, so whatever he thinks is fun, he'll at least TRY.

  • @VatZeEll Yeah, I guess it started out as an experiment to see if the public liked it, but we both know how that worked out. He'll probably jump back to the old format in one or two episodes, but he probably WILL try to test with new ideas (EX: a game overthinker cooking special :P ) considering how it must be REALLY boring for him, sticking to the same format all the time. And we must remind ourselves that he's not being PAID to do this, so whatever he thinks is fun, he'll at least TRY.

  • @Rankerquat True, and I suppose as long as he keeps to the org. format but has a little fun, that can't be harmed. However I would hope he keeps his creative fancies to himself, I don't know about you but my love of cross-dressing is no ones business but my own. You feel me?

  • @VatZeEll Totally! I myself was REALLY surprised to see he started another sub-plot. Of corse, there might be something behind this... *pauses to think* you know what! Maybe the BEST IDEA FOR THIS is that if he really feels strong about these story lines, maybe he can start another sub-series on his channel devoted ENTIRELY to plot! That way, us fans won't have to sit through awkward stories (unless we feel so inclined) and good 'ol bob gets to take a break from the regular series!

  • C'mon the side stories are not that bad. They are entertaining, not overly but still. It doesn't really affect the main part of the show (unless you count the 50th episode).

  • Come on, guys. A youtube user starts making content that isn't done entirely with a cheap microphone, budget recording/editing equipment (windows movie maker, audacity, etc.), and all of a sudden he's a sellout? You know, in most forms of media, creating the same thing over and over in slightly different context is frowned upon.

  • I prefer the original format of the show, but this new show isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Yeah the acting and effects are bad and the story distracts of the commentary, but he's still doing commentary just fine too.

  • Wow, kids are STILL butthurt over this. Deep down, you really do care.

  • I don't understand why people bash the sidestories. Everyone I have watched were fun to watch.

    I really like your intelligence part of your videos, but I don't mind those "wacky" sidestories. I understand that sometimes you want to do some fun stuff.

    Why so serious?

    Anyway keep up the good job. You are great!

    :)

  • @TornadoCreator If you have better things to do than whine about your petty first-world problems, then why are you even here?

  • @TheTigerStrike because he LIKED the way the show started out, and like many of us, hate the new acting crap

  • @shadowzard7 He said that he has better things to do, and yet is still here commenting. That's a fucking contradiction.

  • @TheTigerStrike he said he has better things to do than watch him humilate himself acting. not giving intelligent commentary

  • @shadowzard7 Intelligent commentary=complaining about a show that he has no creative control/input over, according to you.

    Despite it being Bob's show, it's a pretty inane thing to be complaining about. He still shows his intelligent and insightful views of the video game industry and escapism in general, just an extra 3 minutes on an episode. A pretty arbitrary thing when you actually think about it.

  • @TheTigerStrike holy shit dude, it's one misinterpretation after another with you. BOB has the intelligent commentary which we all want to see. the story takes away from the time he would normally be giving it and cuts right in the middle of it.

  • @shadowzard7 "Misinterpretations"? Dude, your comment was so convoluted in its wording that I'm surprised you aren't in kindergarten.

    Once again, it's less than an iota of a problem as everything is still there. There's less than five measly minutes that you have to sit through an episode. In other words: It doesn't fucking matter.

  • @TheTigerStrike Look, if you cant understand me, then you just cant read. And everything anyone has said in response to you, you cant understand what they are trying to say which really does show you cant read. An episode goes on for way more than five minutes. The cutscenes are more than 5 minutes themselves. They are poorly made and I only want to see what originally brought me to the show. This shoulda been a seperate series, the majority of watchers disaprove of it.

  • @shadowzard7 Uh-huh, you saying this is hilarious because of how horrible your over all sentence structure is. You saying that assumes that I'm illiterate because I can't understand someone raping my mother language. I love the logic of idiots, so contradictory.

  • @TheTigerStrike Right, im raping the language when all you can put out is empty insults

  • @shadowzard7 Right, my criticism of your language use are "empty insults". Cry me a fucking river.

    Best part, though, is that you made two huge English mistakes in this comment alone (not paying mind to the tens of others) and you're trying to argue that you don't.

