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Dapper Swindler

#21 December 17, 2007, 07:45:46 am

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I went to fullyramblomatic.com for the first time. I can't believe how much stuff this guy has written and I felt really bad that he is much younger than I am. From his videos I figured he was in his thirties but he's just a kid. Between Yahtzee and the Angry Video Game Nerd I think it's pretty inspiring what you can do with your life when do what you love with hard work and diligence.

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HL

#22 December 17, 2007, 07:53:52 am

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Quote from: Dapper Swindler on December 17, 2007, 07:45:46 am

I went to fullyramblomatic.com for the first time. I can't believe how much stuff this guy has written and I felt really bad that he is much younger than I am. From his videos I figured he was in his thirties but he's just a kid. Between Yahtzee and the Angry Video Game Nerd I think it's pretty inspiring what you can do with your life when do what you love with hard work and diligence.

Kid?

He's in his mid twenties.

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jamie

#23 December 17, 2007, 11:09:18 am

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bazookatooth stop saying masturbate cos it

it's grossing me out man.

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#24 December 17, 2007, 02:59:11 pm

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Quote from: bazookatooth on December 17, 2007, 04:56:44 am

honestly, the entire thing strikes me as being very similar to GILMORE GIRLS but about videogames instead of BOY'S or whatever the fuck gilmore girls was about.

I don't know if this is purposeful irony here or not but that is pretty much the exact same kind of "wiiticism" that he uses.

Also yea I don't really look at it for IN-DEPTH REVIEWS but I think he is pretty funny, and the animations are pretty amusing as well.

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Liman

#25 December 17, 2007, 04:06:20 pm

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Yahtzee's review are interesting because they are basically about "Why did the creators do this?" rather than a normal review with graphics score etc. The way he does it is funny in my opinion. Fast talking along with hilarious animations makes up for the 'lack of' content in his reviews.

I personally find it even funnier that Valve invited him to the US because of his review of Half Life 2: Episode 2.

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Lifexplosion

#26 December 17, 2007, 04:39:20 pm

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Actually i think most of his stuff wouldn't be funny if it was read by anyone else. I'm not saying his accent is hilarious or anything but the way he tells things and the fast pace he tells it that is quite amusing. Not GROUNDBREAKING or anything but its pretty swell.

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Lars

#27 December 17, 2007, 04:50:21 pm

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he has a good and clear opinion, any reviewer capable of saying what they REALLY mean as opposed to temporary masturbati gets a plus in my book.

i agree about bioshock being a dumbed down System Shock 2. bioshock, although I initially loved it, is way overrated, and I think a lot of reviewers gave it a great score based on their initial reaction rather than perspective

this dude seems to have a great perspective though

edit: also he cuts a lot of the boring crap reviews tend to be blogged down by

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#28 December 17, 2007, 08:40:42 pm

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Quote from: Lars on December 17, 2007, 04:50:21 pm

he has a good and clear opinion, any reviewer capable of saying what they REALLY mean as opposed to temporary masturbati gets a plus in my book.

i agree about bioshock being a dumbed down System Shock 2. bioshock, although I initially loved it, is way overrated, and I think a lot of reviewers gave it a great score based on their initial reaction rather than perspective

this dude seems to have a great perspective though

edit: also he cuts a lot of the boring crap reviews tend to be blogged down by

That's the main reason I like him.

And bazookatooth, I'm not saying "Yes go to Yahtzee for great reviews!" I'm just saying he's pretty funny and he makes some good points.

As a side note, he actually says Halo 3 is overrated (which I agree) and that's a plus considering over half the gaming community thinking Halo 3 is the Holy Grail.

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Sarevok

#29 December 17, 2007, 08:51:24 pm

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I would quote lars and say I agree but fire mage beat me

I have nothing to add to this at all other than I think he's great and uh..that's it. Also his recorded voice kinda sounds like my record voice.

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HL

#30 December 17, 2007, 08:57:12 pm

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Quote from: NinjaPirate on December 17, 2007, 02:59:11 pm

I don't know if this is purposeful irony here or not but that is pretty much the exact same kind of "wiiticism" that he uses.

Also yea I don't really look at it for IN-DEPTH REVIEWS but I think he is pretty funny, and the animations are pretty amusing as well.

thats what I thought when I first read that from bazooka, i thought of yahtzee saying it and it fit.

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jamie

#31 December 17, 2007, 08:58:59 pm

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i watched a couple of these and yeah this guy is probably the best video reviewer of video games i've ever seen. however, this is saying so little it's barely even worth mentioning.

he's kind of funny, i guess, i mean there are a couple of bad jokes but the humour works because games aren't serious. the things he talks about in the review are a lot more interesting for people who have played the game already, i think. eg in the orange box review he was talking about how many see-saw physics "puzzles" there are in half life and i definitely noticed that, and other things he mentioned, playing the half life 2 games.

what i'm saying is he isn't an idiot. it's probably a bit gimmicky but not overwhelmingly so. so, if i'm ever bored on the internet i might find myself checking that page to watch what this guy has to say about some games i've enjoyed.

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#32 December 18, 2007, 09:19:46 pm

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I've only seen his Bioshock review and I thought it was reasonably funny. I had no idea that ZeroPuncuation and the famous AGS games guy were the same person!

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#33 December 18, 2007, 11:07:02 pm

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I actually agree with him on Halo 3.
It's not a brilliant game... It's not even a very good game, and had I known that it would be what it is, I would have probably decided not to buy it at all.
I mean, it had only been out 11 days and I'd already unlocked most of the achievements (at which point my 360 died) and I was more interested in fully completing Bioshock and getting further through Forza 2 at the time, so I didn't play Halo 3 that much.
If the elites had been on your side in Halo 1, all the Halo games would basically be the exact same shit every damned time (kill loony bible bashing aliens, oh shit flood, reach end of game, do shitty driving to safety crap in something that handles like a brick on wheels made from "lol retarded" and you're done!).
At least they figured out what we already knew: noob + (needler + needler) != good idea, noob + (needler + needler) = way to let retards ruin online play (you know, with the whole rain of homing exploding death issue that requires no actual ability or talent to execute).

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