It's sort of funny how shocked Vinny seems to be every time somebody mentions Battlefield 1 might not have crashed and burned just because he and his family bounced off of it. It sold really well and maintains a strong playerbase. It's a good game, Vinny!
Thanks for the review, Ben. Always love to see reviews for games other than the tent pole releases.
I was interested from the QL, but worried that the game wouldn't be worth playing after the gimmick is gone. This does seem like something I'd play and enjoy.
Demo Derby and Game Tapes is a west coast thing, and should stay that way. You need Jeff with his encyclopedic knowledge of the industry, people in the industry, weird 90s music, etc.
Dan's argument about why PUBG is his GOTY even though Zelda might be his favorite game of all time makes zero fucking sense and will infuriate me up to and including when he tries to explain it on the GOTY Podcasts
He can argue all he wants, but Jeff already said at PAX that PUBG can't quality for GOTY because its still in early access and not a fully released game. Though he said he might change that rule for 2018.
You're misquoting him a bit - he said they would have to cross that bridge if it does not get released officially prior to end of 2017. It's still supposed to at this point.
For a guy who says this stuff doesn't matter, Jeff does get oddly pedantic about his own made-up rules sometimes.
I don't understand why they can't just agree among themselves right now that clearly the "early access" distinction no longer matters and they will consider anything for the 2017 awards. I'm not sure what the "rule in place at the start of the year" distinction really makes.
Also I totally understand the intent of Dan's argument i just think he failed to explain what he really meant. I haven't played any of his top games so i have no dog in the fight.
Jeff said, both in the PAX panel and the podcast, that the start-of-the-year distinction is because the idea of changing the rules because they liked one game doesn't sit so well with him. It makes sense, but I don't really think it'll be a problem.
From the sounds of it, Vinny had this feature in mind for a very long time and it's something of a pet project for him. So I wonder how he feels about it now.
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