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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 12:29PM (Unverified) said
Shaun Elliot posted this a few days ago. It's so sad, and so true. Also sort of a great metaphor, and very subtle
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 2:15PM Gregorysharp said
The Killer had a Boba Fett shirt on too. Hired assasin.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 7:32PM Bananarama said
Actually it's not quite true. UGO didn't buy EGM and then kill them, they bought 1up and then Ziff Davis killed EGM. However, they did then fire half the staff, including some of the best writers there. That being said, it was a pretty damn funny video.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 1:09PM Drake Lake said
Yes. That's exactly it.
The TV in the background also represents how the analog standard is lost in the wave of high definition consoles, a plight brought up before when Banjo Kazooie and Dead Rising had nearly unreadable text.
The off-switched lantern and lights represents the death of the Evan Grant Mondesanto, and how his light will never bask anyone again.
And the house? What can I say, it's a house.
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The TV in the background also represents how the analog standard is lost in the wave of high definition consoles, a plight brought up before when Banjo Kazooie and Dead Rising had nearly unreadable text.
The off-switched lantern and lights represents the death of the Evan Grant Mondesanto, and how his light will never bask anyone again.
And the house? What can I say, it's a house.
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 9:04PM (Unverified) said
The point: ---->
Your Head: O-O
(Don't blame me if it sounds stupid,I saw it the other day in Tf2 forums)
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Your Head: O-O
(Don't blame me if it sounds stupid,I saw it the other day in Tf2 forums)
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 12:48PM Bowser Rogozhin said
Looking over the Wikipedia article of EGM allowed me to see the list of games that were awarded the prestigious Platinum Award. I see Twilight Princess made the cut?
Honestly, with this magazine going under was anything of value truly lost, or did another corporate cheerleader lose her voice?
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Honestly, with this magazine going under was anything of value truly lost, or did another corporate cheerleader lose her voice?
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 2:44PM Haggard said
Look Bowser, the entire game journalism industry disagrees with your tastes. While you might think that dozens of people losing their jobs is fine because their gaming sensibilities are more.. mainstream.. than yours, for the rest of us who actually like games it's a shame. Plus the staff themselves.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 1:15PM JoshMilewski said
Why do you type like that? By capitalizing every first letter of every word?
I'm not being sarcastic or anything like that; I really want to know.
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I'm not being sarcastic or anything like that; I really want to know.
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 1:24PM PsyKodeLicReLic said
I Type Like That Some Times So What Am I Being Graded On This???
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 3:56PM (Unverified) said
Hey, settle down guys. He just might be the living antithesis to ee cummings.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 9:02PM (Unverified) said
We are mad at you because you are using CAPS improperly.
EVERYTHING SHOULD GO IN CAPS,CAPS IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL *WINK.
(Although you still have to steer.)
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EVERYTHING SHOULD GO IN CAPS,CAPS IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL *WINK.
(Although you still have to steer.)
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 1:57PM JoshMilewski said
Yeah, Haggard has it right. I mean, doesn't it take more time to type like that? And it just makes it harder to read.
Like, do you have some kind of keyboard or software that automatically capitalizes the first letter of every word, or do you honestly hold Shift before typing the first letter of every word? Again, I seriously want to know the answer, because people type like that all over the Internet, albeit in relatively small quantities, and I can never figure out why.
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Like, do you have some kind of keyboard or software that automatically capitalizes the first letter of every word, or do you honestly hold Shift before typing the first letter of every word? Again, I seriously want to know the answer, because people type like that all over the Internet, albeit in relatively small quantities, and I can never figure out why.
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 12:51PM (Unverified) said
Magazines and newspapers die everyday. Get over it.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 12:54PM (Unverified) said
Seems like neutering the dog would have been a better metaphor.
Also, I'm kind of surprised mega 64 is still around
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Also, I'm kind of surprised mega 64 is still around
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 12:58PM africansk8er said
You have to remember that EGM was really important for Mega64 back in the day, as EGM put a lot of their skits in DVD's that came with their magazine, which helped get Mega64 a lot more attention. So seeing this magazine go down probably a hit to them.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 1:23PM Rax Dakkar said
Why did you have to fire them!... those bllets from the gun.
Best Line!
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Best Line!
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 1:43PM MechMarine said
That would be a Yugo. UGO is worse quality than a Yugo though.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 1:27PM (Unverified) said
My condolences to the people who worked with/for EGM and those who enjoyed it. That video was very funny. Sad, but funny.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 1:55PM (Unverified) said
There was so much they could have tried to do to save the magazine and nothing was really tried. The video is a great metaphor.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 1:55PM Giantenemycrab said
That video was great. It really captured the stupidity of UGO
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 2:15PM Gregorysharp said
This is not just another magazine dying, this ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY! For many years it was the only thing worth reading. I stacked my EGM magazines high. The video was straight up awesome. And spot on.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 2:59PM Crusty Magic said
Amazing. I laughed but at the same time, felt sad at the reminder that what happened to EGM was nothing short of heartbreaking.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 2:40PM (Unverified) said
Great clip!! But I won't be one to miss Egm. I felt a few of the editors/writers were bribed which led to me canceling my suscription I had for years. Suddenly all the games reviewed were good except for games like barbies dog goes to heaven, which of course got bad scores. Some games never got reviewed until you brought it, played it, found out that it was Wack, then after you traded the game back in, the next month Egm does the review. Not cool.
Then again, I will miss the OLD EGM, the magazine that stood for everything great about videogames, not that peice of crap that was the current Egm.
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Then again, I will miss the OLD EGM, the magazine that stood for everything great about videogames, not that peice of crap that was the current Egm.
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 4:30PM (Unverified) said
I felt this way when nextgen bit it.
I could care less about EGM, but I guess they could have done it more, uh, humanely.
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I could care less about EGM, but I guess they could have done it more, uh, humanely.
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 5:22PM An Irish Saint said
It's "I couldn't care less." "I could care less about EGM" means that your undying affection for the publication is unchallenged by any previously-conceived notion of passion known to mankind.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 6:12PM (Unverified) said
wrong.
The phrase is utter nonsense if you try to logic it out.
It's slang. It's sarcastic. Now get back on topic.
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The phrase is utter nonsense if you try to logic it out.
It's slang. It's sarcastic. Now get back on topic.
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 7:21PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Jan 18th 2009 6:50PM (Unverified) said
Dude are you a Retard.... it about that company that took ownership of EGM(Electronic Gaming Monthly) and 1up.
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Posted: Jan 18th 2009 8:58PM (Unverified) said
"For what's the sound of the world out there
Those crunching noises pervading the air?
It's man devouring man,my dear, and who are we to deny it in here".
You know is really sad that I was in the magazine section today and I didn't see EGM.They will be missed.
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Those crunching noises pervading the air?
It's man devouring man,my dear, and who are we to deny it in here".
You know is really sad that I was in the magazine section today and I didn't see EGM.They will be missed.
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