  • @TheTigerStrike this is the internet, not an english essay. the second I get assigned one I will start typing perfect english. get over yourself. if you can understand it, it's fine. i would rather use bad grammer than to rage all over the place when i obviously lost because i changed the subject and cant admit i lost like you are doing now

  • @shadowzard7 >Contradicting what you said about your language earlier and describing what just happened to you with this comment as if it is me.

    What ever helps you sleep at night.

  • @TheTigerStrike i never made any contradictions, stop saying that because you think it's a big word. are you done with the empty insults yet?

  • @shadowzard7 (With obviously intended sarcasm and an implied worth to the subject) "Right, im raping the language" and then you go ahead and say that it doesn't matter. Totally not a contradiction at all.

    Are you done being condescending and ready to get off your fucking pedestal yet?

  • @TheTigerStrike which proves my point that you really cant understand what people are talking about. i said i didnt rape it AND it doesnt matter. thats not a contradiction. and me condescending? im not the one insulting the way people talk ON THE INTERNET. god

  • @shadowzard7 If you didn't think that it wasn't a big deal then you wouldn't have any need to have said that in the first place. Arguing that you meant what you say that you meant with your previous comments tells me that you don't know a thing about what context.

    Furthermore, you are insulting me for the way I talk on the internet, that is known as "the pot calling the kettle black". Finally, condescending=/=directly insulting.

  • @shadowzard7 Addendum: You saying that you didn't rape the language is fruitless as any kindergartner could read that comment and say that, logically, the way I responded was right.

  • @TheTigerStrike well i disagree, so if you dont like it you shouldnt be using the internet because you'll see a lot of that

  • @shadowzard7 "Disagree"? With what, the facts that I laid down, or the Bob thing?

    Oh really? In a place where there are people who get off to gore and fantasize about rape there are going to be people who disagree with me? Enlighten me more oh wise sage of obviousness.

  • @TheTigerStrike well obviously i need to point that out. and what facts exactly did you lay down? all you did is insult my grammer (which was irrevelent). look, this is getting stupid. it's just going to end with one of us telling the other person hes blocked or whatever the hell. let's just agree to disagree as overused as the phrase is

  • @shadowzard7 As much as I hate ending a debate (or whatever you want to call this sort of thing) at this point, you are probably right.

    Just to clarify, the 'insults' to your grammar came from me not being able to fully understand the context of certain statements and it sort of flew off the handles after that.

  • @Rakiarmas yea unfunny and corny sidestories with bad special effects that take away from the part of the show that pulled us in are soo great. theres a certain line he needs to draw when considering what the fans want, if he wasnt having fun with the original commentary he shouldnt have been doing it in the first place

  • 1:30 the 3:30 was a joke...

    ...

    right?

  • Oh, wow. Are you going to post your first video to Screwattack? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY VIDEOS ON SCREWATTACK

  • I don't see why you guys hate the side-stories. I mean, it's not like he's the first internet show to do them. (Linkara and Spoony, anyone?)

  • Had to come back to really see that there.... you wrote revoltuion, lovely D:

  • Is there a way you can put ur newer videos on the screw attack channel on gametrailers, I wanna watch these on my iPad

  • Instead of doing annoying stories you could try doing interviews or a bit of journalism in a Moore meets public way

  • What happened to American.

  • Personally I ain't going to focus on the whole story bits, and special effects fights. I'm going to watch the overthinker for the same reason why I subbed to him. To get his points of view on a particular subject in mind, and talk about it.

    Reaction and discussion, that's what he wants. So focus more on that, and not on his special effects BS.

  • Personally I ain't going to focus on the whole story bits, and special effects fights. I'm going to watch the overthinker for the same reason why I subbed to him. To get his points of view on a particular subject in mind, and talk about it.

    Reaction and discussion, that's what he wants. So focus more on that, and not on his special effects BS.

  • Whomever thumbs downed this video because of a story line that takes up less than a third of an episode and only appear at the beginning and end of an episode are people I pity. If you don't like the story segments then fine; just skip 'em, but we watch TGO for the topics and insightful positions and those HAVEN'T GONE ANYWHERE. His older episodes would have lasted the same amount of time if you take out the story elements so it's not like anything's being "cut".

