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Hey, I don't wanna go to work today, I wanna stay home and play, all my videogames
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As much as gaming is addictive and fun, i try not to mess it up with my work because i live not only for gaming, but i have responsibles to do. I want to buy a house, having vacation abroad, so many things. If i dont work, i dont get money.
Also gaming as a hobby is fun because you dont play it all time
Also gaming as a hobby is fun because you dont play it all time
Yo I feel you. I once met Garnet at a midnight Gamestop launch for MGS4 in Santa Monica. Him and his buddy were randomly visiting a bunch of different stores all throughout the night, just to casually meet and talk with folks about their genuine anticipation for the game. Dude was as chill and personable as you'd expect. Will never forget how surreal that was, especially after just listening to the podcast while waiting in line lol
I was obsessed with The 1UP Show, 1UP Yours and especially GFW Radio back in the day. These shows mark a certain period in my life. Thankfully I saved all the podcast episodes, think I'll listen to them again soon, for old time's sake. It was a different and simpler time.
Thanks for the nostalgia trip, OP!
Thanks for the nostalgia trip, OP!
I miss the 1Up stuff a lot too.
The one thing that 1Up had that pretty much no other podcast/show has been able to match is a balance of conflict/rivalry and friendship. They had a huge enough cast that there would be, usually, at least 3 people who had played the same game and they often had conflicting tastes therein.
These days, podcasts generally have everyone having similar tastes and/or the tastes are so divided that no one plays the same games. So one person will briefly describe a game and say "yeah, it's good" and everyone else will nod in complacent agreement or just stay in their lane.
Part of it is that the industry has spread out so much (there's too many games and too wide a breadth of things to cover) and there's no room for work forces the size of 1Up. Also, the tenor of the industry has changed, and conflict is often seen as being to "bro-y". Which I understand. I just wish there could be more critical conflict in analyzing games that doesn't come from one outlet vocally-subtweeting another outlet or critic in a passive aggressive way.
The one thing that 1Up had that pretty much no other podcast/show has been able to match is a balance of conflict/rivalry and friendship. They had a huge enough cast that there would be, usually, at least 3 people who had played the same game and they often had conflicting tastes therein.
These days, podcasts generally have everyone having similar tastes and/or the tastes are so divided that no one plays the same games. So one person will briefly describe a game and say "yeah, it's good" and everyone else will nod in complacent agreement or just stay in their lane.
Part of it is that the industry has spread out so much (there's too many games and too wide a breadth of things to cover) and there's no room for work forces the size of 1Up. Also, the tenor of the industry has changed, and conflict is often seen as being to "bro-y". Which I understand. I just wish there could be more critical conflict in analyzing games that doesn't come from one outlet vocally-subtweeting another outlet or critic in a passive aggressive way.
Watching that new episode the moment it went live every week (or so) was my absolute favorite thing. It kills me that there's no equivalent these days.
1Up was fantastic. I will always appreciate it.
(And funny how reading the thread title...instantly got me singing.)
(And funny how reading the thread title...instantly got me singing.)
