![]() ![]() Shufflepuck Caféįor the longest time I thought this game was the domain of the Amiga and the Amiga alone. With that in mind, let's talk about cleavage and alcohol and playing some air hockey with the scum of the universe. You know what they say: If it ain't baroque, don't fix it. Man, I am getting far too melancholy and baroque with my nostalgia goggles today. There's a hint of iconoclasm and antiestablishmentarianism too, of tearing down the old guard and installing a new order, and I suspect something similar is what drew many of us to Giant Bomb: a site created in the aftermath of an unfortunate episode that, for all the world, seemed to exist purely to flip the bird to the world of corporate game journalism. Your time is more freely given the younger you are and have more of it to spend, I've discovered, and it's helped a generation of new critics and entertainers with little more to their presentation than a wit (of a sort, in the case of PewDiePie and his equally histrionic contemporaries) and a webcam to find an ardent audience. That the younger audiences with more time and patience on their hands are able to do so sort of reminds me of when I was barely into my double digits, and would spend inordinate amounts of time on games of dubious quality that I'm no longer sure were worth my rapt attention. difficult, to ascertain the wheat from the chaff, as there is so much of both. I'm partial to Super Best Friends Play myself, and hold out hope that they managed to convince Ryckert or Jeff to shoot a promo for this month-long "Rustlemania 2" feature they've been doing throughout August. ![]() ![]() It doesn't pay to be supercilious about this new movement of aspirant video game hosts, of course, as there's a lot to recommend from the innumerable nickel-and-dime video game coverage operations out there. It's a rum state of affairs, that's for sure, though I mostly speak out of envy for those in Seattle who are able to watch the GB panel live later today. Various YouTubers and Twitch streamers are receiving their biannual (triannual? tetrannual?) time in the PAX convention limelight while more professional outfits like our very own Giant Bomb team perform in rooms not set up for internet streaming (ironic, given how many Twitch superstars are able to do so straight out of their bedrooms and living rooms with little problem). We're deep into PAX Prime as of right now. Greetings, fellow STalwarts, to another retrospective ST-urday. ![]()
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