  • @artboy598 If you don't like what he's added then JUST SKIP IT TO GET TO THE MEAT OF THE VIDEO if it bother's you that much...

  • @TheSamuraiGoomba You just don't happen to agree with those specific arguments. What Halo Episode are you referring to? "Magneto was right" and "Correctitude" aren't even TGO episodes btw nor are they spin-offs of it. Neither is "Jobbed". I'm referring only to TGO because that's what the video is about.

    Also, he didn't say Metroid Prime was a bad game in any of his videos. He's already said he doesn't like FPS and he just didn't like the change that Metroid made to FPS.

  • @TheSamuraiGoomba You just don't happen to agree with those specific arguments.  What Halo Episode are you referring to? "Magneto was right" and "Correctitude" aren't even TGO episodes btw nor are they spin-offs of it. Neither is "Jobbed". I'm referring only to TGO because that's what the video is about.

    Also, he didn't say Metroid Prime was a bad game in any of his videos. He's already said he doesn't like FPS and he just didn't like the change that Metroid made to FPS.

  • @TheSamuraiGoomba I'll give you that he's a little biased towards nintendo at times and he's even admitted it himself. The thing is that he said me made TGO to get gamers thinking about topics while giving his opinion on the matter. If you don't agree fine. I don't agree with EVERYTHING Bob says, but that shouldn't matter. In fact it is better in a way because it forces YOU to come up with better and more valid reasons for why you think the way you do....

  • @artboy598 I watch GO because I'm *not* a Nintendo fanboy, but am curious about its continued appeal (my fond memories of the NES had more to with Capcom and Konami than Nintendo 1st-party titles). And Bob is the most articulate and consistent Nintendo pundit I've found. So unlike The Big Picture, where I agree with him 90%+ of the time, GO's more like 60-70%. But it's always enlightening.

  • @falseprophecy I'm not calling you a Nintendo fanboy lol. Everyone has their favorites and he just happens to be really "out there" about what he likes as far as video games. I'm just don't like that people are thumbs downing a video because they don't agree with him or his views or he's "damaging gaming culture" or even being a general prick, but because of little story elements that can be easily skipped over are there. I just think MOST ppl's reasons for being jerks here are shallow.

  • Screwattack now has a category for this in the Partners section. screwattack(dot)com/shows/part­ners/game-overthinker But at the time of this comment, its barren.

  • Keep up the great work! You fighting sprite monsters and ninjas is more entertaining than just the woods or the beach.

  • okay, the quest of the overthinker was fun, but let's cool it for awhile. maybe after another few regular shows we can do something like it again, but not right away.

    also, old intro please? new one is just unbearable long.

  • Damn. Can't believe I just thumbed DOWN a movie bob video.

  • REVOLTUION

  • I'm ok with a little bit of story stuff, just because of how horrible it is ,but keep you pants on with it.

  • Moviebob either include the URL or be scorned by lazy people. Go.

  • I loved your videos, I totally agree with what you say about creativity being stifled in modern games. I was hoping you would go into the insane mechanical depth of Bayonetta. But instead I assume you're going to complain about the character design instead. This is a wasted opportunity. If anyone out there can properly champion the incredible mechanics achieved in Bayonetta, it's you!

  • You say you created TGO to get gamers thinking, right? Well, mission success: they're all thinking about how much they don't like your show anymore. X_X

    To everyone else out there saying "I don't like the live-action scenes", then maybe, just maybe, telling Bob WHY you don't like them will make it more likely that he'll make them better. Shocking, I know.

    Example:

    I like the action scenes well enough, but only if they stay unobtrusive and don't divert attention away from the topic at hand.

  • I think you should just stop complaining about the storylines. If you like'em then watch'em. I personally just skip them...

  • Christ, TGO fans are whiny brats.

  • look on the bright side. At least there's no more American Bob!

  • @CoconutBuyer

    Praise Ganesha

  • Look, I understand the critisism with the Over Thinker's new direction, at first, it really came across as not all that well thought our and rushed. And while Bob has always had a "I want to be on that guy with the glasses.com really badly" vibe to him, his leatest episodes have been both insightful and entertaining. Yes, the old format ws better for simply game commentairy, but this is something new and I for one wish him well

  • what good is this?

