[DarkGypsy]

I'm sure he's crying about your opinion on his mattress stuffed with money.

[Tyrone Haywood]

Lol thank you for the good laugh I don't watch these things but this is totally worth it

[Amy Siebenhaar]

I'm not a huge fan of his movies, but still feel sorry for him. I remember one time in elementary school I had a complete "mind-block" whilst giving an English speech. I didn't storm off stage, I managed to save myself , but that feeling of no knowing what to say when you're on stage is not nice.

[suniti]

Erm, that's definitely sarcasm man.

[Siidney]

Hes probably used to the prompter, and having to actually do a speech himself...he caved.

I got to do a speech class this semester...I feel bad for anyone who hates public speaking, but you think a hollywood director(even a hack)would be better when talking to the public.

[LijLuva]

I'm glad someone caught it.

[Louise Dennis]

That "...ever" was the tipping point. It's a bit hard here sometimes to decipher sarcasm because of all the wacky opinions thrown about.

[Lindsay Dunn]

Exactly. He was paid to promote the TV. What he was supposed to talk about probably wasn't his own thoughts so when the prompter went out he said screw it. I think Samsung looks worse than Bay does in this situation.

[Zach Hunter]

I got carried away in the moment.

[[Bounty][Ben]]

Review for the pilot is live http://ign.com/articles/2014/01/10/helix-pilot-review

It premieres at 10pm est on SyFy. Anyone checking it out?

[Luis Reyma]

SyFy is still relevant? I've not even heard of this show before your post. So, no. I'm probably not going to watch it. I haven't watched SyFy since they canceled Battlestar Galactica and went from SciFi to SyFy for whatever idiotic reason. I rank the SyFy channel right up there along with The Military Channel, The History Channel and The Cartoon Network. These were all once great channels but have become so idiotic in their programming that they are no longer worth actually watching.

[Melis Hristina]

Set it to record later tonight.

[CORY]

Same here

[Louise Lowe]

The Military Channel still has the same programming from 5-10 years ago, pretty sure they have made like 2 whole new shows.

[Kahli St Dennis]

http://ign.com/articles/2014/01/13/the-future-of-video-game-storytelling

If you have time, give it a read. Pretty fascinating.

[Dean Ashcroft]

CD Project Red?

[CSar L]

LOL

I find any IGN article difficult to read since i really hate IGN since its trash Murdoch media, but storytelling in past, present and future will always suffer because people will always purchase a game no matter how bad the story is, their is nothing to encourage better storytelling when people are eating up pulp trash, and when people complain en masse they are just feral trash, so whether you type out a well worded article explaining how bad stories are and all the reasons why, it'll never make a difference when dollars flow, then mediocre stories will be fodder for the masses.

[Gemma Flanagan]

Anywho, what is their to really discuss? Yeah, story telling in video games is getting better. That's what things that are advancing tend to do. Get better in every aspect. Are people going to find new ways to tell a story? Duh.

I didn't read the entire article, as it was written in a way where it seemed out of focus, so maybe I missed something. Assuming I haven't, however, is this really what IGN pays its writers to produce? A zombified squirrel's ass could have told me that storytelling in video games was advancing. It's been advancing since the day the first video game with a story had been made.


If I am missing something, this will be my second consecutive post where I make myself look like an idiot.

[Jordyn Youngman]

http://ign.com/articles/2014/01/13/when-did-you-become-a-grown-up-gamer

Interesting editorial I'd like to get your thoughts on.

[Curveballs On Phoenix]

Edit: Never mind, topic has been merged and my comment looks non-sensical.

[N3T4]

What the heck is a grown-up gamer? I read the article and it seems that they all have different definitions.

Also, what's up with you and IGN lately, Jack?

[Grace Francis]

when I had to wade through many flash ads to read the first paragraph.

[Benjamin Holz]

That was what my first thought was when I read it.

[Bek Rideout]

I think it was a gradual process.

[Chloe Lou]

Damn puberty