  • I might not watch our videos anymore... these weird stories are kinda crap

  • Hey Bob, keep doing the storylines, I like them.

    Folks, you gotta understand something, if Bob doesn't enjoy what he's doing, he won't do it anymore. That's how shows online work. If you don't like the corny storylines but you love the information, guess what, if he doesn't enjoy doing the show he won't give you the information.

  • I'll stick with watching Escape to the Movies and The Big Picture, and remembering the time when The Game Overthinker was worth watching.

  • I personally don't mind the story-lines. The recent episodes have had a great balance between overthinking and story, it's been like 3 minutes of story and 7-8 minutes of overthinking. If you guys can't handle those three minutes, then skip them and only listen to the commentary. How hard is that?

  • @TheReal0ne YES. At least someone sees that we can have our cake and eat it too! Or rather, Bob can as well...

  • While I don't hate the storyline stuff, I think it could be better. Everytime I see story in a TGO episode, I think of Linkara and Spoony from Thatguywiththeglasses. They both integrate quite a bit of story into their reviews, but in their cases, it never detracts from the main reviews, and I feel the writing and overall stories are better. Maybe Bob could learn a thing or two from them.

  • @sportsfan282 Same thing with AVGN, all the acting around the review is related to the acctual game he is reviewing. Except for "shit pickle" which was a short-lived one and I think we all know why.

    TGO stories on the other hand, has its own Video Game inspired universe that has very little to do with the acctual overthinking except that the main character is the game overthinker (who is busy not using his overthinking skills). It just doesn't blend nice at all.

  • I remember watching that you had plans to destroy the world in earlier episodes, but you were too busy overthinking. Now, it seems as if you're trying to save the world from more villainous thinkers like the AntiThinker while still overthinking. Have you had a change in heart, or are you just trying to save the world so that you could destroy it personally?

    Either way, I've enjoyed your videos back then, and I'm enjoying them now. Keep on overthinking for me, ok? :-)

  • @FatLingon Personally I don't think it has to go quite so far. Doing something similar to Linkara and just keeping the story segments at the end of the video in one unbroken stretch would probably be enough to alleviate most of the complaints.

  • Yea cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also can u plz bring back american bob? the series was awesome too XD lol

  • after watching this trailer, I was wondering was I watching a trailer for Game overthinker or Dragonball Z LOL

  • Make more episodes, fuck the haters. I'll watch any shit you put out.

  • fuck do i need a trailer for? just do it and ill watch lol

  • I don't know, guys. While I'm not a huge fan of all the extra stuff what's important is Moviebob seems like he's having a ton of fun. Maybe this is all the stuff he wanted to do, but couldn't. It rarely seems like he doesn't enjoy what he's doing.

  • @TakaMaru777

    It's what happens. ego gets to people and they think they're a Raja

    Same thing happened to spoony

  • Finally. I have been waiting for this for a long time. Good to see TGO back.

  • more american bob please

  • Needs more ninjas.

  • @chocochicken23 Speak for yourself. He's still talking just as much about videogame issues, he's just using a framing device. And since his new episodes are generally longer than his older stuff, it's not like we are somehow losing content.

  • @YamiAura

    quality over quantity

  • @z0diak1990 Yea, and in my opinion there isn't any quality lost. You're getting everything you got before, plus a bit of this other thing. You don't like it, fine, but it's FREE ENTERTAINMENT, so it's not like you're paying him and then being given garbage. I think people are just really, really, over exaggerating.

  • @YamiAura

    "FREE ENTERTAINMENT"

    No excuse for not improving sahib

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa i'm not familliar with the defenition of sahib. care to fill us in?

  • @Supergamer8100

    "sir" or "mister"

    and this guy is a pseudo Raja if I ever saw one

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa My point is people bitch like he owes them something. He doesn't. He has absolutely no obligation to cater to absolutely anyone and given the amount of complaints in relation to his views, the people who dislike the new episodes are a very vocal minority.

  • @YamiAura

    "the people who dislike the new episodes are a very vocal minority."

    Tell that to all the dudes on Dead horse interchange, his comment section,pretty much anywhere where he is brought up.

    But no. Just tell yourself that all the complaints leveled against him are all a small group of people.

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER WATCHED HIS VIDEOS HAVE POSTED THEIR OPINIONS HERRRRP. Compare the comments to the hits his videos get, assume there are no sockpuppets out of good faith, and boom. Vocal minority.

  • @YamiAura

    Still, to dismiss anyone who doesn't like him as a minority is bullshit and pretty much blinding yourself to criticism.

    Even if it were a minority it would still be dumb to not listen to your critics and improving.

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa Haha, no. I'm not saying "don't listen to your critics". I'm saying that he's still doing something right as he's still more popular than he's unpopular, and his fans are free to criticize but they need to stop acting like self-entitled cunts.

  • @YamiAura

    Asking for improvement is self entitlement?

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa You apparently haven't seen the comments I've seen. Let's just leave it at that. It's not asking for improvement so much as the way people go about it, mmkay?

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa Because everyone who's ever watched his videos have commented, right? Comparing the amount of comments to the amount of views per video, yea, it's a vocal minority.

  • @YamiAura

    Double post lol

  • @YamiAura You do have a point that he doesn't have an obligation since this is FREE ENTERTAINMENT, but that doesn't mean the newer episode structure is any more justified.

    In addition, the people who dislike his episodes is very prevalent. Ever since he started the new plot structure, his ratings went down from 11-10 to 7-8. I don't think a minority has that big of a say.

    The problem is that these silly stories don't compliment his deep discussions at all. It's distracting, people don't like it

  • @Bradax24 Look, I'm not saying people can't criticize him. The original guy I responded to is a very light example (there is WAY worse), but generally people act like total cunts to moviebob and frankly, if I were him, I would ignore those sorts of people entirely out of principle. Ultimately he should have the right to do what he thinks is fun with his videos, for better or worse, imo. I mean, he's still nowhere near Nostalgia Critic bad.

  • @YamiAura Still, he should take in constructive criticism to improve on his episodes. I'm not acting like a cunt went I say that the older episode structure was better, as established in my previous comment. He has the right, but the people who ultimately decide his fate are the viewers (especially the ones dragged in by his early episodes).

    And "Nostalgia Critic bad?"..........I'll just agree to disagree.

  • @YamiAura

    this is cute

    his fans are asking for something, if he bothered caring he would respond.

    I'm GLAD I'm not paying for this, in fact, I wouldn't watch it if I was being payed.

    Buddy moviebob ran out of legitimate analysis a while ago, he is now pretty much changed his structure entirely.

  • @z0diak1990 Where are you not seeing legitimate analysis? His last video was about the subject of fading arcade machines and I don't see why that was any less legitimate than the other issues he tackled.

  • @YamiAura

    The subject matter isn't flawed, it's his overall poor execution.

    His criticism is incredibly cherry-picked and biased (although the latter can hardly be avoided, the least he can do is reiterate that this is his opinion and not the overall god-given truth).

    I still do agree with him on most subjects, but the parts I don't agree with and even some of the ones I do are comepletely executed in a flawed manner, logical fallacies such as the straw man and slippery slope. pure editorials.

  • @YamiAura

    So you like a neckbeard poorly acting out dumb skits?

    I swear people sometimes

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa Whether I like them or not is irrelevant; I don't dislike them because they don't detract from the parts I like regardless of their quality, and I'm not compensating him in any way by watching his shit so it's not like it's any loss of mine what he decides to do with his videos. As long as I'm entertained, who cares?

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa i enjoy his works. if you don't like him, don't watch him

  • @Supergamer8100

    I don't like what he has become. But I like when he does something good like that arcade episode. Thing is he is tripping off his own ego, thinking he is some kind of Raja on the internet when in reality he is just a dude with a mic

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa You "swear people sometimes"? ..How do you swear people?

  • @TheNintendOtaku

    What I meant was that it is exasperating. I'm sorry if my English is bad, I only came to the US recently.

  • Yea, gah. hard to find your videos on the new SA.

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